Viral books: Controversy

Cases
9
Median Spread Score
38
Most started on
Retail44%
First post to peak
516 days

By mechanic

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Fourth Wing

51
Fourth Wing

2.7M sold

The Woman in Me (audiobook)

49
The Woman in Me: Auditions - SNL

Peaked at #1

Babel

41
Official UK hardback cover of Babel.

20.7K sold

Heat Waves (fan fiction)

41
Minecraft YouTubers at VidCon 2023.

1.2M views

Powerless

38
Powerless

1M sold

Icebreaker

34
Icebreaker UK paperback cover from Hannah Grace’s official book page.

503.6K sold

The Year of the Nepo Baby

31
The cover of New York Magazine, with a headline that reads: She Has Her Mother's Eyes. And Agent. Extremely overanalyzing Hollywood's nepo-baby boom. By Nate Jones

2.5M impressions

Bikini Body Guides

20
Sweat with Kayla: The 2015 Fitness App MVP | PixelForce

Things We Never Got Over

15
things-we-never-got-over

1.6M sold

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