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The 20 best viral videos of 2020

2020 was awful, but at least there were some good videos.

Tim Marcin

on December 10, 2020

2020 was bad, but at least we had some good videos. Credit: Getty Images / stock photo / justinmedia / Mashable

2020 is nearly over, thankfully.

It was, clearly, a hellish, odd year. We spent more time online than ever, considering the pandemic forced us to isolate inside.

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And if nothing else, the internet is good for mindlessly passing time. That in mind, we collected 20 of our favorite viral videos from 2020.

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Hopefully you can waste a little time watching these videos and take yourself ever-so-closer to a new year. So, here they are, our 20 favorite viral videos of 2020.

1. This is may be the best song of the year

2. Look at this fast javelina and admire its grace

3. I think about this deranged Conner O'Malley video about New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio at least once per week

4. Kick your balls, just don't touch them

5. A very relatable F-bomb when a reporter had technical difficulties

6. Please enjoy this glorious fall

7. This is the best interviewer to ever live

8. A gentleman

9. The timing here, it's just so good

10. Honestly, this video needs to be rewarded for the commitment to a intensely complicated Rube Goldberg machine

11. Speaking of complicated: Check out this person facing down squirrels trying to eat from their bird feeders

12. "Kohl's next to a Party City"

13. This is, frankly, a pitch-perfect parody of the conservative slams a SJW video trope

14. I'm going to be honest: I have no idea what is really going on here. But I promise you this is so impressive.

15. This is a wonderfully adorable video of neighbors taking care of neighbors

16. This video was a wonderful trip down the internet's memory lane

17. Remember March? We got a good COVID jam back in March when quarantine was still a novel concept.

18. A perfect post-election interview in New York with a French TV station

19. Say it with me: Boneless wings aren't wings

20. And finally, some joyful dancing on the way to the polls

Tim Marcin

Associate Editor, Culture

Tim Marcin is an Associate Editor on the culture team at Mashable, where he mostly digs into the weird parts of the internet. You'll also see some coverage of memes, tech, sports, trends, and the occasional hot take. You can find him on Bluesky (sometimes), Instagram (infrequently), or eating Buffalo wings (as often as possible).