List of notable YouTube videos

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, three former employees of PayPal.^[1] It is the second-most-visited website.^[2] Most content is generated by individuals, including collaborations between YouTubers and corporate sponsors. Established media, news, and entertainment corporations have also created and expanded their visibility on YouTube channels to reach bigger audiences.^[3]^[4] In January 2012, it was estimated that visitors to YouTube spent an average of 15 minutes a day on the site, in contrast to the four or five hours a day spent by a typical US citizen watching television.^[5] In 2017, viewers on average watched YouTube on mobile devices for more than an hour every day.^[6]

YouTube was created on February 14, 2005, with the first video being published on April 23, 2005, with Me at the zoo.^[7] As of May 2019^[update], videos were being uploaded to the platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute,^[8]^[9] and as of mid-2024^[update], there were approximately 14.8 billion videos in total.^[10] According to Amanda Holpuch of The New York Times, "YouTube is now a cornerstone of the media ecosystem." Content on the platform ranges from music videos, long-form documentary-style video essays, and conspiracy theory videos. Holpuch goes on to say "It has disrupted traditional television and given rise to a world of video creators who make content catering to every imaginable niche interest."^[11]

This is a list of YouTube videos that journalists, online newspaper, or magazines have written about. To be considered for this list: the videos must be included on many separate articles from different publications (inclusive of all time periods), as chosen by their editorial staff. Each video must be recognised mainly for its corresponding YouTube upload, and already has an article on Wikipedia. There are 198 videos listed below.

2000s

Me at the zoo (2005)

Me at the zoo is recognized as the first video uploaded to the platform. The 19-second video features Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of YouTube, being recorded by his high school friend, Yakov Lapitsky. In the video, Karim is seen standing in front of two elephants at the San Diego Zoo in California, where he briefly comments on the length of their trunks. Multiple publications agreed that the video embodies YouTube as a whole and stated it was a milestone of the platform's history. Karim has later updated the video's description several times.^[A]

My Snowboarding Skillz (2005)

My Snowboarding Skillz is a YouTube video uploaded shortly after the creation of Me at the zoo on April 23, 2005, recognized as the second video uploaded to the platform and the platform's first "fail video". The 11-second video features "mw" attempting to traverse a ramp or box feature, but ultimately fails at the end.^[B]

Pokemon Theme Music Video (2005)

Anthony Padilla and Ian Hecox from *Pokemon Theme Music Video*

Pokemon Theme Music Video was released on November 28, 2005 by the channel Smosh. It followed the same style as their other earlier videos, featuring the duo lip-syncing the original English theme song for the Pokémon anime. The video instantly became much more popular than any of their other videos. Over the course of its lifetime, it gained over 24 million views, and briefly became the most-viewed video on all of YouTube. The video was later removed from the site in 2007 due to a copyright infringement claim. Due to the channel's continued success, and Smosh's partnership with YouTube, the two recreated the video in November 2010, this time changing the words to be critical of The Pokémon Company taking down the Pokémon theme video.^[C]

Lazy Sunday (2005)

From left to right: Jorma Taccone, Andy Samberg and Akiva Schaffer, the creators of *Lazy Sunday*

Lazy Sunday is a single and short film by American comedy troupe The Lonely Island. Some time in 2005 to 2006, multiple unofficial uploads of the video went viral and were cumulatively watched more than five million times on YouTube. YouTube at that time was a startup website that appeared to be aimed for video creators, but by February 2006, due to "Lazy Sunday", established itself as a home for any type of video sharing. In August 2013, an official upload of the video was upload to the Saturday Night Live YouTube channel uploaded "Lazy Sunday".^[D]

Where the Hell is Matt? 2005 (2005)

Where the Hell is Matt? is video that features Matt Harding of Dancing doing a dance "jig" in many different places around the world. The video garnered popularity on the video sharing site YouTube. There are now five major videos plus two outtakes and several background videos on YouTube. Matt dances alone in the first videos. In 2008 others join with him doing the dance "jig"; in 2010 he does the Diski Dance in South Africa. In 2012 he works with other dancers, sometimes using a local dance or another dance step. In 2007, Jawed Karim, one of the founders of YouTube, stated that Harding's video was his favorite on YouTube at that time.^[E]

Al Gore's Penguin Army (2006)

Al Gore's Penguin Army is a two-minute-long satirical webvideo posted on YouTube on May 24, 2006, spoofing Al Gore and his movie An Inconvenient Truth. There is evidence that the video is a product of the dishonest marketing technique of astroturfing. The Wall Street Journal consulted a professor of communications who described the spoof as "'Propaganda 101' and said: "It contains no factual information, but presents a highly negative image [of Al Gore]."^[F]

Bus Uncle (2006)

The Bus Uncle (X尚義聲線高壓呀叔搭巴士途中問候後生仔) is a Hong Kong Cantonese viral video depicting a verbal altercation between two men aboard a KMB bus in Hong Kong on 27 April 2006. The older and more belligerent of the two men was quickly nicknamed the "Bus Uncle", from the common Hong Kong practice of referring to older men as "Uncle" (阿叔).^[G]

Charlie the Unicorn (2006)

Charlie the Unicorn is a 2005 animated comedy short film created by Jason Steele of independent film company FilmCow in Orlando, Florida. Charlie the Unicorn has become increasingly popular since its inception. Following its posting on Newgrounds in 2005, Geoff Swanson of YouTube posted a copy of the video on the website in 2006, where it rapidly gained popularity.^[H]

La Caída de Edgar (2006)

La Caída de Edgar (Edgar's Fall) is a 2006 video of Mexican boys Edgar Martinez and Fernando, hiking in a ranch near their home town of Monterrey. It starts with Edgar using a makeshift bridge that crosses a small stream when Fernando makes a joke about pushing Edgar off the bridge into the water. Edgar finally loses his balance, plunging into the stream. Edgar curses more intensively as he emerges from the water, while Fernando asks for forgiveness.^[I]

lonelygirl15 (2006–2008)

lonelygirl15 is an American science fiction thriller web series created by Miles Beckett, Mesh Flinders, Greg Goodfried, and Amanda Goodfried. It was independently released on YouTube from June 16, 2006, to August 1, 2008, and was also briefly released on Revver and Myspace. The series revolves around the initially mundane life of homeschooled 16-year-old Bree Avery played by Jessica Lee Rose (pictured), who uses the username Lonelygirl15 online.^[J]

Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years. (2006)

Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years (or Everyday) is an ongoing art project by American photographer Noah Kalina that gained widespread attention when the first segment of the project, was released in 2006 and became a viral video. The first everyday video features a fast montage of thousands of pictures of Kalina spanning a period of six years all played sequentially as a time lapse.^[K]

Evolution of Dance (2006)

Judson Laipply from *Evolution of Dance*

Evolution of Dance is a performance by Judson Laipply and uploaded by Ireneusz Krosny, the video consisted of 12 popular dance songs of the late 20th century. In the video which was later uploaded to YouTube on April 6, 2006, he is seen performing various dance moves on stage with a spot light pointing at him in under 8 minutes.^[L]

Free Hugs Campaign - Official Page (music by Sick Puppies) (2006)

Free Hugs Campaign - Official Page (music by Sick Puppies) is a 2006 video that started the "Free Hugs Campaign". The campaign became famous internationally in September 2006 as the result of a music video on YouTube for the song "All The Same" by Australian band Sick Puppies, which has been viewed over 79 million times as of March 2026.^[M]

OK Go - Here It Goes Again (Official Music Video) (2006)

Color photograph of OK Go performing live in 2006 — OK Go band members from *Here It Goes Again*

Here It Goes Again is a 2006 song by American rock band OK Go. The music video of this song is a performance of the band dancing on eight treadmills, arranged in two rows of four and in alternating opposite directions, in a single continuous take. It was choreographed and co-directed by the band and lead singer Damian Kulash's sister Trish Sie and filmed at her home in Orlando, Florida. It took two to three days of practice and then 17 attempts to complete the video. The band's webmaster suggested they upload the video to YouTube, which at the time was just beginning to take off as a video sharing site. It release on YouTube on July 31, 2006, and has been viewed over 69 million times as of January 2026. Here It Goes Again won the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video and the 2006 YouTube awards for Most Creative Video.^[N]

Its Over 9000!!! [Original Video and Audio] (2006)

It's Over 9000!!! is an Internet meme that became popular in 2006, involving a change made for English localizations of an episode of the Dragon Ball Z anime television series titled "The Return of Goku", which originally aired in the United States on April 19, 1997. The popularity of the meme quickly spread, inspiring a series of remix videos on YouTube. The most viewed video clip uploaded on YouTube which references the phrase has received over 15 million views to date; various parodies and spoofs of the clip receive a large number of views on YouTube as well.^[O]

Kiwi! (2006)

Kiwi! is a 2006 computer-generated animation short film created by Dony Permedi as his Master's Thesis project at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. The music was composed and performed by Tim Cassell. The short gained widespread popularity online after being uploaded to YouTube. the animation has been viewed over 49 million times. It won official recognition on March 26, 2007, when viewers voted it the Most Adorable video of 2006 in the first annual YouTube Video Awards.^[P]

Lo que tú Quieras Oír (2006)

Lo que tú quieras oír (Whatever You Want To Hear) is a Spanish language short drama by Guillermo Zapata added to YouTube on March 26, 2006. The video is known for being the most-watched non-English video on YouTube, the third most-viewed video excluding music videos, and the twelfth most viewed of all time, with over 100 million views.^[Q]

Loosechange2 (2006)

Loose Change is a series of seven films released between 2005 and 2017 that argue in favor of certain conspiracy theories relating to the September 11 attacks. The films were written and directed by Dylan Avery and produced by Korey Rowe, Jason Bermas, and Matthew Brown. Vanity Fair to say it could be the first Internet blockbuster. In April 2005, the first edition of Loose Change was made available for free on the Internet and was given a limited DVD release with 50,000 sold and 100,000 given away. The second edition of Loose Change was uploaded to YouTube under the title "Loosechange2".^[R]

Male Restroom Etiquette (2006)

Male Restroom Etiquette is a 2006 American short subject created by Phil R. Rice and produced by his company Zarathustra Studios. The film is a mockumentary about unwritten rules of behavior in male restrooms and is intended to be a parody of educational and social guidance films. the film became popular on YouTube, where, after being featured on the front page in early October 2006.^[S]

myspace: the movie (Official) (2006)

myspace: the movie is a 2006 short film and viral video created by David Lehre. Its name refers to Myspace, the social networking website, which it parodies. Two years later, a new video by Lehre was released, but instead of Myspace, focused on Facebook. More than 10 copies of the movie were produced on YouTube. Reaction has extended beyond the social networking sites and into the mainstream media including mentions in The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, and The New York Times. The worldwide attention that the video received earned the video's creator, David Lehre, the opportunity to develop a pilot for Fox Television.^[T]

Numa Numa (2006)

Numa Numa is an Internet meme based on a video by American vlogger Gary Brolsma made after the song "Dragostea din Tei", released by Moldovan pop group O-Zone in 2003. Brolsma's video, entitled Numa Numa Dance, was uploaded to the website Newgrounds on December 6, 2004.^[U]

Shoes the Full Version (2006)

Shoes the Full Version is a song recorded by American actor Liam Kyle Sullivan, performing as his alter ego, Kelly. After Sullivan posted its music video to his own website in early 2006, he uploaded it to YouTube on May 5, 2006, where it became one of the first-ever viral videos online. It has appeared on several lists of the best YouTube videos of all time and has been described as an important moment in the history of YouTube and of the Internet due to its virality.^[V]

Techno Viking (2006)

Techno Viking is an internet phenomenon and meme based on a video from the 2000 Fuckparade in Berlin, Germany. In 2006 an unknown user re-published it to YouTube, and it went viral in 2007. According to Fritsch, its popularity began on a Central American pornography site. By mid-2010, the video had generated over 20 million hits on YouTube alone; as of January 2013, the original version had more than 16 million views.^[W]

The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody) (2006)

jacksfilms from *The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody)*

The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody) is a video by American YouTuber jacksfilms. He uploaded it on January 22, 2009, and it remains his most-viewed video as of February 2025, amassing over 25.9 million views. The video was praised by many news outlet at the time of its release.^[X]

IPHONE BILL (2007)

iPhone bill is a video where YouTube personality Justine Ezarik better known as iJustine, gets a 300-page iPhone bill from AT&T Mobility mailed in a box, which became an Internet meme in August 2007. Total views were reported to exceed 8 million by the end of 2007. Ezarik said she earned $2,000 from the video from Revver.^[Y]

Battle at Kruger (2007)

Battle at Kruger is an eight-minute amateur wildlife video that depicts a confrontation between a herd of Cape buffalo, a small group of young lions from a pride, and two crocodiles. Since being posted on YouTube on 3 May 2007, Battle at Kruger has received over 90 million views as of 2023 and has become a viral video sensation. It was widely praised for its dramatic depiction of wildlife on the African savannah.^[Z]

Bride has massive Hair Wig Out (2007)

Bride Has Massive Hair Wig Out is the name of a viral video uploaded to YouTube in early 2007. The campaign was created by Canadian Advertising Agency, Capital C. Seemingly shot by one of three bridesmaids, it shows a bride (Canadian actress Jodi Behan) so unhappy with her hairstyle on her wedding day that she starts cutting it off.^[AA]

Charlie bit my finger - again ! (2007)

Charlie Bit My Finger is a 2007 Internet viral video famous for being at the time the most viewed YouTube video. featuring Harry Davies-Carr (aged 3) and Charlie Davies-Carr (aged 1), two brothers from England. Both seated in a chair, Charlie nibbles on Harry's finger, to the amusement of both. Harry says "Charlie bit me" As of October 2022, the video received over 897 million views. It became the second most viewed video in August 2009, and took over the title as the most viewed video ever at the end of October 2009, when it surpassed "Evolution of Dance". By November 2009, "Charlie Bit My Finger – Again!" had received over 130 million views.^[AB]

"Chocolate Rain" Original Song by Tay Zonday (2007)

Chocolate Rain is a song by American singer Tay Zonday. It quickly became popular after the music video for the song was uploaded to YouTube on April 22, 2007, and has since been viewed more than 140 million times as of May 2025. From time to time, Zonday moves away from the microphone in between lines; an explanation is provided via a caption that appears early in the video – "**I move away from the mic to breathe in".^[AC]

Crush on Obama (2007)

Crush on Obama is an Internet viral video, first posted on YouTube in June 2007 featuring a young woman seductively singing of her love for then-U.S. Senator (later President) Barack Obama. On June 13, 2007, the video was posted to the video sharing website YouTube and garnered over one thousand views within the first five hours of its posting. By the second day the American news media had taken notice of the video's growing popularity. Relles, Ettinger and Kauffman appeared on many television news programs.^[AD]

