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Collections/Viral tech marketing/Viral tech marketing: Underdog
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Viral tech marketing: Underdog

Cases
6
Median Spread Score
46
Most started on
Open web50%
First post to peak
37 days

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DeepSeek AI Assistant

App stores · 2025

58
Official DeepSeek app screenshot from its app announcement.

23M downloads a month

Robert Downey Jr. Delivers a Real Bionic Arm

YouTube · 2015

49
Microsoft video of Robert Downey Jr. giving Alex Pring an Iron Man-themed arm made by Limbitless Solutions.

2B impressions

Lovable

Open web · 2024

46
Current Lovable dashboard with the prompt field and project cards, from the official documentation

$600M revenue

MapQuest's Lake Ontario stance

X · 2026

40
We’re not changing it.

Peaked at #1

MXit’s early South African mobile community

Open web · 2005

10

Pebble Kickstarter launch

Open web · 2012

0
Original Pebble Kickstarter project image showing three e-paper watches. Original campaign project image retained on Kickstarter.

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