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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Intense bald eagle attack caught on nest camera
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4-year-old channels national grief over Obama leaving office
4-year-old channels national grief over Obama leaving office



July has been a wonderful month for news bloopers
July has been a wonderful month for news bloopers





Whale gets up close and personal with sightseeing group
Whale gets up close and personal with sightseeing group

Watch 1,000 people perform David Bowie's 'Rebel Rebel'
Watch 1,000 people perform David Bowie's 'Rebel Rebel'

Man animates stop motion flame on his cat’s head
Man animates stop motion flame on his cat’s head

Chill bear hitches a ride on a garbage truck
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John Oliver recaps a 'topsy-turvy' Democratic National Convention
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Little girl gives her pet chicken a glamorous makeover
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Hydraulic press channel bakes a smashed pizza that’s almost edible
Hydraulic press channel bakes a smashed pizza that’s almost edible
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