Grade B33 sourcesHIS-00191
Grace VanderWaal's America's Got Talent Audition
Creator moment · 2016 · Notable
A 12-year-old’s original song audition spread from NBC to Facebook and YouTube.
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How it worksNumbers
- Facebook seed + top 10 derivatives: seed-only lower bound
- 127.5M
- As of Sep 15, 2016 · Facebook · Billboard
- Peak date
- Week of Sep 21, 2016
- Jun 7 ’16 to Week of Sep 21, 2016
- Platforms
- 9
- Started on TV
- Origin
- Seeded
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originNBC aired VanderWaal’s original-song audition and celebrity judges endorsed it. The clip spread on Facebook and YouTube, drew fan art and reactions, and ranked fifth in YouTube’s year-end list. She won AGT, then the recorded song entered a US sales chart.
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Changelogupdated Oct 12 ’26
- Added: 16 events, 22 sources · Score 43
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