What went viral in 2001

6 things that went viral in 2001, traced from the first post to the peak with sources. 50% started on Retail. Median 787 days from first post to peak.

Cases

6

Median Spread Score

43

Most started on

Retail50%

First post to peak

787 days

Shrek

Box office · 2001

69

$494.3M box office

The original iPod

Retail · 2001

53

$345M revenue

Apple's first retail stores

Retail · 2001

43

$1.19B revenue

Bratz

Retail · 2001

35

$2.5B revenue

Wikipedia’s first-year contributor community

Open web · 2001

31

BookCrossing’s early travelling books

Open web · 2001

10