Daft Hands - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (2007)

Daft Hands is a 2007 YouTube viral video which shows a pair of hands moving to reveal each word of the Daft Punk song Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger lyrics. The video was performed by Austin Hall, who later appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. In 2010. The video inspired numerous remakes including the variant Daft Bodies; both videos, along with other viral videos, were referenced in Weezer's "Pork and Beans" music video.^[AE]

Dramatic Chipmunk (2007)

Dramatic Chipmunk is a viral Internet video. The video is a five-second clip of a prairie dog (erroneously referred to as a chipmunk) turning its head while the camera zooms in and dramatic music is played. Since its release, the video has received over fifty million views. People Magazine named the Dramatic Chipmunk as one of The 10 Wildest YouTube Stars of 2007.^[AF]

Freeman's Mind (2007–2014)

Freeman's Mind is a machinima series created by Ross Scott. Freeman's Mind used the Source remake of the 1998 video game Half-Life. It follows the protagonist of the game, Gordon Freeman, also voiced by Scott, who acts as a combination of narrator and running commentary, often criticizing and satirizing the game world's conventions in a style similar to that in Mystery Science Theater 3000. The series ran from 2007 to 2014 and consisted of 71 episodes. The series was hosted on Machinima until 2014.^[AG]

Vote Different (2007)

Vote Different (or Hillary 1984) is the title of the viral video that combines the footage of the 2008 presidential campaign web announcement by Hillary Clinton with the 1984 Super Bowl commercial by Apple Inc. for the launch of Macintosh. The video shows the same blond female athlete from the 1984 Super Bowl commercial updated with an iPod. The Big Brother image that she throws the sledgehammer at is replaced with Hillary Clinton announcing that she is running for president.^[AH]

How to solve a Rubik's Cube (Part One) (2007)

How to solve a Rubik's Cube is a 2007 video by American blogger Dan Brown. It is a tutorial video on how to solve a Rubik's Cube and it went viral. The video got 35,000 views within a day of its upload. It won "Best Instructional" at the 2007 YouTube Awards. As of 2010^[update], the video has over 16 million views.^[AI]

Italian Spiderman (2007)

Italian Spiderman is an Australian short film parody of Italian action–adventure films of the 1960s and 1970s, first released on YouTube in 2007. The project began as a trailer for a non-existent film, created by director Dario Russo. It was filmed on one 16mm roll of film in one day. Once it was uploaded online, the trailer went viral and got several million views.^[AJ]

Keyboard Cat (2007)

Keyboard Cat is a video-based internet meme. Its original form was a video made in 1984 by Charlie Schmidt of his cat Fatso seemingly playing a musical keyboard (though manipulated by Schmidt off-camera) to a cheery tune. While Schmidt had uploaded the video himself to YouTube in 2007, and became a popular meme.^[AK]

Leave Britney Alone! (2007)

Cara Cunningham from *Leave Britney Alone!*

Leave Britney Alone! is 2007 viral video where Cara Cunningham is tearfully defended pop singer Britney Spears' comeback performance at the MTV Video Music Awards; the video received over four million views in two days. Many have accused Cunningham of acting in the "Leave Britney Alone!" video, although Cunningham insisted it was genuine on a September 2007 appearance on Maury Povich's Maury show.^[AL]

Music Is My Hot Hot Sex (2007)

Music Is My Hot Hot Sex is a single by Brazilian band Cansei de Ser Sexy from their first album Cansei de Ser Sexy. An 18-year-old British student, Nick Haley, used the song in a homemade 30-second commercial for the iPod Touch that he created and then posted on the video sharing site YouTube on September 11, 2007. It was removed from the YouTube most-viewed list for a short time pending an investigation by YouTube, but was then reinstated.^[AM]

Obey the Walrus (2007)

Obey the Walrus is a 2007 video that shows clips from the film The Goddess Bunny. Sandie Crisp, also known as the Goddess Bunny, became more widely known when a video, which featured the Star Fox character Andross singing a Spanish version of "Itsy-Bitsy-Spider" before cutting to a scene from the movie of Crisp tap dancing, was first released in 2005 in the form of an online video on eBaum's World and then reuploaded on YouTube in 2007. The video, with the Spanish title "Obedece a la morsa" or, in English, "Obey the Walrus", subsequently went viral. As of 2025^[update] the video reaching more than 8 million views on YouTube.^[AN]

Omoide wa Okkusenman! (2007)

Omoide wa Okkusenman! (ロックマン2 - おっくせんまん or 110 million memories!) is a song that has become an Internet meme in Japan. The original song was composed by Capcom composer Takashi Tateishi as the background music for Doctor Wily's Stage in Mega Man 2 titled "Wily's Castle (Dr. Wily Stage 1)", but was eventually rearranged by an individual solely known as "Blue Fang" (蒼い牙, Aoi Kiba). Lyrics were later written for this version of the song, and then posted to YouTube on February 6, 2007.^[AO]

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams (2007)

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams was a lecture given by Carnegie Mellon University computer science professor Randy Pausch on September 18, 2007, that received widespread media coverage, and was the basis for The Last Lecture, a New York Times best-selling book co-authored with Wall Street Journal reporter Jeffrey Zaslow. The video of the speech became an internet sensation, viewed over a million times within its first month on social networking sites such as YouTube, Google video, MySpace, and Facebook.^[AP]

Rickroll'D (2007)

A dog looks excited to see a laptop. The dog sees "Never Gonna Give You Up". The dog then looks annoyed. — A dog is shown the YouTube video of "Never Gonna Give You Up", demonstrating the mechanism of a rickroll

Rickroll'D is a Rickroll video, which is an Internet meme and prank involving the unexpected appearance of the music video for the 1987 hit song "Never Gonna Give You Up", performed by the English singer Rick Astley. Rickrolling originated on 15 May 2007, when 4chan user Shawn Cotter uploaded the "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video to YouTube and linked to it in place of the trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. Under the YouTube username cotter548, he uploaded the video, titled "Rickroll'D", on 15 May 2007. In a 2008 April Fools' joke, YouTube made all links to videos on the site's home page end up on the "Never Gonna Give You Up" music video.^[AQ]

Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise (2007)

Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise is a 2007 viral video created by Neil Cicierega. In the video, Severus Snape hears a strange ticking and, noticing it has a catchy rhythm, begins singing his name to it, followed by Albus Dumbledore, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter. Towards the end, Ron discovers that the source of the ticking is a pipe bomb.^[AR]

The Trouble With Islam (2007)

Screenshot from *The Trouble With Islam*

The Trouble With Islam is a video by Pat Condell, in which he gives a monologue about his criticisms of Islam. Condell said that its popularity proves "there is an enthusiastic audience for comedy ideas and opinions which are routinely censored out of existence in the UK’s mainstream media, thanks to misguided political correctness". The video is under the Creative Commons license.^[AS]

Thriller (2007)

Thriller is a viral video featuring the CPDRC Dancing Inmates of a high-security penitentiary. In 2007, the inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison in Cebu, the Philippines, imitated the zombie dance featured in the music video of Michael Jackson's "Thriller". The footage, uploaded onto video-sharing website YouTube, became a viral video. Thriller generated mixed reviews, with some critics claiming that Garcia forced the inmates to perform, an accusation the prisoners refuted.^[AT]

Мэр города Харькова Михаил Добкин (2007)

Video of the production of Mykhailo Dobkin's campaign advertisement (Мэр города Харькова Михаил Добкин) is a video was published on YouTube that contained a montage of leaked takes made in December 2005 in preparation for an electoral campaign ad of Mykhailo Dobkin. The next day, it reached the top 10 of the most popular YouTube videos of the day in the world, and has become a source for many quotes and memes circulated in the Russian internet community. A follow-up video of unclear origin which included fragments supposedly from the same production scene was published in January 2008.^[AU]

Samwell - "What What (In the Butt)" (2007)

What What (In the Butt) is a viral video created by Andrew Swant and Bobby Ciraldo for the song of the same name by Samwell. It is known for its numerous blatant and camp references to homosexuality and anal sex. The lyrics of the song, a production of Mike Stasny, mostly revolve around the title. The video was uploaded on Valentine's Day 2007 to YouTube.^[AV]

Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend (Official Video) (2008)

Girlfriend is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne. In 2008, the song became the most viewed video on YouTube, and was the first video on the site to reach 100 million views. CSS's "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" had allegedly reached that milestone a couple months before, but was removed due to accusations that the views had been fraudulent. In July, Lavigne's manager Terry McBride claimed that the singer was owed $2 million in revenue from YouTube.^[AW]

A Symphony for YouTube (2008)

The Internet Symphony No. 1 - "Eroica", is a piece written by the Chinese composer Tan Dun for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. It was the first of such events where musicians around the world play the same piece virtually via the internet, and the best performers selected were arranged into an internet symphony orchestra, featured on YouTube.^[AX]

Jesus Is My Friend by Sonseed (2008)

Jesus Is My Friend by Sonseed is a 2008 song by Sonseed. The band came back into the spotlight in 2008 when a recording of them performing their song "Jesus Is a Friend of Mine", from a religious TV-show called The First Estate, appeared on the Dougsploitation blog, and subsequently became a YouTube hit.^[AY]

Jizz in My Pants (2008)

Jizz in My Pants is a SNL Digital Short which aired on Saturday Night Live on December 6, 2008, and YouTube on the same day. It serves as the music video for the first single from the Lonely Island's debut album, Incredibad. The video was published first on YouTube along with most of Lonely Island's works. As of May 2022, "Jizz in My Pants" has been watched over 263 million times, making it Lonely Island's second-most popular video ever, after "I Just Had Sex".^[AZ]

scarlet takes a tumble (best version) (2008)

Scarlet Takes a Tumble is a viral video uploaded to YouTube in 2008. In it, Paige Reynolds, a teenage girl, falls off of a table while singing. By 2009, the video had more than 10 million views; as of 2025^[update], it has more than 33 million. Reaction videos to it also became popular online and Reynolds appeared on various talk shows to discuss its virality.^[BA]

Corrigan Brothers - There's No One As Irish As Barack Obama (2008)

There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama is a humorous folk song written in 2008 by the Irish band Hardy Drew and the Nancy Boys. The song, which received huge publicity in America and was described as a "web hit" by the BBC, became popular after being released on YouTube.^[BB]

Footage of a Man Who Spent 41 Hours Trapped in an Elevator (2008)

The 1221 Avenue of the Americas skyscraper in 2016

Footage of a Man Who Spent 41 Hours Trapped in an Elevator (or Trapped in an Elevator for 41 Hours) is a video from The New Yorker of the 1999 elevator incident in the 1221 Avenue of the Americas skyscraper. On October 15, 1999, Nicholas White, a Business Week employee whose office was in the building, became trapped in an elevator after a brief power dip caused it to stop between the 13th and 14th floors. White was not rescued until approximately 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 17, nearly 41 hours later, after security guards spotted him in the elevator surveillance cameras.^[BC]

Trent from Punchy (2008)

Trent from Punchy is a fictional YouTube celebrity. Trent first appeared in a YouTube video entitled Trent from Punchy, in a reference to the Western Sydney suburb of Punchbowl on 1 February 2008. Trent's antics and language in the original video helped it become a viral sensation, and the character of Trent gathered a cult following. The video had over 2 million views by May 2009.^[BD]

Username 666 (2008)

Username:666 is a Japanese creepypasta screenlife YouTube video released in 2008. Created by PiroPito known online as nana825763. It shows a fictional scenario where a internet user punching "www.youtube.com/666" into their browser and refreshing until they are taken to a heavily distorted, hellish version of the website.{{efn-ua|Username:666:^[242]^[243]^[244]^[245]

Wario Land: Shake It – Amazing Footage! (2008)

Wario Land: Shake It – Amazing Footage! is a YouTube advertisement for the 2008 Wii video game Wario Land: Shake It! in which the protagonist Wario does various large-impact actions and collecting items, causing the surrounding YouTube webpage to be destroyed bit by bit while these items accumulate around the page. The YouTube ad campaign was well received by marketing professionals and gaming blogs.^[BE]

WOMBO COMBO!!!! (2008)

Wombo Combo is an Internet meme and YouTube video from a December 2008. Melee doubles match that took place at the SCSA West Coast Circuit tournament. The match featured Jeff "SilentSpectre" Leung and Mitchell Tang on one team and Julian Zhu and Joey "Lucky" Aldama on the other. In the match, as Lucky lost all of his lives, SilentSpectre and Tang then performed several moves quickly in tandem, removing Zhu's ability to respond. The commentators of the match – Brandon "HomeMadeWaffles" Collier, Phil DeBerry, and Joseph "Mang0" Marquez – exclaimed "Happy Feet, Wombo Combo. That ain't Falco". They then screamed wildly as SilentSpectre and Tang locked Zhu in a game-winning combo. It has also been used in many "MLG Montage" parody videos.^[BF]

Ataque de pánico! (2009)

Ataque de pánico! (or Panic Attack!) is a 2009 Uruguayan science fiction short film directed by independent filmmaker Fede Álvarez. The film was premiered on October 31, 2009, at the Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre film festival and uploaded to YouTube on November 3, 2009. Following widespread media coverage, Álvarez was offered a 30-million-dollar Hollywood deal to develop and direct a full-length film.^[BG]

Bale Out: RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix! (2009)

Bale Out: RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix! is a satirical dance remix by American composer Lucian Piane, also known as RevoLucian, released on February 2, 2009, to YouTube and Myspace. hours after the original clip of Bale appeared on the internet. Piane made an MP3 file of "Bale Out" available as a free download from his MySpace page. "Bale Out" had been viewed over 200,000 times one day after it was uploaded to YouTube, and within two days it had received 700,000 hits.^[BH]

Best Drag Queen Entrance EVER! (2009)

Best Drag Queen Entrance EVER! is a video by Tandi Iman Dupree, in the video she performances the song "Wonder Woman" at the Miss Gay Black America pageant in 2001, the video of which went on to become an Internet viral hit after it was uploaded to YouTube in 2009.^[BI]

David After Dentist (2009)

David After Dentist is an Internet phenomenon which started when David DeVore Jr.'s father posted a video on the Internet of his reaction to anesthesia after he had been given oral surgery. As of 8 September 2022, it has been viewed 141 million times on YouTube. David DeVore Sr. has received criticism for exploiting his son. DeVore has stated that he appreciates the concern, but feels that it was innocent and has been a positive experience for his family.^[BJ]

Democracy Manifest (2009)

