List of viral videos explained

This is a partial list of viral videos, including those that are music videos, that gained rapid attention on the Internet. Like Internet memes, viewership of such videos tend to grow rapidly and become more widespread because of instant communication facilitates and word of mouth.

This list documents videos known to have become viral; additional videos that have become Internet phenomena for other categories can be found at list of Internet phenomena.

General videos

Music videos

See main article: List of viral music videos.

Public service announcements

See also

External links

Notes and References

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