# The Sneezing Baby Panda

> An unauthorized panda clip reached a reported 220 million YouTube views.

- Owner: Wild Candy Pty Ltd; filmmakers Lesley Hammond and Jenny Walsh
- Kind: Meme & format
- Sector: Entertainment
- Seed date: 2006-11-06
- Milestone date: 2016-01-01
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 47 (Notable, provisional), v1.3
- Mechanics: Response chain, Platform jump, Press loop

## Summary

An unauthorized documentary excerpt spread on YouTube, then appeared in TV comedy and creator parodies. The filmmakers licensed it, offered T-shirts and made a feature film. The clip had a reported 220 million YouTube views in a later retrospective.

## Timeline

- 2006-11-06 — Unaffiliated YouTube uploader (YouTube) — An unrelated uploader posted the documentary excerpt without its filmmakers' permission.
- 2007-05-14 — Tech Digest (Press) — Tech Digest featured the sneezing panda as its YouTube Video of the Day.
- 2008-04-02 — South Park (TV) — South Park included Cute Sneezing Panda among the Internet stars in Canada on Strike.

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Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/sneezing-baby-panda

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “The Sneezing Baby Panda.” Case HIS-01510. Spread Score v1.3: 47/100. Updated 2026-10-23. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01510