Viral Video Archive

Gangnam Style

officialpsy · 2012

First video to reach 1 billion views

Baby Shark Dance

Pinkfong · 2016

Most viewed video on YouTube

Nyan Cat

saraj00n · 2011

2011 internet meme

Evolution of Dance

judsonlaipply · 2006

One of the first major viral YouTube videos

Charlie Bit My Finger

HDCYT · 2007

British viral classic — original video sold as NFT

Double Rainbow

Yosemitebear62 · 2010

Emotional reaction video, popularised by Jimmy Kimmel tweet

Keyboard Cat

fatso2 (Charlie Schmidt) · 2007

Internet meme — cat playing keyboard

David After Dentist

booba1234 · 2009

Child post-surgery reactions

Dramatic Chipmunk

earlybdsmm · 2007

Dramatic sting meme

The Harlem Shake (original)

Filthy Frank · 2013

2013 meme that spawned thousands of parodies

Pen Pineapple Apple Pen

PIKO-TARO OFFICIAL · 2016

2016 viral novelty song by Piko-Taro

Ice Bucket Challenge (Official)

ALSAssociation · 2014

ALS fundraiser challenge — raised $115M

What Does the Fox Say?

Ylvis · 2013

Norwegian comedy song

Call Me Maybe

Carly Rae Jepsen · 2012

Social media trend — cover/parody chains

Gangnam Style (Live UN)

UN Web TV · 2012

PSY performed at the United Nations

Frozen – Let It Go

DisneyMusicVEVO · 2013

Disney Frozen viral hit

Numa Numa (original)

GaryBrolsma · 2004

Early viral webcam video

Friday

Rebecca Black · 2011

Viral for being widely parodied and criticised

Dumb Ways to Die

Metro Trains Melbourne · 2012

Award-winning safety PSA that became a meme

Trololo (Edward Khil)

Gennadiy Bystrov · 2010

Soviet-era performance that became a 2010 internet meme