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 Shonda Rhimes's video honoring Hillary Clinton, narrated by Morgan Freeman
Watch Shonda Rhimes's video honoring Hillary Clinton, narrated by Morgan Freeman



Doug the Pug delivers hugs and cheer to a children's hospital
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Grandson makes grandma cry happy tears with sweet birthday surprise
Grandson makes grandma cry happy tears with sweet birthday surprise





Matt Damon once asked Prince where he lived, got the most Prince answer imaginable
Matt Damon once asked Prince where he lived, got the most Prince answer imaginable


Comic-con cosplay looks straight from a Lego horror film
Comic-con cosplay looks straight from a Lego horror film


Traffic cam catches cyclist narrowly escaping car crash
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Watch the tearful moment between Larry Sanders and his brother Bernie
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