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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Kangaroo kick-punches car driving down rural Australian road
Kangaroo kick-punches car driving down rural Australian road

Pour one out for this fish getting turnt in Brazil
Pour one out for this fish getting turnt in Brazil

Dog double-crosses best friend for sweet, sweet pizza
Dog double-crosses best friend for sweet, sweet pizza



Mysterious black cat trots onto ice during hockey warmup
Mysterious black cat trots onto ice during hockey warmup



Diva dog demands human give her a manicure
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This dog can't help but dance every time it hears the banjo
This dog can't help but dance every time it hears the banjo



'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' gets a swingin' makeover
'Are You Gonna Be My Girl' gets a swingin' makeover


Woman learns not to play with kid toys the hard way
Woman learns not to play with kid toys the hard way

Scary video shows dad saving kid slipping from roller coaster after seatbelt malfunctions
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Loyal dog makes the perfect bed for a sleepy kid
Loyal dog makes the perfect bed for a sleepy kid



Distressing musical number imagines a dark world with no Internet
Distressing musical number imagines a dark world with no Internet

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