Tiger King
You might remember it as Joe Exotic, Carole Baskin
This spread through many posts rather than one canonical upload.
The first thing the whole internet watched at the same time in lockdown.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- Joe Exotic
- Spread in
- 2020
- Format
- Phenomenon
- Where it started
- Netflix
- Record
- 64 million households in its first month, by Netflix’s count
- Origin
- No single original
- Available
- Not held by ViralWorld
What this wasThe story
A documentary released in March 2020 that 34 million people watched within ten days, producing a fortnight in which almost every online conversation referenced the same programme.
Why it matteredWhat changed
A documentary series released during lockdown was watched by 34 million people in ten days.
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
Where it came fromWhat we know
This spread through many posts rather than one identifiable original. No copy is held here — what it was, when it spread and what people called it is what this page can tell you.
Nothing here is claimed to be the first version of this. It spread through many posts rather than from one identifiable original.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
SourcesWhat was read
Sources last read on . That date is about the history on this page. Whether the media still plays is checked separately and can change any day. How ViralWorld documents things