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1997·Early web, before YouTube·skill

Hampster Dance

One of the earliest things anyone called an internet meme, and the origin of a song that outlived the page.

You might remember it as Hampsterdance, Hamster Dance

From the early web

This Moment began as a web page, not as a video. Originally published on GeoCities.

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What this was

A other classified under dance, described as skill.

It first appeared in 1997, during early web, before YouTube.

The same internet

Early web, before YouTube

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Where it came from

There is no original upload to identify: this Moment did not begin as one. ViralWorld holds no copy of it either — what it was, when it appeared and what people called it is the record.

Nothing here is claimed to be the first publication of this Moment, because the first publication was not an upload. This Moment began as a web page, not as a video. Originally published on GeoCities.

Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.

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A other classified under dance, described as skill.
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