Democracy Manifest is an October 1991 Australian news segment video by the reporter Chris Reason. It shows a man being arrested by Queensland Police at a Chinese restaurant. As the police forcibly detain him, he remarks in a stentorian tone, "Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!", "What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal?", "Get your hand off my penis!", and, after an aborted attempt by a police officer to headlock him, "I see that you know your judo well."^[BK]

Disgusting Domino's People (2009)

Disgusting Domino's People is a series of five viral videos uploaded to YouTube on April 13, 2009, which depict a male employee at a Domino's Pizza restaurant, Michael Setzer, contaminating ingredients with his nostrils and buttocks while a co-worker, Kristy Hammonds, narrates that items with those ingredients will go out to customers.^[BL]

I'm on a Boat (2009)

I'm on a Boat is a single from The Lonely Island's debut album Incredibad. It was also featured as a Saturday Night Live Digital Short. The song features R&B singer T-Pain. The song, produced by Wyshmaster, is a parody of many rap video clichés, especially the music video for the Jay-Z song "Big Pimpin'." The music video reached number one on YouTube in February 2009 and was number one on the US iTunes music video chart.^[BM]

JK Wedding Entrance Dance (2009)

JK Wedding Entrance Dance is a viral video originally uploaded to YouTube on July 19, 2009, featuring the wedding of Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz, using "Forever" by Chris Brown as the song for their wedding march. In its first 48 hours, the video accumulated more than 3.5 million views. The original upload of the video was the third most popular video on YouTube in 2009, and as of July 2021 had been viewed over 100 million times.^[BN]

THE LONGEST WAY 1.0 - 350 days of hiking through China - TIMELAPSE. (2009)

The Longest Way is a 2009 viral video uploaded by Christoph Rehage. The video features Rehage walking 4646 km (2887 miles) from Beijing to Ürümqi during 2007 and 2008. It has received over 50 million views, as of August 2022. TIME listed the video as the #8 top viral video of 2009.^[BO]

Marble Hornets (2009–2014)

Left to right: Tim Sutton, Troy Wagner, Joseph DeLage, the creators of *Marble Hornets*

Marble Hornets is an alternate reality YouTube web series based on the Slender Man online mythos. The first video was posted on YouTube on June 20, 2009, following a post that its creator, Troy Wagner, created on the Something Awful forum the previous day. It was the first web series to be created around the character, and the first Marble Hornets affiliated post being 9 days after the character'Ms creation.^[BP]

Me and My Dick (2009)

Me and My Dick is a musical with music and lyrics by A.J. Holmes, Carlos Valdes, and Darren Criss, Me and My Dick is a coming of age tale about a "boy with a very special relationship with his very best friend ... his Dick! Together they face the trials of growing up, love, sex and high school, but these two best pals are in for the adventure of a lifetime."^[BQ]

R U Professional (2009)

The Mae Shi band members from *R U Professional*

R U Professional is a 2009 satirical song by the American indie rock band The Mae Shi, inspired by a July 2008 outburst by actor Christian Bale on the set of Terminator Salvation. R U Professional was made available on YouTube and MediaFire on February 3, 2009. The video description on YouTube by the group stated, "Song By The Mae Shi celebrating the life and work of Xtian Bale.^[BR]

Saturday Morning Watchmen (2009)

Saturday Morning Watchmen is a Newgrounds and YouTube viral video published on March 5, 2009, the day before the release of the live-action Watchmen film.The video parodies the DC Comics limited series Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, portraying the opening sequence of a fictional 1980s Saturday morning cartoon based on the series.^[BS]

A Very Potter Musical (2009)

A Very Potter Musical is a musical with music and lyrics by Darren Criss and A. J. Holmes and a book by Matt Lang, Nick Lang and Brian Holden. The story is a parody, based on several of the Harry Potter novels by J. K. Rowling. The story of Harry Potter's return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, his participation in the House Cup Championship, the trials and tribulations of adolescence, and the return of the dark wizard Lord Voldemort and the Golden Trio's attempts to destroy the Horcruxes.^[BT]

2010s

AC Transit bus fight (2010)

AC Transit Bus fight is an American viral video depicting a physical altercation between two men aboard an AC Transit bus in Oakland, California, on February 15, 2010. The altercation was recorded by a nearby passenger, who uploaded it to video hosting website YouTube. It ranked among the top five most viewed videos on YouTube in its first week, but was not included in the official list, and has received over six million views.^[BU]

"Agents of Secret Stuff" (2010)

Agents of Secret Stuff is a 2010 American action comedy short film created and co-directed by Wesley Chan, Ted Fu, and Philip Wang of Wong Fu Productions, and Ryan Higa. The film stars Ryan Higa, Arden Cho, and Dominic Sandoval, and also features cameos by several other YouTube users. The film had a theatrical debut in Los Angeles on November 23, 2010, and was released on YouTube on November 24.^[BV]

Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris (2010)

Baby is a song by Canadian singer Justin Bieber featuring American rapper Ludacris. It was released as the lead single on Bieber's debut studio album, My World 2.0. The track was written by the artists alongside Christina Milian and producers Tricky Stewart and The-Dream. The official music video is the 39th most-viewed video on YouTube. As of January 2025, it is also the fourth-most-disliked video and the most-disliked music video on the platform.^[BW]

Bed Intruder Song (2010)

Bed Intruder Song is a song by the Gregory Brothers and Antoine Dodson, featuring Kelly Dodson. The song, created for Auto-Tune the News, features processed vocals of a WAFF-48 news interview with Antoine Dodson, who was talking to a reporter about a home invasion and attempted rape of his sister Kelly. The original music video for "Bed Intruder Song" went viral, becoming YouTube's most popular video of 2010. As of September 10, 2023, it has been viewed over 154 million views and has received 1.2 million likes since it was uploaded on July 30, 2010.^[BX]

Yosemitebear Mountain Double Rainbow 1-8-10 (2010)

Double Rainbow is a viral video filmed by Paul "Bear" Vasquez (September 5, 1962 – May 9, 2020). The clip, filmed in 2010 in his front yard just outside Yosemite National Park in California, shows his ecstatic reaction to a double rainbow. As of May 2025, Vasquez's video had accumulated more than 51 million views on YouTube.^[BY]

Gap Yah (2010)

Gap Yah is a comedy sketch that gained widespread popularity and press coverage, especially in the United Kingdom, after being published on the video-sharing site YouTube in February 2010. It was created and performed by the University of Oxford graduate Matt Lacey of sketch comedy theatre troupe The Unexpected Items.^[BZ]

Minecraft Multiplayer Fun (2010)

Pewdiepie from *Minecraft Multiplayer Fun*

Minecraft Multiplayer Fun is a 2010 YouTube video, noted for being the oldest video available for viewing on the PewDiePie channel. The video was uploaded by Felix Kjellberg, the owner of the channel, on 2 October 2010. Also featuring Xebaz, a friend of Kjellberg's, the video shows the two playing Minecraft, a sandbox video game. "Minecraft Multiplayer Fun" has been viewed more than 22 million times as of March 2024.^[CA]

Gunman Kills Self After Opening Fire on Florida School Board (2010)

The Panama City shootings occurred on December 14, 2010, in Panama City, Florida. In the attack, a disgruntled individual, Clay Allen Duke, fired four or five shots at six Bay District School board members, but missed them all, including the superintendent. The video was subsequently uploaded to video sharing sites, including YouTube.^[CB]

We Are The World 25 For Haiti (YouTube Edition) (2010)

We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition) is a collaborative charity song and music video produced by singer-songwriter Lisa Lavie and posted to the YouTube video sharing website to raise money for victims of the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake. Within days after it was posted the video became the subject of media attention. The video received its first half-million views on YouTube in two days, and more than 830,000 views in its first six days.^[CC]

The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger (original narration by Randall) (2011)

The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger is a YouTube viral video and Internet meme that first appeared on the Internet in January 2011. The video features commentary by a narrator identified only as "Randall", dubbed over pre-existing National Geographic Wild footage of honey badgers. Accompanying the narration is the Prelude from J. S. Bach's Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012. Since its release, the video has gained more than 100 million views.^[CD]

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (2011–2016)

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (DHMIS) is a British surrealist adult puppet musical horror comedy web series created by Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling. The series is notable for its blending of surrealism and morbid humour with horror and musical elements. Its production is diverse, combining puppetry, live action, and styles of animation including stop motion, traditional animation, flash animation, clay animation, and computer animation. The original series consisted of 6 short episodes released from 29 July 2011 to 19 June 2016 on YouTube.^[CE]

Rebecca Black - Friday (2011)

Friday is the debut single by American singer Rebecca Black. It was written and produced by Los Angeles record producers Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson. The song's music video was released on February 10, 2011. The original music video was removed from YouTube on June 16, 2011, due to legal disputes between ARK Music and Black. By then, it had already amassed more than 167 million views. The video was later re-uploaded to YouTube on September 16, 2011. The music video for the song is one of the most disliked YouTube videos of all time.^[CF]

EL FUA (2011)

El FUA is an Internet meme involving a viral YouTube video of an intoxicated Mexican man called Julio César Segura, who claims to have divine powers, including fortune-telling and revival of the dead. El Fua became popular after an online news program, Nayarit en Línea, from Nayarit, Mexico, uploaded the video to YouTube.^[CG]

Hot Cross Buns 1 (2011)

Hot Cross Buns is a Channel 101 and YouTube Internet video published on October 29, 2011. Hot Cross Buns was originally uploaded to Channel 101 on October 29, 2011. It was uploaded to YouTube the next day.^[CH]

Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral - Smartwater (2011)

Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral is a viral video advertisement by Glacéau, starring actress Jennifer Aniston, that promotes the smartwater bottled water brand. The video was uploaded to YouTube on 7 March 2011 and had attracted almost ten and a half million views before it was taken down in February 2012.^[CI]

Life in a Day (2011)

Life in a Day is a crowd-sourced documentary film comprising an arranged series of video clips selected from 80,000 clips submitted to the YouTube video sharing website, the clips showing respective occurrences from around the world on a single day, 24 July 2010. The premiere was streamed live on YouTube. On 31 October 2011, YouTube announced that Life in a Day would be available for viewing on its website free of charge, and on DVD.^[CJ]

Nek Minute (2011)

Nek minnit is an Internet meme made popular by New Zealand skateboarder Levi Hawken. Hawken appeared in a viral video which shows a scooter, apparently destroyed outside a dairy. The "nek minnit" video spawned many parodies and has become a popular slang term among the people of New Zealand.^[CK]

Nyan Cat (2011)

Nyan Cat is a YouTube video uploaded in April 2011, which became an Internet meme. The video merged a Japanese pop song with an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso flying through space and leaving a rainbow trail behind. The video ranked at number five on the list of most viewed YouTube videos in 2011.^[CL]

Portal: No Escape (2011)

Portal: No Escape is a short fan film based on the Portal video game series directed by Dan Trachtenberg. The film was released on August 23, 2011. As of July 2022, the video has received over 27 million views. The video was later featured on VentureBeat's "Top 10 Best Gaming Videos of 2011" list.^[CM]

stari obrazi (2011)

The 2011 Slovenian YouTube incident was the publication of three clips of the recordings of closed sessions of the Government of Slovenia on the video-sharing website YouTube on 3 December 2011. The clips were published under the title Stari obrazi by someone who signed himself as stariobrazi (oldfaces). The publication happened during the term of the Prime Minister Borut Pahor, just before the early 2011 Slovenian parliamentary election on 4 December.^[CN]

Ti kto takoy, davay dosvidaniya! (2011)

A poster during the 2013 Armenian presidential election protests depicting President-elect Serzh Sargsyan and the line *Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!*

Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya! is a title of the viral video, showing meykhana performance with repeating hook in Russian: "Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!" by two brothers Intigam and Ehtiram Rustamov from Azerbaijan. The video was filmed on 5 November 2011 at a wedding in Tangarud, Azerbaijan and as of August 2024 it was viewed over 25 million times on YouTube. It is sung in the form of flyting between Talysh and Baku groups in Azerbaijani, Talysh and Russian languages. The video was also viewed over 10 million times at theinstv, the YouTube channel of Insanity TV.^[CO]

We Solve the Crime (2011)

We Solve the Crime is a Channel 101 and YouTube Internet video published on July 30, 2011. In 2011, writer Brian Wysol created a series of shorts for Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab's Channel 101 including Hot Cross Buns and We Solve the Crime. We Solve the Crime was originally uploaded to Channel 101 on July 30, 2011. Later, it was uploaded to YouTube on July 31, 2011.^[CP]

YouTube Copyright School (2011)

YouTube Copyright School is a video of the American adult animated series Happy Tree Friends created for YouTube. It was uploaded by the official YouTube channel on March 24, 2011. It is created for YouTube users who infringe copyright for the first time, which results in their first "copyright strike." Afterwards, the user is sent to Copyright School, which contains the video along with a quiz where they need to answer a few questions.^[CQ]

Muammar Gaddafi - Zenga Zenga Song - Noy Alooshe Remix (2011)

Zenga Zenga is an auto-tuned song and viral YouTube video that parodied the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The song, released on February 22, 2011, quickly became popular among the Libyan opposition active in the 2011 Libyan civil war. The song was created by Noy Alooshe, an Israeli journalist and musician. The original video has more than 6 million views and the edited "clean" version has surpassed 1 million hits.^[CR]

Sweet Brown on apartment fire: "Ain't Nobody Got Time for That!" (2012)

Ain't Nobody Got Time for That is a viral YouTube video of Kimberly "Sweet Brown" Wilkins being interviewed after having escaped a fire in an apartment complex. It originally aired on April 8, 2012, on Oklahoma City NBC affiliate KFOR-TV.The video garnered Sweet Brown many appearances on television, including a visit to ABC's The View.^[CS]

Arrest of Vladimir Putin: A Report from the Courtroom (2012)

Arrest of Vladimir Putin: A Report from the Courtroom (Aрест Владимира Путина: репортаж из зала суда‬‬) is a viral video, originally posted on YouTube on February 13, 2012, by the Russian video publishing group "Lancelot". The mock video shows then-Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin facing a courtroom trial. The footage was taken from the real-life trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and then digitally altered to make a faux news report. Putin's reply to the judge is taken from television footage where Putin is participating in the 2010 census.^[CT]

Making The Bus Monitor Cry (2012)

Making The Bus Monitor Cry is one of three videos filmed in June 2012 which focused on a bus monitor, who was targeted for bullying by four seventh graders attending Greece Athena Middle School. The video went viral and received numerous video responses and news coverage. A donation campaign was launched for the victim.^[CU]

The Death and Return of Superman (2012)

The Death and Return of Superman is a fan film released in 2012 on YouTube, by Chronicle writer Max Landis. The film, as its title implies, is a monologue about "The Death and Return of Superman" storyline from DC Comics over parody-like sketches. The film was produced by Bryan Basham, creator of COPS: Skyrim.^[CV]

