Grade B19 sourcesHIS-01487
Leave Britney Alone!
Creator moment · 2007 · Notable
A tearful defense of Britney Spears passed 49 million YouTube views.
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How it worksNumbers
- YouTube seed only; latest recovered counter, February 14, 2015
- 49.1M
- As of Feb 14, 2015 · YouTube · Complex
- Seed to milestone
- 11 days
- Sep 10 ’07 to Sep 21 ’07
- Platforms
- 6
- Started on YouTube
- Origin
- Seeded
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originChris Crocker posted a tearful defense after Spears’s VMAs performance. CNN aired excerpts and viewers made parodies. The video passed 49 million views; an NFT sale was later reported at over $41,000.
Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
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September 2007
YTMND and celebrity blogs platform jump · Sep 10 ’07
KYM later dated blog and YTMND pickups to the video's first day.[1]
CNN / Jeanne Moos press · Sep 11 ’07
CNN excerpted Crocker's plea in a report about criticism of Spears's appearance.[3]
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