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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Saoirse Ronan responds to her viral 'Graham Norton Show' moment
saoirse ronan onstage at a panel



Watch Saoirse Ronan stun male actors into silence on 'The Graham Norton Show'
Saoirse ronan on stage, speaking into a microphone

Open-source TikTok alternative Loops coming to the fediverse
Loops, federated TikTok alternative

See ChatGPT run on a TI-84 graphing calculator
a chatgpt logo on a ti-84 calculator


Elon Musk's X / Twitter has a new TV app dedicated to watching videos
X app logo

'Democracy manifest' diner from viral 'succulent Chinese meal' video has died
Jack Karlson being escorted to a car by police in the viral "democracy manifest" video.


TikTok video sparks conversation about inflation
A grocery basket filled with produce.



John Oliver's 'Hot Ones' episode reduces him to a pool of tears and regret
John Oliver on "Hot Ones."




18 classic viral videos that will always be hilarious
A composite of screenshots from viral videos.

YouTube goes all in on AI with new generative AI audio and video tools for creators
YouTube Dream Screen

Twitter aka X rolls out Community Notes 'fact checks' for videos
X logo in a crowd of people on a mobile screen


YouTube is getting rid of YouTube Stories
YouTube logo

Hyundai and Kia will pay $200 million in settlement over 'Kia Challenge' car thefts
Car theft

Behold, 20 of the funniest YouTube videos ever
A screenshot from the "Look at this graph" Nickleback meme.

Republicans release AI-generated attack ad on President Biden
Ai-Generated Republican attack ad
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