What went viral in 2004

7 things that went viral in 2004, traced from the first post to the peak with sources. 57% started on Open web. Median 116 days from first post to peak.

Cases

7

Median Spread Score

33

Most started on

Open web57%

First post to peak

116 days

The Passion of the Christ

Box office · 2004

60

$623.4M on a $30M budget

Napoleon Dynamite

Box office · 2004

57

$46.1M on a $400K budget

Mean Girls (2004)

Box office · 2004

52

$130.2M box office

Firefox’s community-funded newspaper ad

Open web · 2004

33

Numa Numa Dance

Open web · 2004

21

Burger King Subservient Chicken

Open web · 2004

10

parkrun: Bushy Park replication

Open web · 2004

10