Most viral ever
The moments that got out of their own corner of the internet and became things everybody knew.
What Does the Fox Say
The big ones
What Does the Fox Say
You might remember it as Ylvis The Fox, ring ding ding ding song and 1 more
The most-watched video of its year and a permanent fixture of children's internet culture.
The ones everybody sawThe giants
As each one arrivedIn order
1996–2014
- Dancing Baby Look
- Hampster Dance The story
- All Your Base Are Belong To Us The story
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Numa Numa
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Evolution of Dance
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Keyboard Cat
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Susan Boyle I Dreamed a Dream
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David After Dentist
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Double Rainbow
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Nyan Cat
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Rebecca Black Friday
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Grumpy Cat
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Kony 2012
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Harlem Shake
- Doge Look
- The Oscar selfie Look
The rest of the collectionEverything else
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Wellerman
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Old Town Road
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PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)
- The Dress View original
- Mannequin Challenge The story
- Distracted boyfriend Look
- Dancing Pallbearers View original
- Instagram egg View original
- OK boomer View original
How this list is chosen
Each one is here for a stated reason: it got far beyond where it started and there is independent evidence of that — it was reused by enormous numbers of people, crossed from one platform to the rest, reached people who were not online for it, or is still named years later. Being historically important is not enough on its own; the first YouTube upload matters and was not viral. Not a ranking by views.