Dumb Ways to Die (2012)

Dumb Ways to Die is an Australian public awareness campaign video and media franchise made by Metro Trains in Melbourne, Victoria to promote railway safety. The original cartoon public service announcement for the awareness campaign went viral on social media after it was released on the internet in November 2012, amassing over 320 million views on YouTube.^[CW]

PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(강남스타일) M/V (2012)

Gangnam Style is made by South Korean singer Psy premiered on July 15, 2012, on the video-sharing website YouTube and was later made available to download digitally on October 19. It was directed by Cho Soo-hyun and was filmed in Seoul in July 2012 over the course of 48 hours. In the video, Psy "pokes fun at the style of Seoul's Gangnam District, a flashy district known for its affluence, high rents, high expectations and a focus on the high-status lifestyle". The video is currently the tenth most-viewed video and the eleventh most-liked video on YouTube, as well as the 19th most-disliked. On December 21, 2012, the music video set a record for the first video to surpass 1 billion views on the platform.^[CX]

Double Take - "Hot Problems" (2012)

Hot Problems is a YouTube released on April 15, 2012, by Garrett and Willey. At the time of the single's release, both girls were attending San Luis Obispo High School. The video was produced by Connor Abrams and posted onto his Old Bailey Productions channel. Abrams stated he produced the video as a favor for one of his friends' younger siblings. The video quickly went viral, accumulating over one million views within its first three days.^[CY]

How I Accidentally Wrote The Office* Theme Song* (2012)

Daniel Thrasher from *How I Accidentally Wrote *The Office* Theme Song*

How I Accidentally Wrote *The Office* Theme Song is a YouTube video by Daniel Thrasher and released on November 13, 2012, in the video he explains how, after he got a new piano, he was testing a chord progression that sounded familiar, before he realized it was the theme song of The Office. A few years later, when Thrasher was in college, the video went viral, and as of April 2024 has over 22 million views and is the fourth most-viewed video on his channel.^[CZ]

Muhammad Movie Trailer (2012)

Innocence of Muslims is a 2012 anti-Islamic short film that was written and produced by Nakoula Basseley Nakoula. Two versions of the 14-minute video were uploaded to YouTube in July 2012, under the titles "The Real Life of Muhammad" and "Muhammad Movie Trailer". Videos dubbed in Arabic were uploaded during early September 2012. Anti-Islamic content had been added in post-production by dubbing, without the actors' knowledge.^[DA]

Kickalicious™ (2012)

Kickalicious™ is a video posted by Rugland onto YouTube On September 16, 2012, under the name "bighdeluxe". After the video went viral, Rugland traveled to San Diego to train with retired NFL kicker Michael Husted. In December 2012, the New York Jets hosted a tryout for Rugland. In March 2013, Rugland worked out for the Cleveland Browns and the Lions, who later signed him in April. He competed with David Akers for the starting spot.^[DB]

KONY 2012 (2012)

Kony 2012 is a 2012 American short documentary film produced by Invisible Children, Inc. The film's purpose was to make Ugandan cult leader, war criminal, and ICC fugitive Joseph Kony globally known so as to have him arrested by the end of 2012. The film was released on March 5, 2012, and spread virally, and the campaign was initially supported by various celebrities. As of June 2024, the film had received over 103 million views and 1.3 million likes on the video-sharing website YouTube.^[DC]

Live Action Toy Story (2012)

Live Action Toy Story is a Shot-for-shot remake of Toy Story produced by the Arizona-based Jonason Pauley and Jesse Perrotta. It is an unofficial recreation and remake of the 1995 animated film Toy Story, with the toy characters animated through stop-motion or filmed moving with wires and strings. Upon its release in 2013, Live Action Toy Story was covered by many media outlets, which claimed it to be "a crown jewel in the fan-made tribute video community." It garnered more than 250,000 views in 24 hours and reached 1.7 million views within two days before surpassing the three million mark on its third day.^[DD]

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus II Spoken Word (2012)

Jefferson Bethke from *Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus*

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus is a viral video created by Christian speaker Jefferson Bethke, who uploaded his work that rose him to fame onto YouTube and GodTube, under the screenname bball1989. The video has thus far received more than 34 million views.^[DE]

Ylvis - The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) (2013)

The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?) is an electronic dance novelty song and viral video by Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis. The top trending video of 2013 on YouTube, "The Fox" was posted on the platform on 3 September 2013, and has received over 1.1 billion views as of October 2024.^[DF]

I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate (2013)

I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate is a 2013 video by English spoken word poet Suli Breaks. The video tells the story of a mother and son who have just been to a parents' evening at school. Suli Breaks chastises parents, teachers, and the government for focusing on exams instead of nurturing raw talent.^[DG]

AIB : Rape - It's Your Fault (2013)

It's Your Fault is a 2013 satirical video starring Kalki Koechlin and VJ Juhi Pandey that deals with the issue of rape in India. It went viral on the internet, with over 5,500,000 views on YouTube. It was created by All India Bakchod. The video, posted on 19 September 2013, went viral on almost all social networking sites. AIB has received many requests to dub the video into other languages so it can reach wider audiences.^[DH]

Kai, Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, Amazing Interview w/ Jessob Reisbeck (2013)

Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker is an internet viral video which featured him recounting a crime he witnessed while hitchhiking. McGillvary subsequently received national attention in the press. In 2019, McGillvary was convicted of murder in New Jersey. He cited the fallout from the video as part of his defense against the homicide charge.^[DI]

Pepsi Max Camaro Jeff Gordon Commercial Test Drive (2013)

Pepsi Max & Jeff Gordon Present: Test Drive is a 2013 short film produced by Gifted Youth, the commercial division of Funny or Die. The film was directed by Peter Atencio and stars NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon. The film served as part of a viral marketing advertising campaign to promote Pepsi Max. The film was released through Pepsi's YouTube channel on March 12, 2013. It quickly became a viral video, and earned more than 45 million views on YouTube as of March 2016.^[DJ]

Rappin' for Jesus (2013)

Rappin' for Jesus is a 2013 viral music video. It was purportedly written for a Christian youth outreach program in Dubuque, Iowa, by Pastor Jim Colerick and his wife Mary Sue, but is generally thought to be a hoax or parody.^[DK]

Lily's Disneyland Surprise....AGAIN! (2013)

Lily's Disneyland Surprise….AGAIN! is a 2013 YouTube video. The video shows two sisters, Lily and Chloe Clem, reacting to the news of a surprise trip to Disneyland on Lily's way to school. As the older sister, Lily, breaks into tears of joy, Chloe is briefly seen on camera with a disturbed look on her face. The video is a follow-up to a similar video released two years earlier, which went viral, having over 19 million views as of February 2021.^[DL]

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman (2014)

10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman is an October 2014 video created for Hollaback! by Rob Bliss Creative featuring 24-year-old actress Shoshana Roberts. The video shows Roberts walking through various neighborhoods of New York City, wearing jeans, a black crewneck T-shirt, with a hidden camera recording her from the front. The two-minute video includes selected footage from ten hours, showcasing what has been described as "catcalls" and street harassment of Roberts by men following her for several minutes. As of September 2021, the video has received over 50 million views on YouTube.^[DM]

Elliot Rodger's Retribution (2014)

Screenshot of *Elliot Rodger's Retribution* video confirming it was uploaded on YouTube

Elliot Rodger's Retribution is a video by the American mass murderer Elliot Rodger. Filmed on May 22, Rodger uses his iPhone to record the video. In the video Rodger is seen from behind the wheel of his black BMW coupe. In it, Rodger announced his intention to "punish" women—as well as the men to whom they were attracted—for their lack of interest in him. On May 23, 2014, Rodger murdered six people and injured fourteen others using knives, semi-automatic pistols, and his car as a weapon in Isla Vista near the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Minutes before starting his planned attacks, he emailed his manifesto to thirty-four people and uploaded the seven-minute video to YouTube.^[DN]

Flames of War (2014)

Flames of War (لهيب الحرب,) is a film by the Islamic State, produced by Al-Hayat Media Center and narrated (the English version of it) by Mohammed Khalifa published in 2014. The trailer and all advertisements were spread heavily through Twitter (now X), JustPaste.it, and YouTube with one video getting 18,034 views within seven hours on 18 September 2014.^[DO]

From the Doctor to My Son Thomas (2014)

Peter Capaldi from the video *From the Doctor to My Son Thomas*

From the Doctor to My Son Thomas is a viral video recorded by actor Peter Capaldi and sent to Thomas Goodall, an autistic nine-year-old boy in England, to console the child over grief from the death of Goodall's grandmother. Capaldi filmed the 42-second video in character as the Twelfth Doctor from the BBC science-fiction series Doctor Who. Capaldi's message had a positive effect on Thomas: he smiled for the first time since learning of his grandmother's death, and gained the courage to go to her funeral.^[DP]

Gay Mountain | Channel 4 (2014)

Gay Mountain is a 90-second video created for UK broadcaster Channel 4 by its in-house advertising agency 4Creative. It first aired across all of Channel 4's television channels on the day of the official opening of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, 7 February 2014, having been released on YouTube the previous night, on 6 February 2014. Within 48 hours of its online release it had accumulated over half a million views.^[DQ]

How Not to React When Your Child Tells You That He's Gay (2014)

How Not to React When Your Child Tells You That He's Gay is a YouTube video filmed on 26 August 2014 which focused on a gay man from Georgia named Daniel Ashley Pierce being disowned by his Christian family due to his sexual orientation. The video was removed from YouTube due to violating YouTube's hate speech policy.^[DR]

Humans Need Not Apply (2014)

Humans Need Not Apply is a 2014 internet video directed, produced, written, and edited by CGP Grey. It focuses on the future of the integration of automation into economics, as well as the impact of this integration to the worldwide workforce. It was released online on YouTube on 13 August 2014. It was later made available via iTunes and RSS.^[DS]

The Hunger Games Musical | Studio C (2014)

The Hunger Games Musical is a series of three music videos parodying The Hunger Games. Created by sketch comedy series Studio C, the videos feature original songs and focus on the love triangle between Hunger Games main characters Katniss Everdeen, Peeta Mellark, and Gale Hawthorne. The music videos were released on October 30, 2014, ahead of the November 21, 2014 release of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. The videos collectively surpassed a million views by late November.^[DT]

I Am a Ukrainian (2014)

I Am a Ukrainian is an Internet viral video, first posted on YouTube in 2014 featuring a young Ukrainian woman supporting the protestors in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution. At the woman's request, British photographer Graham Mitchell filmed her speaking on the Maidan, and her friend, Ben Moses, edited the material into video he posted on her behalf on YouTube. By late March that year the video had been viewed over 8 million times.^[DU]

Mutant Giant Spider Dog (SA Wardega) (2014)

Mutant Giant Spider Dog is a YouTube video that went viral with more than 184 million views in 2014. The video was created by Polish YouTuber Sylwester Wardęga. The video features Wardęga's pet dog "Chica" wearing a large spider costume. Mutant Giant Spider Dog was the number one "top trending video" of 2014. As of December 2024, Wardęga's videos have garnered around 800 million views, while his channel has over 3.54 million subscribers.^[DV]

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Net Neutrality (HBO) (2014)

Net Neutrality is the first segment devoted to net neutrality in the United States of the HBO news satire television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired for 13 minutes on June 1, 2014, as part of the fifth episode of Last Week Tonight's first season.^[DW]

Nuggets (2014)

Nuggets is a 2014 animated short film and YouTube video created by German animation director Andreas Hykade. It was uploaded on 13 October 2014 onto the Filmbilder & Friends YouTube channel. Nuggets was covered by media outlets internationally. Nuggets achieved virality on YouTube, receiving over 3 million views in a little over a month following its release. As of September 2025, Nuggets has received over 31 million views.^[DX]

Shrek Is Love, Shrek Is Life (2014)

Shrek Is Love, Shrek Is Life is an adaptation of a story posted on 4chan describing a sexual encounter between a nine-year-old boy and Shrek after the boy's father reprimands him for his Shrek obsession. The Daily Dot described as a "whole new demented level", with a fanmade video called A metameme based on this was posted on 4chan's paranormal board on January 31, 2013, which led to many "deranged illustrations" posted online influenced by the post. Many duplications of the video were also uploaded, with the video and its replicas garnering over 90 million views as of May 2016.^[DY]

Sitting and Smiling #5 (2014)

Sitting and Smiling is an endurance art performance by Benjamin Bennett. In a typical performance, Bennett looks into a video camera recording him while sitting and smiling motionless for four hours. During the fifth stream, a burglar entered Bennett's home. After opening the door to Bennett's room, the burglar said, "Hello?" and then proceeded to shut the door and leave. This incident stacked attention online, and the video has over 8.4 million views.^[DZ]

11B-X-1371 (2015)

11B-X-1371 is a 2015 viral video sent to GadgetZZ.com, the Swedish tech blog that publicized it. The black-and-white segment is two minutes in length; its title came from the plaintext of a base64 string written on the DVD. It depicts a person wearing what appears to be a plague doctor costume walking and standing around in a dilapidated abandoned building, with a forest visible through former window openings in the wall behind it. Accompanied by a soundtrack of loud, discordant buzzing noise, the masked figure holds up a hand with an irregularly blinking light. The film did not have any credits or claims to authorship.^[EA]

AIB Knockout Ft. Arjun Kapoor And Ranveer Singh (2015)

All India Bakchod Knockout (AIB Knockout) is a celebrity roast adaptation created by Mumbai based creative agency All India Bakchod (AIB). It was performed and filmed in December, 2014, and was uploaded on their YouTube channel on January 28, 2015. It was recorded at the NSCI Dome in Worli. It was hosted by Karan Johar, Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor were roasted. The show was subsequently removed from their channel on February 3, 2015.^[EB]

Jasmine Masters AND I OOP (2015)

And I Oop is an internet meme in 2019. It originated from a 2015 YouTube video named "Jasmine Masters handle your liquor". According to Giphy, Masters' "And I Oop" was the most used gif of 2019, with over 419 million views. Masters also trademarked the term.^[EC]

New York City rat taking pizza home on the subway (Pizza Rat™) (2015)

Pizza Rat is an internet meme based around a viral video of a brown rat carrying a slice of pizza down the steps of a New York City Subway station in Manhattan. The video was first uploaded to Instagram on September 21, 2015, and a copy was uploaded to YouTube later. As of September 2023, the YouTube video had more than 12.35 million views.^[ED]

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Tobacco (HBO) (2015)

