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 kids discuss the universe, heaven and whether God has a six pack

Jury's still out on that.

10/06/2016

By Chloe Bryan

Watch kids discuss the universe, heaven and whether God has a six pack

Watch kids discuss the universe, heaven and whether God has a six pack

Dad of the year builds his daughter her own 'American Ninja Warrior' course

Move over, adults.

10/06/2016

By Brian Koerber

Dad of the year builds his daughter her own 'American Ninja Warrior' course

Dad of the year builds his daughter her own 'American Ninja Warrior' course

Tortoises eating pumpkins are your new autumn inspiration

Gnaw gnaw gnaw gnaw.

10/06/2016

By Chloe Bryan

Tortoises eating pumpkins are your new autumn inspiration

Tortoises eating pumpkins are your new autumn inspiration

Here's a dude just chilling in the middle of a shark nursery

Whatever floats your boat.

10/06/2016

By Chloe Bryan

Here's a dude just chilling in the middle of a shark nursery

Here's a dude just chilling in the middle of a shark nursery

First grader makes astute observation upon meeting Donald Trump

"I told you that his hair wasn't orange."

10/06/2016

By Laura Vitto

Biker gets instant revenge on hit-and-run driver

What a good guy.

10/05/2016

By Brian Koerber

Biker gets instant revenge on hit-and-run driver

Biker gets instant revenge on hit-and-run driver

Please enjoy this dude dropping a Supreme brick from a 50 foot balcony

What will it take to break the brick?

10/05/2016

By Chloe Bryan

Please enjoy this dude dropping a Supreme brick from a 50 foot balcony

Please enjoy this dude dropping a Supreme brick from a 50 foot balcony

Dog is super concerned when his buddy fakes being dead

This dog is a master troll.

10/05/2016

By Brian Koerber

Pregnant dog delays Moscow metro train by giving birth

This is the only acceptable reason for train delays.

10/05/2016

By Laura Vitto

Dude watching road rage is having the best day EVER

'We're gonna watch somebody get murdered!'

10/05/2016

By Brian Koerber

Dude watching road rage is having the best day EVER

Dude watching road rage is having the best day EVER

Welcome to the biggest news bloopers of September

So good.

10/04/2016

By Rebecca Brown

Welcome to the biggest news bloopers of September

Welcome to the biggest news bloopers of September

Dramatic video shows a kitten being rescued from a 12-story ledge

*nail-biting*

10/04/2016

By Brian Koerber

Dramatic video shows a kitten being rescued from a 12-story ledge

Dramatic video shows a kitten being rescued from a 12-story ledge

NFL ball boy pulls off spectacular one-handed catch on sideline

With one hand!

10/04/2016

By Chloe Bryan

Become Barb from 'Stranger Things' with a gruesome makeup tutorial

Oh, Barb.

10/04/2016

By Chloe Bryan

Become Barb from 'Stranger Things' with a gruesome makeup tutorial

Become Barb from 'Stranger Things' with a gruesome makeup tutorial

Man immediately regrets taking bong rips of the world's hottest pepper

Do not try this.

10/03/2016

By Brian Koerber

Man immediately regrets taking bong rips of the world's hottest pepper

Man immediately regrets taking bong rips of the world's hottest pepper

Man has an up close encounter with a trash-eating bear

Don't mess with bears. How many times must this be said?

10/03/2016

By Brian Koerber

Man has an up close encounter with a trash-eating bear

Man has an up close encounter with a trash-eating bear

Snapchat filter freakout leads to adorable moment between father and son

'That was crazy.'

10/03/2016

By Brian Koerber

Snapchat filter freakout leads to adorable moment between father and son

Snapchat filter freakout leads to adorable moment between father and son

Daredevil barely lands risky jump off rocky cliff into the ocean

Nope.

10/03/2016

By Brian Koerber

Daredevil barely lands risky jump off rocky cliff into the ocean

Daredevil barely lands risky jump off rocky cliff into the ocean

John Oliver explains the enormous problem of police accountability

More than a few bad apples.

10/03/2016

By Andrea Romano

Snoring dog is your nightmare room mate

Get some ear plugs.

10/03/2016

By Andrea Romano

Snoring dog is your nightmare room mate

Snoring dog is your nightmare room mate

This fake bike helmet that looks like plastic, toy hair needs to happen

Style and safety.

10/03/2016

By Andrea Romano

This fake bike helmet that looks like plastic, toy hair needs to happen

This fake bike helmet that looks like plastic, toy hair needs to happen

Anna Kendrick is as upset as you are about 'Great British Bake Off'

But she also sees the flakier side of the pastry.

10/01/2016

By Chloe Bryan

Anna Kendrick is as upset as you are about 'Great British Bake Off'

Anna Kendrick is as upset as you are about 'Great British Bake Off'

Bill Clinton had the nerve to keep his buddy Barack Obama waiting

Come on, Bill!

09/30/2016

By Nicole Gallucci

Bill Clinton had the nerve to keep his buddy Barack Obama waiting

Bill Clinton had the nerve to keep his buddy Barack Obama waiting

Sweden's rope skipping championship routine is a total delight

It's so wonderful.

09/30/2016

By Rebecca Brown

Sweden's rope skipping championship routine is a total delight

Sweden's rope skipping championship routine is a total delight

When handed an ice cream cone, Joe Biden does not miss a beat

His name is Joe Biden, and he loves ice cream.

09/30/2016

By Chloe Bryan

When handed an ice cream cone, Joe Biden does not miss a beat

When handed an ice cream cone, Joe Biden does not miss a beat