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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3-month-old baby girl hears mom's voice for the first time
3-month-old baby girl hears mom's voice for the first time


'Star Trek Beyond’ stars boldly engage in a NASA trivia battle
'Star Trek Beyond’ stars boldly engage in a NASA trivia battle



Panda eating a popsicle is a true summer inspiration
Panda eating a popsicle is a true summer inspiration

Festival goers get massively pranked by a mysterious porta potty
Festival goers get massively pranked by a mysterious porta potty



Humpback whale lunges out of the water just inches from a paddle boarder
Humpback whale lunges out of the water just inches from a paddle boarder

Man falls off waterslide. What else do you need to know?
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Police capture 'Pokémon Go' player crashing into a cop's car
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Enthusiastic little manatee would like to learn how to paddleboard, please
Enthusiastic little manatee would like to learn how to paddleboard, please

Sports car owner chases down skater who smashed his windshield
Sports car owner chases down skater who smashed his windshield



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