John Oliver from *Last Week Tonight with John Oliver*

Tobacco is a segment of the HBO news satire television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver about the tobacco industry. It first aired on February 15, 2015, as part of the second episode of the series' second season. During the eighteen-minute segment, comedian John Oliver discusses tobacco industry trends and practices.^[EE]

What If Batman Was From Chennai? | Put Chutney (2015)

What If Batman Was From Chennai? is a 2015 satirical viral video that offers a take on what if Batman didn't live in Gotham City and instead in the fictional neighborhood of Batmanabhapuram in Chennai. The video shows Batman adapted to Indian standards including being part of a middle-class family, wearing a lungi, being compared to his family friend Srinivasan's son who has an IT job, and getting a speeding ticket. The video also shows Catwoman wearing a sari and a bindi.^[EF]

Wrestling Isn't Wrestling (2015)

Wrestling Isn't Wrestling is a 2015 short film written and directed by Max Landis. Released for free on YouTube, the film retells the story of WWE professional wrestler Triple H. Like Landis's 2012 short The Death and Return of Superman, it consists of a monologue by Landis on the subject matter, accompanied by sequences with actors performing the parts in the story.^[EG]

Did Google Manipulate Search for Hillary? (2016)

Did Google Manipulate Search for Hillary? is a video by SourceFed, the video discuss whether or not Google manipulated search results to display Hillary Clinton in an untruthful positive light. This video was uploaded at the tailend of the primaries for the 2016 United States presidential election, with Clinton being the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election.^[EH]

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Donald Trump (HBO) (2016)

Donald Trump is a segment of the HBO news satire television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that is devoted to Donald Trump, later the president of the United States. It first aired on February 28, 2016, as part of the third episode of Last Week Tonight's third season, when Trump was the frontrunner for the Republican Party nomination for the presidency. During the 22-minute segment, comedian John Oliver discusses Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and his career in business.^[EI]

Hwages (2016)

Hwages (Arabic: هواجيس, lit. 'Concerns') is a viral music video by Saudi producer Majed al-Esa of 8ies Studios published in December 2016. The video features Saudi women wearing niqabs while skateboarding and riding scooters, while the song's lyrics address women's rights in Saudi Arabia and mocks the patriarchy as well as Donald Trump. The video was viewed over 3 million times.^[EJ]

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen/PIKO-TARO (2016)

PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen) (Japanese: ペンパイナッポーアッポーペン, Hepburn: Penpainappōappōpen) is a single by Pikotaro, a fictional singer-songwriter created and portrayed by Japanese comedian Daimaou Kosaka. It was released as a music video on YouTube on 25 August 2016, and has since become a viral video. As of February 2025, the official video has been viewed more than 173 million times. PPAP spawned parodies, and was hailed as the new "Gangnam Style" by various newspapers and online media.^[EK]

SM64 - Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses (Commentated) [OUTDATED] (2016)

Watch for Rolling Rocks - 0.5x A Presses is a commentated video in which he explains in depth how to complete the level, from the video game Super Mario 64. His strategy originally took 14.8 hours from start to finish, most of which were spent using a glitch to accelerate Mario to the high speeds necessary for "parallel universe" movement. This was reduced to 5.4 hours in 2017. The video became popular and was widely spoofed online for its incredibly obtuse and technical content, especially Buchanan's "half A-press" notation (meaning that he began the level with the A button already held down) and his use of parallel universes.^[EL]

Don't call him "Dimon" (2017)

Don't Call Him Dimon is a 2017 Russian documentary film detailing the corruption of Dmitry Medvedev, who was Prime Minister of Russia at the time of release. The film estimates that $1.2 billion was embezzled by Dmitry Medvedev. He Is Not Dimon to You was posted on the YouTube channel on 2 March 2017. The video received about 1.5 million views in its first day. A week after, this increased to 7 million, exceeding the result of Chaika, another film by Alexei Navalny and the Anti-Corruption Foundation. By May 2019, the video reached 30 million views. Russian state-owned media and most of privately held media have completely ignored the controversial revelations.^[EM]

Luis Fonsi - Despacito ft. Daddy Yankee (2017)

An aerial view of colorful La Perla in San Juan, from the music video.

"Despacito" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, originally written in 2015. In 2016, Luis sent the song to Puerto Rican rapper and singer Daddy Yankee to give it an "urban injection", and released it as the lead single from Fonsi's 2019 studio album Vida. It was the most-viewed YouTube video of all time from August 2017 to November 2020, and became the first video on the site to reach the milestones of three to eight billion views. The music video for "Despacito" was directed by Puerto Rican, Carlos Pérez and produced by Joanna Egozcue and Roxy Quiñones. The video shows both artists performing the song while participating on different parties on the island, featuring model Zuleyka Rivera. It also became the fastest video on YouTube to surpass two billion views, with 154 days. It has also received over 54 million likes as of January 2025, and was the site's most-liked video.^[EN]

history of the entire world, i guess (2017)

Thumbnail of *history of the entire world, i guess*

history of the entire world, i guess is a 2017 video by Bill Wurtz, the 20-minute gives an overview of world history, uploaded on May 10, 2017. The video took over 11 months to produce, including almost three months of research. It briefly covers the topics of natural history and human civilization from the Big Bang to the near future. The video marked the continued development of Wurtz's style, with fast-paced, absurdist humor and jazz-like musical interludes.^[EO]

In a Heartbeat - Animated Short Film (2017)

In a Heartbeat is a 2017 American animated short film produced by Ringling College of Art and Design. Written and directed by Esteban Bravo and Beth David, the project was funded through Kickstarter, raising $14,191 from 416 backers on a goal of $3,000. The short film concerns a closeted gay boy, Sherwin, who has a crush on another boy named Jonathan and his heart desires to be with him. The short received wide praise on various platforms and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.^[EP]

Jake Paul - It's Everyday Bro (Song) feat. Team 10 (Official Music Video) (2017)

It's Everyday Bro is a song by American YouTube personality Jake Paul and his group Team 10, with team members Nick Crompton, Chance Sutton, Ivan and Emilio Martinez (Martinez Twins), and Tessa Brooks additionally rapping on the track. The song was released on May 30, 2017, along with the music video. The song is a diss track that took aim primarily at fellow American Vine personality and Paul's former girlfriend, Alissa Violet, who responded to the track by releasing "It's Every Night Sis" with YouTuber RiceGum.^[EQ]

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Net Neutrality II (HBO) (2017)

Net Neutrality II is the second segment of the HBO news satire television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver devoted to net neutrality in the United States. It aired on May 7, 2017, for 19 minutes, as part of the eleventh episode of the fourth season, and the 100th episode overall.^[ER]

We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest... (2017)

Aokigahara Forest from the *We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest...*

We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest... is a vlog uploaded by Logan Paul on December 31, 2017. The video shows a recently deceased corpse of a man who had died by hanging himself in Aokigahara at the base of Mount Fuji in Japan, known as the "suicide forest" due to its infamy as a suicide site. Initially intended to be part three of his "Tokyo Adventures" series, Paul and his group had planned to camp in the woods, but in response to finding the corpse, decided to notify the authorities and cancel their plans. The video gained 6.3 million views within 24 hours of being uploaded. Paul's video depicting the corpse, whose face was censored, and his group's reactions to it, were criticized by celebrities and politicians.^[ES]

bitch lasagna (2018)

Bitch Lasagna, originally named T-Series Diss Track, is a song by Swedish YouTuber PewDiePie in collaboration with Dutch music producer Party in Backyard. The song satirizes Indian company and music label T-Series, as a response to predictions that T-Series would surpass PewDiePie in terms of subscriber count. The song was one of the first events in the PewDiePie vs T-Series competition, in which the two channels competed for the title of the most-subscribed YouTube channel.^[ET]

Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism (2018)

Jordan Peterson from *Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism*

Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism is a video by Channel 4 News. The video is an interview with Cathy Newman and Jordan Peterson. The interview covered topics such as gender equality, including the gender pay gap, freedom of speech, and transgender rights. Short clips, GIFs and memes of the fiery back-and-forth subsequently went viral, especially Newman's repeated use of the line "So you're saying..." an utterance made 35 times during the 29-minute interview. Many YouTube commenters were critical of Newman, a large number of them saying she had "a preconceived and misplaced grasp of Peterson's views", wrote Jamie Doward of The Guardian. New York Times columnist David Brooks criticized Newman for not listening to Peterson and for "distort[ing], simplif[ying] and restat[ing] his views to make them appear offensive and cartoonish".^[EU]

Shrek Retold - Full Movie (2018)

Shrek Retold is a fan-made reanimated collab film based on the 2001 film Shrek, in turn based on the 1990 children's book by William Steig. Released on November 29, 2018, to YouTube, the project was led by YouTuber Grant Duffrin. It features the work of over 200 creators, each contributing to a portion of the recreation.^[EV]

YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind (2018)

YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind is a video that was uploaded to the official channel of the video-sharing website YouTube on December 6, 2018, as the ninth installment of the YouTube Rewind series. The video features references to video games and internet culture, starring YouTubers such as Ninja and Marques Brownlee, as well as celebrities like Will Smith and Trevor Noah. The video was panned by critics, YouTubers, and viewers alike, who dubbed it the worst YouTube Rewind video to date.^[EW]

Congratulations (2019)

Congratulations is a song by YouTubers PewDiePie, Roomie and Boyinaband. The single was self-released on 31 March 2019 with an accompanying music video on YouTube as a response to T-Series surpassing PewDiePie as the most-subscribed YouTube channel. The music video is banned on YouTube in India. As of January 2025, the video on YouTube has over 237 million views, making it PewDiePie's second most-viewed video, his most viewed being his previous T-Series diss track, "Bitch Lasagna".^[EX]

Kitbull | Pixar SparkShorts (2019)

Kitbull is a 2019 American animated buddy-drama short film and viral video written and directed by Rosana Sullivan, produced by Pixar Animation Studios, and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the third film in Pixar's SparkShorts program, and focuses on a fiercely independent stray kitten and an abused pit bull, who form an unlikely friendship. The short premiered at El Capitan Theatre on January 18, 2019, before being released on YouTube on February 18, 2019, and has received over 100 million views as of August 2023.^[EY]

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: SLAPP Suits (HBO) (2019)

Robert E. Murray from the final musical number of the video "Eat shit, bob"

SLAPP Suits is a segment of HBO's news-satire television series Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, focusing on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP). It first aired on November 10, 2019, as part of the twenty-ninth episode of the series's sixth season. The episode marked British-American comedian and host John Oliver's response to winning a SLAPP defamation lawsuit against him initiated by American mining businessman Robert E. Murray. The lawsuit began in 2017, after Oliver heavily criticized Murray and his company, Murray Energy, in a segment concerning the coal-mining industry in the United States. Murray claimed in his lawsuit that Oliver had carried out a character assassination against him, but the case was dismissed in under a year, and an appeal by Murray Energy was unsuccessful.^[EZ]

The destruction of the CDU (2019)

Die Zerstörung der CDU is the title of a video released on May 18, 2019, in the run-up to the 2019 European elections by the German YouTuber Rezo on YouTube. The video is 55 minutes long and is accompanied by a 13-page source list. It was viewed over ten million times in a week after airing.^[FA]

TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time (4K) (2019)

Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time is a 2019 short epic documentary film created by American astronomy-themed musician and filmmaker John D. Boswell, made as a follow-up to his other short film Timelapse of the Entire Universe. Running at 29 minutes, it is a flowmotion—a combination of a hyper-lapse, time-lapse, and regular shots—of the universe from 2019 to the end of time, with the lapse rate doubling every five seconds. The film consists of self-made and fair use footage from films, the Internet, and speeches by scientists, using current knowledge and combining different hypotheses.^[FB]

YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record (2019)

YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record is a video that was uploaded to YouTube's official channel on the video-sharing website YouTube on December 5, 2019, as the tenth and final installment of the YouTube Rewind series. The video contains montages of the top videos and YouTubers of the year. The video received negative reviews, with critics and the general audience finding the video uncreative in comparison to past Rewind videos. It currently has over 9.6 million dislikes, making it the sixth most-disliked video on YouTube. In December 2025, For the Record along with the other Rewind videos were set to unlisted on YouTube before subsequently being made private in January 2026.^[FC]

2020s

2 HOURS Doing Nothing (2020)

2 JAM Nggak Ngapa-ngapain is a two-hour video created by Madurese YouTuber Muhammad Didit, published on his YouTube channel Sobat Miskin Official (Official Broke Gang) on 10 July 2020 at 11:21:44 UTC. The video features Didit staring at the camera in his bedroom for two hours. It was originally intended to be a 10-minute video. It surpassed four million views and a mobile game of the same name was later published.^[FD]

An Evening With Tim Heidecker | Stand-Up Special (2020)

An Evening with Tim Heidecker is the first stand-up comedy special from American comedian Tim Heidecker, released on October 23, 2020. The material was filmed in Los Angeles in 2017 and had been part of bits that Heidecker workshopped for a decade. The onstage persona is based on Heidecker seeing comedians fail onstage.^[FE]

Farewell, Sarah Jane | Doctor Who (2020)

Farewell, Sarah Jane is a YouTube special connected to The Sarah Jane Adventures which was created as part of a series of Doctor Who-related webcasts during the in order to honor Elisabeth Sladen following her death in 2011, which halted production of the show's final series. The special received high viewership and was talked about heavily, so much so that "SubwaveNetwork," a reference to the Doctor Who story the special was paired with, trended as a hashtag at one number one worldwide. Producer Emily Cook was pleased with the positive responses the story got.^[FF]

Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town (2020)

Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town is a video by American filmmaker Rob Bliss, uploaded on YouTube on July 27, 2020. The video shows Bliss holding up a Black Lives Matter sign at Harrison, Arkansas, a place regarded as "America's Most Racist Town". Before the video, Bliss also made 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman, another video about social issues. The video drew national media coverage. It drew criticism from Harrison officials, including Mayor Jerry Jackson.^[FG]

Gal Gadot singing Imagine with other stars (2020)

Gal Gadot singing Imagine with other stars is a video of Israeli actress Gal Gadot and two dozen celebrity friends singing a rendition of the song "Imagine" by John Lennon, which was intended to raise morale in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The video was poorly received.^[FH]

Life in a Day 2020 | Official Documentary (2020)

Life in a Day 2020 is a 2021 American crowd-sourced documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald. The sequel to the 2011 film Life in a Day, it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on February 1, 2021, and on YouTube February 6, to generally favorable critical reviews. Like its predecessor, it comprises a wide array of selected video clips showing things happening in the world on one day: July 25, 2020.^[FI]

Plandemic: The Hidden Agenda Behind Covid-19 (2020)

