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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Watch 100 people demonstrate their most brutal crying faces
Watch 100 people demonstrate their most brutal crying faces




The Indiana Pacers found a way to troll Mariah Carey
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Baby Rhino discovers snow, pure joy
Baby Rhino discovers snow, pure joy

A 4-year-old adorably explains the problem with New Year's resolutions
A 4-year-old adorably explains the problem with New Year's resolutions

Don't be afraid of Arthur rapping Eminem
Don't be afraid of Arthur rapping Eminem

This revolutionary device could save gunshot victims from bleeding out
This revolutionary device could save gunshot victims from bleeding out

2016 recut as a horror movie is actually pretty terrifying
2016 recut as a horror movie is actually pretty terrifying

I stole my GF's online identity
I stole my GF's online identity




Dad pranks sassy kids by tossing an empty present into the fire
Dad pranks sassy kids by tossing an empty present into the fire


Determined little boy engages in high speed sled chase
Determined little boy engages in high speed sled chase





'Poop the Potato' game is here to save you from the holidays
'Poop the Potato' game is here to save you from the holidays




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