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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Daniel Radcliffe shares what it was like to play a farting corpse in 'Swiss Army Man'
Daniel Radcliffe shares what it was like to play a farting corpse in 'Swiss Army Man'



It took hundreds of thousands of photos to make this timelapse
It took hundreds of thousands of photos to make this timelapse


Here's what happens when a bald eagle and a Canada goose fight it out
Here's what happens when a bald eagle and a Canada goose fight it out






Ridiculously adorable little boy saves all of his kisses in a bag
Ridiculously adorable little boy saves all of his kisses in a bag




It's ok to cry happy tears after seeing this groom's reaction to his bride
It's ok to cry happy tears after seeing this groom's reaction to his bride

Very professional dog gets sworn in as a K9 victim assistance dog
Very professional dog gets sworn in as a K9 victim assistance dog


Father and son sing a sweet Frank Sinatra duet
Father and son sing a sweet Frank Sinatra duet

Using the dog face filter on Snapchat may attract supernatural activity
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