Viral Videos

A viral video is a video on the internet that gains immense popularity in a relatively short period of time through organic social media sharing. A viral video’s cultural resonance spreads quickly. Today, videos that tend to go viral are hosted on video-sharing platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and even Twitter. Think: K-pop star Psy’s “Gangnam Style,” which accumulated over 1,000,000,000 views on YouTube in five months; 2009’s “David After Dentist,” which now has over 141 million views; and the viral TikTok of a man skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac while drinking cranberry juice, which racked up 35 million views in a little over a week. However, some of the first viral clips and animations of the late 1990s and early 2000s were spread on online forums and through email chains, like the 1996 animation of a dancing baby or 2003’s “Star Wars kid.”

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A small child tried to fight Gritty
A small child tried to fight Gritty



Hot Costco Dad is our new crush, thanks to this super wholesome video
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Dog destroys his local news interview
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The dyed Chicago River doubles as a perfect green screen in this hilarious video
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Cats freak out after they see a video of autotuned cat meowing
Cats freak out after they see a video of autotuned cat meowing


Watch Billie Eilish sweat through a spicy interview on 'Hot Ones'
Watch Billie Eilish sweat through a spicy interview on 'Hot Ones'



Watching plants grow is the best part of the slow web
Watching plants grow is the best part of the slow web

Resourceful teens create a makeshift net to catch boy who was falling off a ski lift
Resourceful teens create a makeshift net to catch boy who was falling off a ski lift

Man with the best Chicago accent teaches us about plants
Man with the best Chicago accent teaches us about plants



Dog waits patiently until someone stops traffic so it can cross the street
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Man spotted skiing with the help of a horse-drawn buggy
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