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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Virgin America flight attendant has one more safety video dance
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15 best viral videos of 2018 (so far)
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The best live news bloopers from June are pure art
The best live news bloopers from June are pure art



Massive snake crossing the street brings traffic to a standstill
Massive snake crossing the street brings traffic to a standstill







This adorable little girl's graduation dance will warm your heart
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Angry alligator knocks out trapper with a headbutt
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Girl who blasts music every day when she drops off her sister is peak older sibling
Girl who blasts music every day when she drops off her sister is peak older sibling

Mom's viral rant about cheesecakes is too relatable
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