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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Kid has cutest reaction to finding out he's getting twin siblings
Kid has cutest reaction to finding out he's getting twin siblings


Teen keeps it super real in makeup tutorial
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Watch a dog and guinea pig duo share a delicious melon snack
Watch a dog and guinea pig duo share a delicious melon snack

Two of the best athletes in the world can't do a simple chest bump
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Parrot nails down the creepy cat impression
Parrot nails down the creepy cat impression

Watch this rogue kite drag its flyer across a field
Watch this rogue kite drag its flyer across a field


John Oliver dives deep into the harrowing reality of journalism
John Oliver dives deep into the harrowing reality of journalism








Sleepy cat gets tucked into bed like a little kid
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