Wellerman ShantyTok
Music · 2020 · Notable
Nathan Evans's TikTok of the sea shanty Wellerman led to a UK No. 1 single.
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How it worksNumbers
- Views on Evans's Wellerman TikTok (TikTok)
- 9.8M
- As of Jan 29, 2021 · TikTok · Self-reported · TikTok Newsroom
- Seed to peak
- 2 weeks
- Dec 27 ’20 to Jan 12 ’21
- Platforms
- 6
- Started on TikTok
- Origin
- Organic
- Entertainment
How it spread
Trace the originNathan Evans posted Wellerman on TikTok on Dec. 27, 2020. Users duetted it with new vocal parts and instruments, it reached Twitter by Jan. 1, and sea shanty searches hit a Google record on Jan. 12. It reached No. 3 in the UK in January and No. 1 in March.
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December 2020
Nathan Evans (@nathanevanss) seed · Dec 27 ’20
Evans uploaded a black-and-white video of himself performing the 19th-century tune Wellerman.[2]
Luke Taylor platform jump · Week of Dec 27, 2020
TikTok user Luke Taylor made an early duet of Evans's Wellerman in December 2020.[3]
January 2021
Elizabeth Kingston platform jump · Jan 1 ’21
Elizabeth Kingston tweeted about it, calling sea shanty TikTok a good omen for 2021.[3]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
- Revised 1 event · Added 1 source · Revised 2 numbers
- Added: 10 events, 11 sources · Score 44
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