We celebrate the 8 years of the purchase of YouTube by Google remembering some of the challenges or challenge more viral.
In October 2006, YouTube was acquired by Google Inc. for a whopping $1.65 billion. And it’s worth it. Just take a look at the statistics of visits in some videos to see the number of people moving this portalwith the commercial benefits that this entails.
Thousands of brands would pay anything to have the popularity that some viral videos reach, such as those of youtubers or challenges, such as the recent ice bucket. Precisely those viral challenges are what we want to remember today. for this count we will take into account the videos made to accept the challengeseither for a noble cause or just to ‘kick it off’.
We picked the most viewed video to date for each challenge… Some of them you surely know (and you even participated in them), but others may surprise you… Do not accept the challenge please!
ice bucket challenge: Believe it or not, the most viewed video of this challenge was… Homer Simpson! With 23,122,353 visits on YouTube to the date when we publish this note…
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Harlem Shake: Even this viral challenge got into the soup. The most viewed is called Original Army Edition, uploaded by Kenneth Håkonsen, with 103,661,131 views.
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DietCoke + Mentos: After Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz went viral with their videos showing how explosive it was to mix Diet Coke with Mentos, thousands of people sought their 5 minutes of fame by trying themselves on their own bodies… The most viewed video of this challenge It has 14,686,428 visits… Don’t worry, the man has fully recovered.
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chubby bunny: Disgusting and viral is this challenge, in which you have to fill your mouth with lots of marshmallows. The most viewed had 4,906,790 views on Youtube…
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Condom challenge: Disturbing is the correct word to describe this challenge in which you put a condom up your nose and took it out through your mouth… The most viewed video had 1,251,416 views on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeX75hXpAzM
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The Cinnamon Challenge: A spoonful of cinnamon does not feel bad to anyone… And a spoonful? See what happens in the video that had the most views, a total of 40,445,893. Do you recognize the protagonist?
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