Grade B22 sourcesHIS-01491
Trololo (Eduard Khil)
Meme & format · 2009 · Viral
A Soviet TV clip brought Eduard Khil new fans and more than 26 million YouTube views.
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How it worksNumbers
- Seed upload only; latest independently reported count found
- 26M
- As of Sep 4, 2017 · YouTube · The Independent
- Seed to milestone
- 3 months
- Nov 26 ’09 to Mar 12 ’10
- Platforms
- 7
- Started on YouTube
- Origin
- Organic
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originA user uploaded Khil's Soviet TV performance in 2009. Forums, an autoplay site and television spread it in 2010; Khil answered with a lyrics invitation. A packed club show, merchandise, a choir cover and later brand adaptations followed.
Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
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November 2009
January 2010
gn3xu5 platform jump · Jan 27 ’10
gn3xu5 shared the video in r/WTF under the title Trololololololololo.[2]
February 2010
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