Viral Stories
What’s interesting is that the internet helps to spread the news, but mainstream news also helps to spread funny, heartwarming and cute stories from the internet as well, and these are often the stories that go viral.
However, he said that the biggest viral stories usually catch the attention of mainstream media, and media coverage drives the virality of the story, regardless of its actual online popularity.
From a behemoth bovine in Australia to plans for a second Titanic to a mysterious car dangling from a Toronto overpass, here’s a look back at some of the biggest viral stories of the year.
Back in June 2019, social media blew up over a video of a man leaving his family to die in the cold grip of an avalanche.
Indeed, the video of the New York City rat caught on video wrestling a slice of pizza down a few stairs may have popped up in your social media news feed, but it was the news media that pushed Pizza Rat into the mainstream visibility.
A mysterious black sarcophagus was discovered and pried open in Alexandria, Egypt in July amid intense social media debate over whether opening the vessel would unleash an ancient curse on the Earth. The 3,200-year-old mysterious wheel of dairy, which was uncovered in the tomb of Ptahmes, might contain a potentially fatal bacteria called brucellosis that spreads from animals to people, often via unpasteurized milk and cheese.
Two of the most widely-viewed space stories of the decade included a pair of SpaceX issues at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base. In October, a joyriding 13-year-old Texas boy was left with a bruised ego after his mother chased him down and spanked him with a belt on the side of a road after the kid stole his mom’s brand new BMW.
A “gold-diggin” dog became internet-famous in October after its owner shamed the animal for apparently sneaking out at night to go to a McDonald’s and act like a stray to scam customers for burgers. “If you see my dog @ the McDonald’s on shields, quit feeding her fat ass bc she don’t know how to act & be leaving the house all the time to go walking to McDonald’s at night,” the owner said on social media.
Naturally, the curious netizens of the world started a Change.org petition — signed by 34,466 people and counting — begging to drink the mysterious liquid discovered at the bottom of the tomb.
He wouldn't mention the allegations but he did address what he called a "frat house mentality" in lieu of a radio station offering money for people to stand up and heckle him during the show in order to collect prizes and money. According to Spartz, Pizza Rat is a perfect example of a story most people have heard of but didn’t actually see. #TheDress struck a cord across social platforms from Twitter to Tumblr and earned it a spot as one of the most influencial moments on Twitter and top billing for probably the most viral story of the year. By later that afternoon, photos of the daring climber shared by local office workers had gone viral, with many wondering what fate would befall the famous raccoon.
Thankfully, after she reached the building's roof, the critter was lured into a cage with cat food and successfully trapped by rescuers, bringing her Mission Impossible audition to an end.
The sheriff's video clip went viral, garnering more than 4.4 million views in just four days while being shared nearly 146,000 times, according to the agency's Facebook metrics.
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Videos of the 11-year-old boy clad in jeans, a white button down, cowboy boots and an iconic red bowtie went viral in April, with one version of the clip racking up over 60 million views.
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