Category Archives: Internet Culture & Trends
How Viral Culture Changed the Internet
There was a time when a short animated video shared over email could feel revolutionary. In the mid-1990s, most people connected through dial-up modems. Pages loaded slowly. Video files were compressed and traded carefully. Platforms like AOL chat rooms and … Continue reading
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Viral Videos 2025: The End of the Classic Viral Era?
2025: When “Viral” Stopped Meaning What It Used To There was a time when a viral video meant something simple. It meant someone uploaded a clip — sometimes shaky, sometimes imperfect — and the internet decided, collectively and organically, that … Continue reading
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What “viral non-music” Videos looked like in 2024
2024’s biggest non-music viral moments were basically event-content: creator “mega-productions” (MrBeast-scale challenges), trailer drops that turned into full-week discourse cycles, and street clips / shorts that escaped their original upload and became memes everywhere. The year also doubled down on … Continue reading
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What Went Viral in 2023
2023 was the year of global spectacle and hyper-scale production. Viral videos weren’t random bedroom clips anymore — they were stadium-sized challenges, continent-spanning competitions, massive philanthropy stunts, and creator-driven event moments. The dominant theme? Scale. Money. Global stakes. MrBeast – … Continue reading
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Viral Videos 2022
In 2022, non-music viral videos included emotional tributes, global pop culture moments, face reveals and personal stories from creators, and memetic clips from major events. These ranged from heartfelt goodbye messages from beloved influencers to unfiltered live event moments that … Continue reading
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Viral Videos 2021
In 2021, viral video culture was defined by a blend of high-stakes stunts, relatable domestic trends, and unexpected celebrity moments. On YouTube, MrBeast dominated with his “I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive” video, while The Weeknd’s Super Bowl Halftime Show … Continue reading
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Viral Videos 2016 to 2020
Between 2016 and 2020, the landscape of viral videos shifted from high-production YouTube segments to the spontaneous, user-generated content that came to define the TikTok era. The period began with massive YouTube hits like James Corden’s “Carpool Karaoke” with Adele and quirky … Continue reading
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Viral Videos 2011 to 2015
Mabey not the most viral but certainly worth the trip down memory lane. 2011 Ultimate Dog Tease This hilarious video featured a German Shepherd “talking” as his owner describes delicious food. This has always been one of my all time … Continue reading
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Deadline Post-It Stop-Motion
Post-it notes are cool! They’ve played a starring role in several 2009 videos, from the romantic one-upmanship of this love story to the basic yellow background for illustrator Arthur Jones. With their sticky backs, absolute squareness and bright colors, Post-its … Continue reading
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United Breaks Guitars
Dave Carroll is an award winning singer-songwriter, professional speaker, author and social media innovator from Halifax Canada. With over twenty years experience in the music business, when faced with a difficult customer service issue with United Airlines in 2009, Dave … Continue reading
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Literal Video Version Music Videos Literaly Go Viral
A literal music video, also called a literal video version, is a parody of an official music video clip in which the lyrics have been replaced with lyrics that describe the visuals in the video It started with an a-Ha! … Continue reading
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The All-Star Celebrity Rant
This is not a video for you if you are offended by the F word. But when a celebrity blows a gasket and the F bombs fly it can still cause quite a stir in the media and clever video editors … Continue reading
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All the Single Babies
Funny Baby Dances To Beyonce Single Ladies Music Video. Most people can agree on one thing Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” is a great music video and children love songs with good rhythm and repetition, and ‘Single … Continue reading
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David After Dentist
Seven-year-old David might have taken the most famous dental trip in history. After David had minor surgery in May of 2008, his father videoed his son in the back seat of the car. The video was posted in January of … Continue reading
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The JK Wedding Entrance Dance
A video that went viral in July of 2009 has since inspired many an outrageous wedding day productions. If getting married wasn’t expensive and stressful enough young couples continue to try and out do one another with there wedding video … Continue reading
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