What makes Viral, Viral?
This is an interesting link. I am trying to find a formula for what makes a viral video viral?
http://www.viralvideochart.com/youtube/immersion?id=3gu0iu0xwl
In my humble opinion…
they create:
- shock
- laughter
- awe
- sadness
they:
- inform
- entertain
- change opinion
they use:
- celebrity
- standard technology
- human imagination and creativity
- technology in a live moment
Statistically this is interesting also:
Celebrity
- Bruce Lee: 1 million views
- Sarah Palin: 2 million views
- Britney: 1 million views
- Pink: 100,000
Other
- Bricks (awe): 300,000 views
- Meteor (awe): 2 million
- Immersion (shock, inform, change opinion): 140,000
It seems that celebrity still holds some weight, but with the right clip, meteor for example, the ceilings can be broken.
