# Moo Deng

> X reported 7.7 million posts about Moo Deng by the end of her breakout year.

- Owner: Khao Kheow Open Zoo
- Kind: Meme & format
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2024-07-25
- Peak date: Week of Oct 3, 2024
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 65 (Viral), v1.2
- Mechanics: Creator relay, Response chain, Platform jump, Press loop, Controversy

## Summary

The zoo unveiled Moo Deng in July. September X posts, fan art and Sephora’s Instagram graphic carried her beyond zoo followers. Visitors queued at her enclosure, ticket revenue rose and SNL parodied her. The zoo later received sponsorship and held a birthday festival.

## Timeline

- 2024-07-25 — Khao Kheow Open Zoo (Instagram) — The zoo unveiled its baby pygmy hippo to the public and posted her first Instagram photograph.
- 2024-08-27 — @KhaokheowZoo (X) — The zoo posted the photograph of Moo Deng being held by her keeper.
- 2024-09-01 — @sighyam (X) — Yammi posted four photographs with the caption “MOO DENG”.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Moo Deng.” Case HIS-00379. Spread Score v1.2: 65/100. Updated 2026-10-13. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00379