Plandemic: The Hidden Agenda Behind Covid-19 is the first of a trilogy of conspiracy theory films produced by Mikki Willis, promoting misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic. They feature Judy Mikovits, a discredited American researcher and prominent anti-vaccine activist. The first video, was released on May 4, 2020, under Willis's production company Elevate Films. Upon its release, the first video went viral, becoming one of the most widespread pieces of COVID-19 misinformation, its popularity most attributed to online word-of-mouth. It was quickly removed by multiple online platforms, but this failed to stop its proliferation. The video also plausibly contributed to non-compliance with health protocols.^[FJ]

Planet Lockdown (2020)

Planet Lockdown is a film containing misinformation about COVID-19 that was banned on YouTube and Facebook. The video's producers describe it as a documentary. The 90-minute film was directed by James Patrick, and released online in December 2020. In addition to being shared on social media, the video was released on the Planet Lockdown website.^[FK]

Speaking Moistly (2020)

"Speaking Moistly" is a remix song of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau's voice edited by Brock Tyler, known on YouTube as anonymotif. It is based on Trudeau's words from a press conference regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The quote "speaking moistly" refers to respiratory droplets that are spit out when one speaks, which can potentially spread COVID-19.^[FL]

Wilbur Soot - Your New Boyfriend (OFFICIAL VIDEO) (2020)

"Your New Boyfriend" is a comedy song by English singer-songwriter, YouTuber, and Twitch streamer William Gold, better known online as Wilbur Soot, released on 11 December 2020. The song connects to Gold's previous 2020 singles, "I'm in Love with an E-Girl" and "Internet Ruined Me", completing a trilogy of songs about a teenage boy who is infatuated with an e-girl.^[FM]

$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life! (2021)

"$456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!" is a YouTube video by American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known on the platform as MrBeast. The video, released on November 24, 2021, is a competition based on the games featured in the 2021 South Korean Netflix show Squid Game. Donaldson began work on the video in October 2021. Partially funded by Finnish video game developer Supercell to promote its mobile game Brawl Stars, the video cost US$3.5 million to produce, of which $2 million was spent on sets and production and $1.5 million was given as cash prizes to the contestants. After the video was published on November 24, 2021, it quickly received over 100 million views and became MrBeast's most-viewed video (not including Shorts). As of July 2025^[update], it has received over 850 million views.^[FN]

Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol (2021)

Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol is a 2021 American documentary short film about the January 6 Capitol attack by supporters of former president Donald Trump, reported by The New York Times. The video received positive reviews. It was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, but ultimately was not nominated. The video had earned 68,000 comments on YouTube. The video also won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award and Peabody Award. It was nominated for two News & Documentary Emmy Awards the following year.^[FO]

Hello 2021 (2021)

Hello 2021 was a series of five localized virtual New Year's Eve countdown specials which were broadcast on YouTube on December 31, 2020. Originating from the Americas, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan and India, the specials celebrated the most notable videos of the year 2020 and also featured musical performances and guest celebrity appearances. It was co-produced by YouTube and Fremantle.^[FP]

Mask (Official Music Video) (2021)

"Mask" is the second single by American YouTuber Dream. It was released on May 21, 2021, through Dream Music. "Mask" is more rock-influenced than Dream's previous song, "Roadtrip", and lyrically details his past and present struggles with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). "Mask" performed well commercially, receiving one million streams in its first week and becoming Dream's first top-40 single on the UK Singles Chart, where it reached number 38. The song's accompanying animated music video, released in June 2021, was negatively received by viewers for its quality and messages, and became an internet meme.^[FQ]

Putin's Palace. History of World's Largest Bribe (2021)

Putin's Palace. History of World's Largest Bribe is a 2021 Russian documentary film by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The film investigates the residence commonly known as "Putin's Palace" that it claims was constructed for Russian president Vladimir Putin and details a corruption scheme allegedly headed by Putin involving the construction of the palace. The film estimates that the residence, located near the town of Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Krai, cost over ₽100 billion (approximately $1.35 billion) with what it says was "the largest bribe in history".^[FR]

Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper. (2021)

Cropped screenshot from *Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper.*

Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper. is a followup video by People Make Games and released in December 2021. In the video they further accused the platform of having child safety issues and criticized its "collectibles stock market" by likening it to gambling.^[FS]

It's Corn - Songify This ft. Tariq and Recess Therapy (2022)

"It's Corn" is a song by The Gregory Brothers. The song remixes portions of an August 2022 interview of Tariq with Julian Shapiro-Barnum on Recess Therapy. The song was released on August 28, 2022, on YouTube and went viral on social media platforms. After the interview, seven-year-old Tariq was dubbed the CEO of Corn, and nicknamed the "Corn Kid". On September 4, 2022, Kevin Bacon covered the song and posted it on Instagram and later YouTube.^[FT]

Louis Theroux - Jiggle Jiggle (Official Lyric Video) ft. Duke & Jones (2022)

"Jiggle Jiggle" is a 2022 single by British-American journalist and documentary maker Louis Theroux, produced by Manchester-based DJ duo Duke & Jones (Isaac McKelvey and Luke Conibear). The song was created based on a rap trend that Theroux had been involved in, featuring a snippet of him rapping on the "Gangsta Rap" episode of the show Weird Weekends. As of 26 December 2022, the song has garnered over 20 million views on YouTube.^[FU]

Line Goes Up – The Problem with NFTs (2022)

Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs is a 2022 documentary film written and directed by Canadian YouTuber and video essayist Dan Olson on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrencies, and Web3. The video was published to his YouTube channel Folding Ideas on January 21, 2022. As of June 2024, the documentary had 14.8 million views with 428 thousand likes. Two critics highlighted it in the 2022 Sight and Sound video essay poll.^[FV]

THE INSIDE OUTTAKES - Bo Burnham (4K) (2022)

Bo Burnham from *THE INSIDE OUTTAKES - Bo Burnham (4K)*

On May 30, 2022, Burnham marked the first anniversary of his Netflix comedy special, Inside, by premiering the hour-long The Inside Outtakes via YouTube. He announced that he would be posting the video one hour beforehand. The video was edited by Burnham from April to May 2022. The outtakes were also released on Netflix on August 11, 2022.^[FW]

Gaza's sky is black but Qatar is always sunny (2023)

"Gaza's sky is black but Qatar is always sunny" is a single by the Israeli satirical TV show Eretz Nehederet. Released during the Gaza war, the video features three Israeli comedians, Yaniv Biton, Shahar Hasson, and Mariano Idelman, portraying Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Khaled Mashaal and Mousa Abu Marzouk respectively, who are estimated by the Israeli embassy to the United States as having a combined net worth of $11 billion. The song is a parody of Thai rapper Lisa's 2021 single "Money". The video was positively received by Israeli audiences and their corresponding newspapers. As of April 2024^[update], the YouTube video for the single, initially released in December 2023, has accumulated nearly 2.5 million views.^[FX]

Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 (2023)

Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1 is the first trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto VI, released on 4 December 2023. The trailer broke the record for most first-day views on a non-music YouTube video within 12 hours, with 46 million, and, within 24 hours, became the third-most-viewed overall, with 93 million, and most-liked game trailer, with 8.9 million. It surpassed the lifetime viewership of Grand Theft Auto V's 2011 reveal trailer within two days, with 101 million views, and became the second-most-viewed game trailer by January, with 168 million.^[FY]

Hi. (2023)

Ballinger was criticized for using a ukulele (pictured) in her apology video.

Hi. is a video by Colleen Ballinger, the video is a response video, while singing and playing the ukulele in which she admitted that she had made mistakes but denied being a groomer and called the accusations "lies" and "gossip ... made up for clout". The video received negative comments and was widely parodied online.^[FZ]

How the elite police force RAB terrorizes the people of Bangladesh | DW Documentary (2023)

Inside the Death Squad is a documentary film produced by Deutsche Welle in partnership with Netra News that investigates allegations of extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses committed by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite police force in Bangladesh. The documentary features interviews with former RAB officers, witnesses, and human rights activists, and includes footage of alleged killings and interviews with family members of victims. The documentary received the 2024 Human Rights Press Award.^[GA]

Plagiarism and You(Tube) (2023)

Harry Brewis from *Plagiarism and You(Tube)*

Plagiarism and You(Tube) is a nearly four-hour video essay that released on 2 December 2023, in which he discussed plagiarism and presented accusations and evidence of plagiarism against YouTubers Filip Miucin, Cinemassacre, iilluminaughtii, Internet Historian, and James Somerton. The second half of the video focuses exclusively on Somerton, whom Brewis accuses of expansive plagiarism, as well as appropriating content from various other queer writers and content creators. The Celluloid Closet, a 1996 film based on the book of the same name by Vito Russo, and Tinker Belles and Evil Queens, a 2000 book by Sean Griffin, were among the works Somerton was accused of plagiarizing, in part or in whole, across at least 26 of his videos.^[GB]

The Original Shrek Test from 1995 (2023)

Shrek – I Feel Good Animation Test is a 1995 American test animation by Propellerheads for DreamWorks Animation, which would become a basis to the 2001 animated fantasy comedy film Shrek. The animation test is set to James Brown's 1965 single "I Got You (I Feel Good)". Shrek's voice was provided by Chris Farley and Tom Kenny voices a mugger. On November 23, 2023, production designer Barry E. Jackson released the test on his YouTube channel, The Zoom Art Studio, following an interview.^[GC]

50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000 (2024)

American YouTube personality MrBeast is the most-subscribed channel on YouTube, with 507 million subscribers.

"50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000" is a YouTube video by American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, known on the platform as MrBeast. The video, described by Donaldson as his "biggest video ever," featured fifty YouTubers from around the world competing to stay inside a large glass cube for as long as possible while completing challenges. It received over 70 million views in 24 hours, making it his most-viewed video in that time frame.^[GD]

Conan O'Brien Needs a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings (2024)

"Conan O'Brien Needs a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings" is the twelfth and final episode of the twenty-third season of the American talk show Hot Ones. The episode premiered on YouTube on April 11, 2024. In the episode, host Sean Evans interviews television host and comedian Conan O'Brien. O'Brien's appearance on Hot Ones is regarded as one of the series's greatest.^[GE]

George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead (2024)

"George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead" is a video by Dudesy released in January 2024 the hour-long YouTube special titled which was presented as Dudesy's impersonation of George Carlin, using a generative AI clone of the late comedian's voice. The special is another stand-up routine, with Dudesy's introductory voiceover saying that "I listened to all of George Carlin's material and did my best to imitate his voice, cadence and attitude as well as the subject matter I think would have interested him today." The special uses this impersonation to discuss contemporary events.^[GF]

I Worked for MrBeast, He's a Fraud (2024)

I Worked for MrBeast, He's a Fraud is a video by DogPack404 released on July 24, 2024, in the video DogPack404, accusing MrBeast of staging contests, running illegal lotteries, falsifying signatures, and misleading viewers. He followed with an interview of former staffer Jake Weddle, who described being denied sleep during productions, said the team employed Jake Franklin's brother-in-law despite his status as a registered sex offender, and alleged that a cameraman tried to intoxicate female participants with paint fumes. Weddle identified the cameraman as "Delaware", claiming Donaldson knew about his conviction, which stemmed from an incident when Delaware was 16 and the victim was 11.^[GG]

THE SPIDER WITHIN: A SPIDER-VERSE STORY | Official Short Film (Full) | Sony Animation (2024)

The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story is a 2023 American animated psychological thriller short film featuring the Marvel Comics character Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore) and produced by Sony Pictures Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks. Taking place between Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), the short, directed by Jarelle Dampier and written by Khaila Amazan. It was later released on YouTube on March 27, 2024.^[GH]

The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games (2024)

Ross Scott in 2025 — Ross Scott from *The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games*

The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games is a video by Ross Scott introducing Stop Killing Games and launched a website for the campaign. The movement was started in 2024 after the shutdown of Ubisoft's The Crew, a racing game that required a constant internet connection despite being mainly single-player. A central concern of the movement involves online-only games and downloadable content being listed on storefronts prominently as a purchase, instead of as a rent or lease, despite the possibility of access being remotely denied to the purchaser by the publisher unilaterally.^[GI]

Exclusive: Tucker Carlson Interviews Vladimir Putin (2024)

"The Vladimir Putin Interview" is a television interview hosted by the American journalist and political commentator Tucker Carlson with the Russian president Vladimir Putin. It premiered on the Tucker Carlson Network and the social media website Twitter on February 8, 2024. It is the first interview to have been conducted between Putin and a Western journalist since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. Most of the conversation between the two men was focused on the Russo-Ukrainian War, as well as the dynamic between Russia and NATO since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Historians have pointed out many false claims in Putin's statements.^[GJ]

Two Steps Ahead (2024)

Two Steps Ahead is a video by Nikocado Avocado, released on September 6, 2024. In the video Perry revealed that he had lost over 250 pounds (110 kg), which gained over 26 million views in 48 hours. In the video, Perry revealed that he secretly lost the weight over the past two years and hid this fact by uploading pre-recorded content during that time, calling it the "greatest social experiment of [his] entire life".^[GK]

The Vanishing of S.S. Willie (Horror Short Film) (2024)

The Vanishing of S.S. Willie is a 2024 short horror film written and directed by Nick Lives. It uses the American public domain status of the short animated film Steamboat Willie, featuring the earliest version of Mickey Mouse. The film was released via YouTube on January 1, 2024, and is credited as the first released film to have been derived from Steamboat Willie since the cartoon entered the public domain.^[GL]

Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious (2025)

Louis Rossmann from *Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious*

Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious is video by YouTuber and activist Louis Rossmann. In the video, he encouraged viewers to switch their profile pictures to the Clippit to protest unfair business practices and data harvesting from users by companies to train artificial intelligence models.^[GM]

Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 (2025)

Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 is the second trailer for the video game Grand Theft Auto VI, released on 6 May 2025. The video revealing the protagonists' full names. It features the Pointer Sisters's song "Hot Together"—which saw a 182,000% increase in Spotify streams—as Rockstar Games reiterated the trailer was composed of cutscenes and gameplay recorded on the PlayStation 5, following some viewers' doubts due to the high graphical fidelity. The trailer received over 475 million views within 24 hours across all platforms.^[GN]

JOHANNE SACREBLU "the musical" a tribute to EMILIA PEREZ (2025)

Johanne Sacreblu is a 2025 Mexican comedy musical short film directed by filmmaker Camila Aurora and written by Héctor Guillén. It was created as a parody of and protest against the French film Emilia Pérez. The film premiered on YouTube in January 2025 and makes use of elements stereotypically associated with French culture, such as mimes, croissants, baguettes, and rats. It also features attire including berets, striped clothing, and thin mustaches, in response to the simplistic way in which director Jacques Audiard portrayed Mexican culture in Emilia Pérez.^[GO]

