List of YouTube videos

This is a list of YouTube videos that journalists, online newspaper, or magazines have written about. To be considered notable, the videos must be included on at least four separate articles from different publications (inclusive of all time periods), as chosen by their editorial staff.

2000s

Me at the zoo (2005)

Main article: Me at the zoo

Screenshot from Me at the zoo.

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.

Lazy Sunday (2005)

Main article: Lazy Sunday (The Lonely Island song)

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".

Al Gore's Penguin Army (2006)

Main article: Al Gore's Penguin Army

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]."

Bus Uncle (2006)

Main article: The Bus Uncle

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).

Charlie the Unicorn (2006)

Main article: Charlie the Unicorn

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.

La Caída de Edgar (2006)

Main article: Edgar's Fall

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.

lonelygirl15 (2006-2008)

Main article: lonelygirl15

Jessica Lee Rose as Lonelygirl15.

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.

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

Main article: Everyday (video)

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.

Evolution of Dance (2006)

Main article: Judson Laipply

Judson Laipply is the person dancing in 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.

Kiwi! (2006)

Main article: Kiwi!

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.

Male Restroom Etiquette (2006)

Main article: Male Restroom Etiquette

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.

Numa Numa (2006)

Main article: Numa Numa (video)

Gary Brolsma from Numa Numa.

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.

Techno Viking (2006)

Main article: Techno Viking

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.

IPHONE BILL (2007)

Main article: 300-page iPhone bill

iPhone bill is an 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.

Battle at Kruger (2007)

Main article: Battle at Kruger

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.

Bride has massive Hair Wig Out (2007)

Main article: Bride Has Massive Hair Wig Out

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.

Charlie bit my finger - again ! (2007)

Main article: Charlie Bit My Finger

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.

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

Main article: Chocolate Rain

Tay Zonday from Chocolate Rain.

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 inbetween lines; an explanation is provided via a caption that appears early in the video – "**I move away from the mic to breathe in".

Crush on Obama (2007)

Main article: Crush on Obama

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.

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

Main article: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger § Usage in media

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.

Dramatic Chipmunk (2007)

Main article: Dramatic Chipmunk

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.

Vote Different (2007)

Main article: Hillary 1984

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.

Italian Spiderman (2007)

Main article: Italian Spiderman

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.

Keyboard Cat (2007)

Main article: Keyboard Cat

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.

Leave Britney Alone! (2007)

Main article: Cara Cunningham

Cara Cunningham is best known for the Leave Britney Alone! video

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.

Omoide wa Okkusenman! (2007)

Main article: Omoide wa Okkusenman!

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.

Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise (2007)

Main article: Potter Puppet Pals

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.

The trouble with Islam (2007)

Main article: Pat Condell

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.

Thriller (2007)

Main article: Thriller (viral video)

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".

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

Main article: What What (In the Butt)

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.

Jizz in My Pants (2008)

Main article: Jizz in My Pants

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".

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

Main article: 1221 Avenue of the Americas § 1999 elevator incident

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.

Trent from Punchy (2008)

Main article: Trent from Punchy

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.

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

Main article: Wario Land: Shake It – Amazing Footage!

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.

Ataque de pánico! (2009)

Main article: Ataque de pánico!

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.

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

Main article: Bale Out

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.

Best Drag Queen Entrance EVER! (2009)

Main article: Best Drag Queen Entrance EVER!

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.

David After Dentist (2009)

Main article: David After Dentist

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.

Democracy Manifest (2009)

Main article: Democracy Manifest

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."

Disgusting Domino's People (2009)

Main article: Disgusting Domino's People

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.

I'm on a Boat (2009)

Main article: I'm on a Boat

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.

JK Wedding Entrance Dance (2009)

Main article: JK Wedding Entrance Dance

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.

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

Main article: The Longest Way

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.

Marble Hornets (2009-2014)

Main article: Marble Hornets

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's creation.

Me and My Dick (2009)

Main article: Me and My Dick

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."

R U Professional (2009)

Main article: R U Professional

The band The Mae Shi whom made 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.

Saturday Morning Watchmen (2009)

Main article: Saturday Morning Watchmen

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.

A Very Potter Musical (2009)

Main article: A Very Potter Musical

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.

2010s

AC Transit bus fight (2010)

Main article: AC Transit bus fight

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.

"Agents of Secret Stuff" (2010)

Main article: Agents of Secret Stuff

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.

Justin Bieber - Baby ft. Ludacris (2010)

Main article: Baby (Justin Bieber song)

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.

Bed Intruder Song (2010)

Main article: Bed Intruder Song

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.

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

Main article: Double Rainbow (viral video)

Paul Bear from Double Rainbow.

Double Rainbow was 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.

Gap Yah (2010)

Main article: Gap Yah

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.

Minecraft Multiplayer Fun (2010)

Main article: Minecraft Multiplayer Fun

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.

