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Slender Man

Meme & format · 2009 · Notable

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Two edited forum photos grew into folklore across fan videos, games and film.

Trailer · Sony Pictures Entertainment on YouTube
Trailer · Blue Isle Studios on YouTube
Trailer · AgentParsec on YouTube
Clip · Marble Hornets on YouTube
Second edited photograph from Victor Surge's original Slender Man post.
Eric Knudsen / Victor Surge
slenderman
LuxAmber / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
First edited photograph from Victor Surge's original Slender Man post.
Eric Knudsen / Victor Surge
SLENDER MAN - Official Trailer (HD)
Sony Pictures Entertainment on YouTube
Slender: The Eight Pages -- Game Teaser
AgentParsec on YouTube
Introduction
Marble Hornets on YouTube
Slender Man cosplay photographed at New York Comic Con on October 12, 2012; CC BY-SA 2.0.
Terry Robinson
Slender Man | Know Your Meme
Know Your Meme

Spread Score

How it works
ReachNo data yetContagion60Breadth60Velocity25Longevity1643

Numbers

Slender Man sketches on DeviantArt, WIRED's reported lower bound
113K
As of Aug 25, 2018 · Open web · WIRED
Seed to milestone
3.1 years
Jun 10 ’09 to Jul 5 ’12
Platforms
7
Started on Open web
Leverage
5.2×
$51.9M on $10M budget

Mechanics

  • Response chain
  • Mystery & lorePrimary
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Controversy

How it spread

Trace the origin

Eric Knudsen posted two edited photos on Something Awful. Fans expanded the character through YouTube fiction and games. Later adaptations reached cinemas, while crime coverage changed the fandom’s public image.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

Google searchesJan ’09JulNov ’10Jan ’12AugDecJul ’13Aug ’14Jun ’16May ’18NovAug ’19MilestoneOpen webYouTubePressAudioApp storesBox officeTikTok
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Timeline (16)

  1. June 2009

    Gerogerigegege precursor · Jun 8 ’09

    Gerogerigegege invited Something Awful users to make paranormal images and leak them onto other websites.[1]

    Open the first post ↗

  2. Eric Knudsen ('Victor Surge') seed · Jun 10 ’09

    Victor Surge posted two edited photographs and fictional captions naming the Slender Man.[2]

  3. Victor Surge owner response · Jun 11 ’09

    Victor Surge added photographs and fabricated medical reports to the character's story.[3]

  1. platform jump · Jun 20 ’09

  2. press · Jul 30 ’11

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Origin
Seeded
Sector
Culture (no sector)
Region
Global
Slender Man sketches on DeviantArt, WIRED's reported lower bound
113K
As of Aug 25, 2018 · Open web · WIRED
Evidence
Grade B

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