Notes

↑ Me at the zoo:^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
↑ My Snowboarding Skillz:^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]
↑ Pokemon Theme Music Video (viral video):^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]
↑ Lazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song):^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]
↑ Where the Hell is Matt?:^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]
↑ Al Gore's Penguin Army:^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]
↑ The Bus Uncle:^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]
↑ Charlie the Unicorn^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]
↑ Edgar's Fall:^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]
↑ lonelygirl15:^[51]^[52]^[53]^[54]
↑ Everyday (video):^[55]^[56]^[57]^[58]^[59]
↑ Evolution of Dance:^[60]^[61]^[62]^[63]
↑ Free Hugs Campaign:^[64]^[65]^[66]^[67]
↑ Here It Goes Again (music video):^[68]^[69]^[70]^[71]^[72]
↑ It's Over 9000!:^[73]^[74]^[75]^[76]
↑ Kiwi!:^[77]^[78]^[79]^[80]
↑ Lo que tú quieras oír:^[81]^[82]^[83]^[84]
↑ Loose Change:^[85]^[86]^[87]^[88]
↑ Male Restroom Etiquette:^[89]^[90]^[91]^[92]
↑ The MySpace Movie:^[93]^[94]^[95]^[96]
↑ Numa Numa (video):^[97]^[98]^[99]^[100]
↑ Shoes (Kelly song):^[101]^[64]^[102]^[103]
↑ Techno Viking:^[104]^[105]^[106]^[107]
↑ The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody):^[108]^[109]^[110]^[111]^[112]
↑ 300-page iPhone bill:^[113]^[114]^[115]^[116]
↑ Battle at Kruger:^[117]^[118]^[119]^[120]
↑ Bride Has Massive Hair Wig Out:^[121]^[122]^[123]^[124]
↑ Charlie Bit My Finger:^[125]^[126]^[127]^[128]
↑ Chocolate Rain:^[129]^[130]^[131]^[132]
↑ Crush on Obama:^[133]^[134]^[135]^[136]
↑ Daft Hands:^[137]^[138]^[139]^[140]
↑ Dramatic Chipmunk:^[141]^[142]^[143]^[144]
↑ Freeman's Mind:^[145]^[146]^[147]^[148]
↑ Hillary 1984:^[149]^[150]^[151]^[152]
↑ How to solve a Rubik's Cube:^[153]^[154]^[155]^[156]
↑ Italian Spiderman:^[157]^[158]^[159]^[160]
↑ Keyboard Cat:^[161]^[162]^[163]^[164]
↑ Leave Britney Alone!:^[165]^[166]^[167]^[168]^[169]
↑ Music Is My Hot Hot Sex:^[170]^[171]^[172]^[173]
↑ Obey the Walrus:^[174]^[175]^[176]^[177]
↑ Omoide wa Okkusenman!:^[178]^[179]^[180]^[181]
↑ Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams:^[182]^[183]^[184]^[185]
↑ Rickrolling:^[186]^[187]^[188]^[189]
↑ Potter Puppet Pals:^[190]^[191]^[192]^[193]
↑ The trouble with Islam (video):^[194]^[195]^[196]^[197]
↑ Thriller (viral video):^[198]^[199]^[200]^[201]
↑ Video of the production of Mykhailo Dobkin's campaign advertisement:^[202]^[203]^[204]^[205]
↑ What What (In the Butt):^[206]^[207]^[208]^[209]
↑ Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song):^[210]^[211]^[212]^[213]
↑ Internet Symphony No. 1:^[214]^[215]^[216]^[217]
↑ Jesus Is a Friend of Mine:^[218]^[219]^[220]^[221]
↑ Jizz in My Pants:^[222]^[223]^[224]^[225]
↑ Scarlet Takes a Tumble:^[226]^[227]^[228]^[229]
↑ There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama:^[230]^[231]^[232]^[233]
↑ Trapped in an Elevator for 41 Hours:^[234]^[235]^[236]^[237]
↑ Trent from Punchy:^[238]^[239]^[240]^[241]
↑ Wario Land: Shake It – Amazing Footage!:^[246]^[247]^[248]^[249]
↑ Wombo Combo:^[250]^[251]^[252]^[253]
↑ Ataque de pánico!:^[254]^[255]^[256]^[257]
↑ Bale Out:^[258]^[259]^[260]^[261]
↑ Best Drag Queen Entrance EVER!:^[262]^[263]^[264]^[265]
↑ David After Dentist:^[266]^[267]^[268]^[269]
↑ Democracy Manifest:^[270]^[271]^[272]^[273]
↑ Disgusting Domino's People:^[274]^[275]^[276]^[277]
↑ I'm on a Boat:^[278]^[279]^[280]^[281]
↑ JK Wedding Entrance Dance:^[282]^[283]^[284]^[285]
↑ The Longest Way:^[286]^[287]^[288]^[289]
↑ Marble Hornets:^[290]^[291]^[292]^[293]
↑ Me and My Dick:^[294]^[295]^[296]^[297]
↑ R U Professional:^[298]^[299]^[300]^[301]
↑ Saturday Morning Watchmen:^[302]^[303]^[304]^[305]
↑ A Very Potter Musical:^[306]^[307]^[308]^[309]
↑ AC Transit bus fight:^[310]^[311]^[312]^[313]
↑ Agents of Secret Stuff:^[314]^[315]^[316]^[317]
↑ Baby (Justin Bieber song):^[318]^[319]^[320]^[321]
↑ Bed Intruder Song:^[322]^[323]^[324]^[325]
↑ Double Rainbow (viral video):^[326]^[327]^[328]^[329]
↑ Gap Yah:^[330]^[331]^[332]^[333]
↑ Minecraft Multiplayer Fun:^[334]^[335]^[336]^[337]
↑ Panama City school board shootings:^[338]^[339]^[340]^[341]
↑ We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition):^[342]^[343]^[344]^[345]
↑ The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger:^[346]^[347]^[348]^[349]
↑ Don't Hug Me I'm Scared:^[350]^[351]^[352]^[353]
↑ Friday (Rebecca Black song):^[354]^[355]^[356]^[357]
↑ El Fua:^[358]^[359]^[360]^[361]
↑ Hot Cross Buns (film):^[362]^[363]^[364]^[365]
↑ Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral:^[366]^[367]^[368]^[369]
↑ Life in a Day (2011 film):^[370]^[371]^[372]^[373]
↑ Nek minnit:^[374]^[375]^[376]^[377]
↑ Nyan Cat:^[378]^[379]^[380]^[381]
↑ Portal – No Escape:^[382]^[383]^[384]^[385]
↑ 2011 Slovenian YouTube incident:^[386]^[387]^[388]^[389]
↑ Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!:^[390]^[391]^[392]^[393]
↑ We Solve the Crime:^[363]^[394]^[365]^[362]
↑ YouTube Copyright School:^[395]^[396]^[397]^[398]
↑ Zenga Zenga:^[399]^[400]^[401]^[402]
↑ Ain't Nobody Got Time for That:^[403]^[404]^[405]^[406]
↑ Arrest of Vladimir Putin: A Report from the Courtroom:^[407]^[408]^[409]^[410]
↑ Bus monitor bullying video:^[411]^[412]^[413]^[414]
↑ The Death and Return of Superman:^[415]^[416]^[417]^[418]
↑ Dumb Ways to Die:^[419]^[420]^[421]^[422]
↑ Gangnam Style (music video):^[423]^[424]^[425]^[426]
↑ Hot Problems:^[427]^[428]^[429]^[430]
↑ Daniel Thrasher:^[431]^[432]^[433]^[434]
↑ Innocence of Muslims:^[435]^[436]^[437]^[438]
↑ Kickalicious™:^[439]^[440]^[441]^[442]
↑ Kony 2012:^[443]^[444]^[445]^[446]
↑ Live Action Toy Story:^[447]^[448]^[449]^[450]
↑ Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus:^[451]^[452]^[453]^[454]
↑ The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?):^[455]^[456]^[457]^[458]
↑ I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate:^[459]^[460]^[461]^[462]
↑ It's Your Fault (video):^[463]^[464]^[465]^[466]
↑ Kai the Hitchhiker:^[467]^[468]^[469]^[470]
↑ Pepsi Max & Jeff Gordon Present: Test Drive:^[471]^[472]^[473]^[474]
↑ Rappin' for Jesus:^[475]^[476]^[477]^[478]
↑ Side Eyeing Chloe:^[479]^[480]^[481]^[482]
↑ 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman:^[483]^[484]^[485]^[486]
↑ Elliot Rodger#Online activity:^[487]^[488]^[489]^[490]
↑ Flames of War: The Fighting Has Just Begun:^[491]^[492]^[493]^[494]
↑ From the Doctor to My Son Thomas:^[495]^[496]^[497]^[498]
↑ Gay Mountain:^[499]^[500]^[501]^[502]
↑ How Not to React When Your Child Tells You That He's Gay:^[503]^[504]^[505]^[506]
↑ Humans Need Not Apply:^[507]^[508]^[509]^[510]
↑ The Hunger Games Musical:^[511]^[512]^[513]^[514]
↑ I Am a Ukrainian:^[515]^[516]^[517]^[518]
↑ Mutant Giant Spider Dog:^[519]^[520]^[521]^[522]
↑ Net Neutrality (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver):^[523]^[524]^[525]^[526]
↑ Nuggets (film):^[527]^[528]^[529]^[530]
↑ Shrek fandom#2012–present: ShrekChan, Shrek Is Love, Shrek Is Life:^[531]^[532]^[533]^[534]
↑ Sitting and Smiling:^[535]^[536]^[537]^[538]
↑ 11B-X-1371:^[539]^[540]^[541]^[542]
↑ All India Bakchod Knockout:^[543]^[544]^[545]^[546]
↑ Jasmine Masters:^[547]^[548]^[549]^[550]
↑ Pizza Rat:^[551]^[552]^[553]^[554]
↑ Tobacco (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver):^[555]^[556]^[557]^[558]
↑ What If Batman Was From Chennai?:^[559]^[560]^[561]^[562]
↑ Wrestling Isn't Wrestling:^[563]^[564]^[565]^[566]
↑ SourceFed:^[567]^[568]^[569]^[570]
↑ Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver):^[571]^[572]^[573]^[574]
↑ Hwages:^[575]^[576]^[577]^[578]
↑ PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen):^[579]^[580]^[581]^[582]
↑ pannenkoek2012:^[583]^[584]^[585]^[586]
↑ He Is Not Dimon to You:^[587]^[588]^[589]^[590]
↑ Despacito:^[591]^[592]^[593]
↑ Bill Wurtz:^[594]^[595]^[596]^[597]
↑ In a Heartbeat (film):^[598]^[599]^[600]^[601]
↑ It's Everyday Bro:^[602]^[603]^[604]^[605]
↑ Net Neutrality II:^[606]^[607]^[608]^[609]
↑ Logan Paul#Suicide video controversy:^[610]^[611]^[612]^[613]
↑ Bitch Lasagna:^[614]^[615]^[616]^[617]
↑ Cathy Newman#Jordan Peterson interview:^[618]^[619]^[620]^[621]
↑ Shrek Retold:^[622]^[623]^[624]^[625]
↑ YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind:^[626]^[627]^[628]^[629]
↑ Congratulations (Roomie, PewDiePie, and Boyinaband song):^[630]^[631]^[632]^[633]
↑ Kitbull:^[634]^[635]^[636]^[637]
↑ SLAPP Suits:^[638]^[639]^[640]^[641]
↑ The destruction of the CDU:^[642]^[643]^[644]^[645]
↑ Timelapse of the Future:^[646]^[647]^[648]^[649]
↑ YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record:^[650]^[651]^[652]^[653]
↑ 2 Hours Doing Nothing:^[654]^[655]^[656]^[657]
↑ An Evening with Tim Heidecker:^[658]^[659]^[660]^[661]
↑ Farewell, Sarah Jane:^[662]^[663]^[664]^[665]
↑ Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town:^[666]^[667]^[668]^[669]
↑ Imagine (Gal Gadot video):^[670]^[671]^[672]^[673]
↑ Life in a Day 2020:^[674]^[675]^[676]^[677]
↑ Plandemic:^[678]^[679]^[680]^[681]
↑ Planet Lockdown:^[682]^[683]^[684]^[685]
↑ Speaking Moistly:^[686]^[687]^[688]^[689]
↑ Your New Boyfriend:^[690]^[691]^[692]
↑ $456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!:^[693]^[694]^[695]^[696]
↑ Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol:^[697]^[698]^[699]^[700]
↑ Hello 2021:^[701]^[702]^[703]^[704]
↑ Mask (Dream song):^[705]^[706]^[707]^[708]
↑ Putin's Palace (film):^[709]^[710]^[711]^[712]
↑ People Make Games#Roblox):^[713]^[714]^[715]^[716]
↑ It's Corn:^[717]^[718]^[719]^[720]
↑ Jiggle Jiggle:^[721]^[722]^[723]^[724]
↑ Line Goes Up – The Problem with NFTs:^[725]^[726]^[727]^[728]
↑ The Inside Outtakes:^[729]^[730]^[731]^[732]
↑ Gaza's sky is black but Qatar is always sunny:^[733]^[734]^[735]^[736]
↑ Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1:^[737]^[738]^[739]^[740]
↑ Hi. (video):^[741]^[742]^[743]^[744]
↑ Inside the Death Squad:^[745]^[746]^[747]^[748]
↑ Plagiarism and You(Tube):^[749]^[750]^[751]^[752]
↑ Shrek – I Feel Good Animation Test:^[753]^[754]^[755]^[756]
↑ 50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000:^[757]^[758]^[759]^[760]
↑ Conan O'Brien Needs a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings:^[761]^[762]^[763]^[764]
↑ George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead:^[765]^[766]^[767]^[768]
↑ I Worked for MrBeast, He's a Fraud:^[769]^[770]^[771]^[772]
↑ The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story:^[773]^[774]^[775]^[776]
↑ The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games:^[777]^[778]^[779]^[780]
↑ Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin:^[781]^[782]^[783]^[784]
↑ Two Steps Ahead:^[785]^[786]^[787]^[788]
↑ The Vanishing of S.S. Willie:^[789]^[790]^[791]
↑ Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious:^[792]^[793]^[794]^[795]
↑ Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2:^[796]^[797]^[798]^[799]
↑ Johanne Sacreblu:^[800]^[801]^[802]^[803]

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[17] Me at the zoo:^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

[22] My Snowboarding Skillz:^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]

[28] Pokemon Theme Music Video (viral video):^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]

[33] Lazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song):^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]

[38] Where the Hell is Matt?:^[30]^[31]^[32]^[33]

