What went viral in 1999

Cases

6

Median Spread Score

48

Most started on

Open web50%

First post to peak

1567 days

The Blair Witch Project

Box office · 1999

60

$248.6M on a $600K budget

Neopets

Open web · 1999

54

12M players

Beyblade

Retail · 1999

48

560M sold

Jellycat

Retail · 1999

40

52.3K derivatives

NaNoWriMo early expansion

Open web · 1999

10

SETI@home volunteer launch

Open web · 1999

10