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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A fan's GoPro took a wild ride at Coachella
A fan's GoPro took a wild ride at Coachella


Dildo-drone will fly out of your crotch and into your heart
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Whale breaches right next to an unsuspecting paddleboarder
Whale breaches right next to an unsuspecting paddleboarder





Greedy lemur begs two kids to scratch its back
Greedy lemur begs two kids to scratch its back

The 20 best YouTube videos to watch stoned
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'Cake by the Ocean' Passover parody is here to help you celebrate seder
'Cake by the Ocean' Passover parody is here to help you celebrate seder

Beyoncé released an extended trailer for the mysterious 'Lemonade' project
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John Oliver and 'Sesame Street' teach us that lead poisoning is still a huge problem
John Oliver and 'Sesame Street' teach us that lead poisoning is still a huge problem






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