[43] Al Gore's Penguin Army:^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]

[49] The Bus Uncle:^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]

[54] Charlie the Unicorn^[43]^[44]^[45]^[46]

[59] Edgar's Fall:^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]

[64] lonelygirl15:^[51]^[52]^[53]^[54]

[70] Everyday (video):^[55]^[56]^[57]^[58]^[59]

[75] Evolution of Dance:^[60]^[61]^[62]^[63]

[80] Free Hugs Campaign:^[64]^[65]^[66]^[67]

[86] Here It Goes Again (music video):^[68]^[69]^[70]^[71]^[72]

[91] It's Over 9000!:^[73]^[74]^[75]^[76]

[96] Kiwi!:^[77]^[78]^[79]^[80]

[101] Lo que tú quieras oír:^[81]^[82]^[83]^[84]

[106] Loose Change:^[85]^[86]^[87]^[88]

[111] Male Restroom Etiquette:^[89]^[90]^[91]^[92]

[116] The MySpace Movie:^[93]^[94]^[95]^[96]

[121] Numa Numa (video):^[97]^[98]^[99]^[100]

[125] Shoes (Kelly song):^[101]^[64]^[102]^[103]

[130] Techno Viking:^[104]^[105]^[106]^[107]

[136] The WTF Blanket (Snuggie Parody):^[108]^[109]^[110]^[111]^[112]

[141] 300-page iPhone bill:^[113]^[114]^[115]^[116]

[146] Battle at Kruger:^[117]^[118]^[119]^[120]

[151] Bride Has Massive Hair Wig Out:^[121]^[122]^[123]^[124]

[156] Charlie Bit My Finger:^[125]^[126]^[127]^[128]

[161] Chocolate Rain:^[129]^[130]^[131]^[132]

[166] Crush on Obama:^[133]^[134]^[135]^[136]

[171] Daft Hands:^[137]^[138]^[139]^[140]

[176] Dramatic Chipmunk:^[141]^[142]^[143]^[144]

[181] Freeman's Mind:^[145]^[146]^[147]^[148]

[186] Hillary 1984:^[149]^[150]^[151]^[152]

[191] How to solve a Rubik's Cube:^[153]^[154]^[155]^[156]

[196] Italian Spiderman:^[157]^[158]^[159]^[160]

[201] Keyboard Cat:^[161]^[162]^[163]^[164]

[207] Leave Britney Alone!:^[165]^[166]^[167]^[168]^[169]

[212] Music Is My Hot Hot Sex:^[170]^[171]^[172]^[173]

[217] Obey the Walrus:^[174]^[175]^[176]^[177]

[222] Omoide wa Okkusenman!:^[178]^[179]^[180]^[181]

[227] Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams:^[182]^[183]^[184]^[185]

[232] Rickrolling:^[186]^[187]^[188]^[189]

[237] Potter Puppet Pals:^[190]^[191]^[192]^[193]

[242] The trouble with Islam (video):^[194]^[195]^[196]^[197]

[247] Thriller (viral video):^[198]^[199]^[200]^[201]

[252] Video of the production of Mykhailo Dobkin's campaign advertisement:^[202]^[203]^[204]^[205]

[257] What What (In the Butt):^[206]^[207]^[208]^[209]

[262] Girlfriend (Avril Lavigne song):^[210]^[211]^[212]^[213]

[267] Internet Symphony No. 1:^[214]^[215]^[216]^[217]

[272] Jesus Is a Friend of Mine:^[218]^[219]^[220]^[221]

[277] Jizz in My Pants:^[222]^[223]^[224]^[225]

[282] Scarlet Takes a Tumble:^[226]^[227]^[228]^[229]

[287] There's No One as Irish as Barack O'Bama:^[230]^[231]^[232]^[233]

[292] Trapped in an Elevator for 41 Hours:^[234]^[235]^[236]^[237]

[297] Trent from Punchy:^[238]^[239]^[240]^[241]

[306] Wario Land: Shake It – Amazing Footage!:^[246]^[247]^[248]^[249]

[311] Wombo Combo:^[250]^[251]^[252]^[253]

[316] Ataque de pánico!:^[254]^[255]^[256]^[257]

[321] Bale Out:^[258]^[259]^[260]^[261]

[326] Best Drag Queen Entrance EVER!:^[262]^[263]^[264]^[265]

[331] David After Dentist:^[266]^[267]^[268]^[269]

[336] Democracy Manifest:^[270]^[271]^[272]^[273]

[341] Disgusting Domino's People:^[274]^[275]^[276]^[277]

[346] I'm on a Boat:^[278]^[279]^[280]^[281]

[351] JK Wedding Entrance Dance:^[282]^[283]^[284]^[285]

[356] The Longest Way:^[286]^[287]^[288]^[289]

[361] Marble Hornets:^[290]^[291]^[292]^[293]

[366] Me and My Dick:^[294]^[295]^[296]^[297]

[371] R U Professional:^[298]^[299]^[300]^[301]

[376] Saturday Morning Watchmen:^[302]^[303]^[304]^[305]

[381] A Very Potter Musical:^[306]^[307]^[308]^[309]

[386] AC Transit bus fight:^[310]^[311]^[312]^[313]

[391] Agents of Secret Stuff:^[314]^[315]^[316]^[317]

[396] Baby (Justin Bieber song):^[318]^[319]^[320]^[321]

[401] Bed Intruder Song:^[322]^[323]^[324]^[325]

[406] Double Rainbow (viral video):^[326]^[327]^[328]^[329]

[411] Gap Yah:^[330]^[331]^[332]^[333]

[416] Minecraft Multiplayer Fun:^[334]^[335]^[336]^[337]

[421] Panama City school board shootings:^[338]^[339]^[340]^[341]

[426] We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition):^[342]^[343]^[344]^[345]

[431] The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger:^[346]^[347]^[348]^[349]

[436] Don't Hug Me I'm Scared:^[350]^[351]^[352]^[353]

[441] Friday (Rebecca Black song):^[354]^[355]^[356]^[357]

[446] El Fua:^[358]^[359]^[360]^[361]

[451] Hot Cross Buns (film):^[362]^[363]^[364]^[365]

[456] Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral:^[366]^[367]^[368]^[369]

[461] Life in a Day (2011 film):^[370]^[371]^[372]^[373]

[466] Nek minnit:^[374]^[375]^[376]^[377]

[471] Nyan Cat:^[378]^[379]^[380]^[381]

[476] Portal – No Escape:^[382]^[383]^[384]^[385]

[481] 2011 Slovenian YouTube incident:^[386]^[387]^[388]^[389]

[486] Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!:^[390]^[391]^[392]^[393]

[488] We Solve the Crime:^[363]^[394]^[365]^[362]

[493] YouTube Copyright School:^[395]^[396]^[397]^[398]

[498] Zenga Zenga:^[399]^[400]^[401]^[402]

[503] Ain't Nobody Got Time for That:^[403]^[404]^[405]^[406]

[508] Arrest of Vladimir Putin: A Report from the Courtroom:^[407]^[408]^[409]^[410]

[513] Bus monitor bullying video:^[411]^[412]^[413]^[414]

[518] The Death and Return of Superman:^[415]^[416]^[417]^[418]

[523] Dumb Ways to Die:^[419]^[420]^[421]^[422]

[528] Gangnam Style (music video):^[423]^[424]^[425]^[426]

[533] Hot Problems:^[427]^[428]^[429]^[430]

[538] Daniel Thrasher:^[431]^[432]^[433]^[434]

[543] Innocence of Muslims:^[435]^[436]^[437]^[438]

[548] Kickalicious™:^[439]^[440]^[441]^[442]

[553] Kony 2012:^[443]^[444]^[445]^[446]

[558] Live Action Toy Story:^[447]^[448]^[449]^[450]

[563] Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus:^[451]^[452]^[453]^[454]

[568] The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?):^[455]^[456]^[457]^[458]

[573] I Will Not Let an Exam Result Decide My Fate:^[459]^[460]^[461]^[462]

[578] It's Your Fault (video):^[463]^[464]^[465]^[466]

[583] Kai the Hitchhiker:^[467]^[468]^[469]^[470]

[588] Pepsi Max & Jeff Gordon Present: Test Drive:^[471]^[472]^[473]^[474]

[593] Rappin' for Jesus:^[475]^[476]^[477]^[478]

[598] Side Eyeing Chloe:^[479]^[480]^[481]^[482]

[603] 10 Hours of Walking in NYC as a Woman:^[483]^[484]^[485]^[486]

[608] Elliot Rodger#Online activity:^[487]^[488]^[489]^[490]

[613] Flames of War: The Fighting Has Just Begun:^[491]^[492]^[493]^[494]

[618] From the Doctor to My Son Thomas:^[495]^[496]^[497]^[498]

[623] Gay Mountain:^[499]^[500]^[501]^[502]

[628] How Not to React When Your Child Tells You That He's Gay:^[503]^[504]^[505]^[506]

[633] Humans Need Not Apply:^[507]^[508]^[509]^[510]

[638] The Hunger Games Musical:^[511]^[512]^[513]^[514]

[643] I Am a Ukrainian:^[515]^[516]^[517]^[518]

[648] Mutant Giant Spider Dog:^[519]^[520]^[521]^[522]

[653] Net Neutrality (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver):^[523]^[524]^[525]^[526]

[658] Nuggets (film):^[527]^[528]^[529]^[530]

[663] Shrek fandom#2012–present: ShrekChan, Shrek Is Love, Shrek Is Life:^[531]^[532]^[533]^[534]

[668] Sitting and Smiling:^[535]^[536]^[537]^[538]

[673] 11B-X-1371:^[539]^[540]^[541]^[542]

[678] All India Bakchod Knockout:^[543]^[544]^[545]^[546]

[683] Jasmine Masters:^[547]^[548]^[549]^[550]

[688] Pizza Rat:^[551]^[552]^[553]^[554]

[693] Tobacco (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver):^[555]^[556]^[557]^[558]

[698] What If Batman Was From Chennai?:^[559]^[560]^[561]^[562]

[703] Wrestling Isn't Wrestling:^[563]^[564]^[565]^[566]

[708] SourceFed:^[567]^[568]^[569]^[570]

[713] Donald Trump (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver):^[571]^[572]^[573]^[574]

[718] Hwages:^[575]^[576]^[577]^[578]

[723] PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen):^[579]^[580]^[581]^[582]

[728] pannenkoek2012:^[583]^[584]^[585]^[586]

[733] He Is Not Dimon to You:^[587]^[588]^[589]^[590]

[737] Despacito:^[591]^[592]^[593]

[742] Bill Wurtz:^[594]^[595]^[596]^[597]

[747] In a Heartbeat (film):^[598]^[599]^[600]^[601]

[752] It's Everyday Bro:^[602]^[603]^[604]^[605]

[757] Net Neutrality II:^[606]^[607]^[608]^[609]

[762] Logan Paul#Suicide video controversy:^[610]^[611]^[612]^[613]

[767] Bitch Lasagna:^[614]^[615]^[616]^[617]

[772] Cathy Newman#Jordan Peterson interview:^[618]^[619]^[620]^[621]

[777] Shrek Retold:^[622]^[623]^[624]^[625]

[782] YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind:^[626]^[627]^[628]^[629]

[787] Congratulations (Roomie, PewDiePie, and Boyinaband song):^[630]^[631]^[632]^[633]

[792] Kitbull:^[634]^[635]^[636]^[637]

[797] SLAPP Suits:^[638]^[639]^[640]^[641]

[802] The destruction of the CDU:^[642]^[643]^[644]^[645]

[807] Timelapse of the Future:^[646]^[647]^[648]^[649]

[812] YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record:^[650]^[651]^[652]^[653]

[817] 2 Hours Doing Nothing:^[654]^[655]^[656]^[657]

[822] An Evening with Tim Heidecker:^[658]^[659]^[660]^[661]

[827] Farewell, Sarah Jane:^[662]^[663]^[664]^[665]

[832] Holding a Black Lives Matter Sign in America's Most Racist Town:^[666]^[667]^[668]^[669]

[837] Imagine (Gal Gadot video):^[670]^[671]^[672]^[673]

[842] Life in a Day 2020:^[674]^[675]^[676]^[677]

[847] Plandemic:^[678]^[679]^[680]^[681]

[852] Planet Lockdown:^[682]^[683]^[684]^[685]

[857] Speaking Moistly:^[686]^[687]^[688]^[689]

[861] Your New Boyfriend:^[690]^[691]^[692]

[866] $456,000 Squid Game in Real Life!:^[693]^[694]^[695]^[696]

[871] Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol:^[697]^[698]^[699]^[700]

[876] Hello 2021:^[701]^[702]^[703]^[704]

[881] Mask (Dream song):^[705]^[706]^[707]^[708]

[886] Putin's Palace (film):^[709]^[710]^[711]^[712]

[891] People Make Games#Roblox):^[713]^[714]^[715]^[716]

[896] It's Corn:^[717]^[718]^[719]^[720]

[901] Jiggle Jiggle:^[721]^[722]^[723]^[724]

[906] Line Goes Up – The Problem with NFTs:^[725]^[726]^[727]^[728]

[911] The Inside Outtakes:^[729]^[730]^[731]^[732]

[916] Gaza's sky is black but Qatar is always sunny:^[733]^[734]^[735]^[736]

[921] Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 1:^[737]^[738]^[739]^[740]

[926] Hi. (video):^[741]^[742]^[743]^[744]

[931] Inside the Death Squad:^[745]^[746]^[747]^[748]

[936] Plagiarism and You(Tube):^[749]^[750]^[751]^[752]

[941] Shrek – I Feel Good Animation Test:^[753]^[754]^[755]^[756]

[946] 50 YouTubers Fight for $1,000,000:^[757]^[758]^[759]^[760]

[951] Conan O'Brien Needs a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings:^[761]^[762]^[763]^[764]

[956] George Carlin: I'm Glad I'm Dead:^[765]^[766]^[767]^[768]

[961] I Worked for MrBeast, He's a Fraud:^[769]^[770]^[771]^[772]

[966] The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story:^[773]^[774]^[775]^[776]

[971] The largest campaign ever to stop publishers destroying games:^[777]^[778]^[779]^[780]

[976] Tucker Carlson's interview with Vladimir Putin:^[781]^[782]^[783]^[784]

[981] Two Steps Ahead:^[785]^[786]^[787]^[788]

[985] The Vanishing of S.S. Willie:^[789]^[790]^[791]

[990] Change your profile picture to clippy. I'm serious:^[792]^[793]^[794]^[795]

[995] Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2:^[796]^[797]^[798]^[799]

[1000] Johanne Sacreblu:^[800]^[801]^[802]^[803]

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