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

Main article: Panama City school board shootings

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.

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

Main article: We Are the World 25 for Haiti (YouTube edition)

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.

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

Main article: The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger

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.

Don't Hug Me .I'm Scared (2011-2016)

Main article: Don't Hug Me I'm Scared

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.

Rebecca Black - Friday (2011)

Main article: Friday (Rebecca Black song)

Rebecca Black in 2019, from Friday.

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.

EL FUA (2011)

Main article: El Fua

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.

Hot Cross Buns 1 (2011)

Main article: Hot Cross Buns (film)

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.

Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral - Smartwater (2011)

Main article: Jennifer Aniston Goes Viral

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.

Life in a Day (2011)

Main article: Life in a Day (2011 film)

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.

Nek Minute (2011)

Main article: Nek minnit

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.

Nyan Cat (2011)

Main article: Nyan Cat

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.

Portal: No Escape (2011)

Main article: Portal – No Escape

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.

stari obrazi (2011)

Main article: 2011 Slovenian YouTube incident

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.

Ti kto takoy,davay dosvidaniya! (2011)

Main article: Ty kto takoy? Davay, do svidaniya!

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.

We Solve the Crime (2011)

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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.

YouTube Copyright School (2011)

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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.

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

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Muammar Gaddafi from Zenga Zenga.

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.

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

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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.

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

Main article: Arrest of Vladimir Putin: A Report from the Courtroom

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.

Making The Bus Monitor Cry (2012)

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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.

The Death and Return of Superman (2012)

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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.

Dumb Ways to Die (2012)

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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.

PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(강남스타일) M/V (2012)

Main article: Gangnam Style (music video)

Park Jae-sang from Gangnam Style.

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.

Double Take - "Hot Problems" (2012)

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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.

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

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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.

Muhammad Movie Trailer (2012)

Main article: Innocence of Muslims

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.

Kickalicious™ (2012)

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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.

KONY 2012 (2012)

Main article: Kony 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.

Live Action Toy Story (2012)

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

AIB : Rape - It's Your Fault (2013)

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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.

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

Main article: Kai the Hitchhiker

Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker is a 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.

Pepsi Max Camaro Jeff Gordon Commercial Test Drive (2013)

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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.

Rappin' for Jesus (2013)

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

Elliot Rodger's Retribution (2014)

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Elliot Rodger's Retribution was a video by the American mass murderer Elliot Rodger. In the video Rodger is seen from behind the wheel of his black BMW coupe.

Flames of War (2014)

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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.

From the Doctor to My Son Thomas (2014)

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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.

Gay Mountain | Channel 4 (2014)

Main article: Gay Mountain

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.

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

Main article: How Not to React When Your Child Tells You That He's Gay

How Not to React When Your Child Tells You That He's Gay was 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.

Humans Need Not Apply (2014)

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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.

The Hunger Games Musical | Studio C (2014)

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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.

I Am a Ukrainian (2014)

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Screenshot from I Am a Ukrainian.

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.

Mutant Giant Spider Dog (SA Wardega) (2014)

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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.

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

Main article: Net Neutrality (Last Week Tonight with John Oliver)

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.

Nuggets (2014)

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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.

Shrek Is Love, Shrek Is Life (2014)

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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.

Sitting and Smiling #5 (2014)

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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.

11B-X-1371 (2015)

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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.

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

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All India Bakchod Knockout (AIB Knockout) was 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.

Jasmine Masters AND I OOP (2015)

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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.

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

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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.

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

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John Oliver his show 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.

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

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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.

Wrestling Isn't Wrestling (2015)

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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.

Did Google Manipulate Search for Hillary? (2016)

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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.

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

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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.

Hwages (2016)

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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.

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

Main article: PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)

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.

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

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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.

Don't call him "Dimon" (2017)

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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.

history of the entire world, i guess (2017)

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history of the entire world, i guess is a 2017 video by Bill Wurtz, the 20-minute gives a 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.

In a Heartbeat - Animated Short Film (2017)

Main article: In a Heartbeat (film)

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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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.

bitch lasagna (2018)

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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.

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

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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".

Shrek Retold - Full Movie (2018)

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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.

YouTube Rewind 2018: Everyone Controls Rewind (2018)

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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.

Congratulations (2019)

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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".

Kitbull | Pixar SparkShorts (2019)

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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.

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

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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.

The destruction of the CDU (2019)

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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.

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

Main article: Timelapse of the Future

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.

YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record (2019)

Main article: YouTube Rewind 2019: For the Record

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.

2020s

2 HOURS Doing Nothing (2020)

Main article: 2 Hours Doing Nothing

2 JAM Nggak Ngapa-ngapain was 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.

See also

• List of most-viewed YouTube videos
• List of viral videos

External links

• Wikipedia category "YouTube videos by year"