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My Name Is Lewis

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I dont know who voiced this halloween decoration at Target but i hope they got paid a lot of money to do it #halloween #halloweendecor #target #targethalloween #spookyseason

20M views on #mynameislewis

Yanny or Laurel

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Caucasian woman listening to headphones at computer desk

12.1M views

Ditty

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FunBITS: Send Your Friends a Ditty - TidBITS

Peaked at #1

Beyblade

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An original Beyblade top from Takara Tomy's product history

560M sold

Apple iPod silhouette ads

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A yellow iPod silhouette billboard in San Francisco, photographed in June 2005; CC BY-SA 2.0.

$20M media spend, U2 variant

Shark TurboBlade

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Shark Introduces TurboBlade™ the Most Powerful Bladeless Fan* That Pivots to Cool Every Corner, Set to Revolutionize Home Cooling ​

100M impressions

Sarahah

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The app has become popular with users of Snapchat

Peaked at #1

Valheim

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Valheim

502.4K concurrent players

Duolingo’s TikTok Refugee Mandarin Campaign

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Learning Mandarin out of spite? You're not alone. We’ve seen a ~216% growth in new Chinese (Mandarin) learners in the US compared to this time last year.

18.8M views

SETI@home volunteer launch

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SETI@home BOINC graphics in Classic display mode. Later BOINC interface demonstration, not the original 1999 screensaver.

Over 2M participants

Super Mario 64

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Super Mario 64

$140M revenue

I Love You, Colonel Sanders!

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Official Steam screenshot of the Colonel Sanders dating simulator.

1B impressions

LEGO CUUSOO’s Minecraft voting surge

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LEGO Minecraft Micro World 21102 instruction booklet cover, a CUUSOO fan-supported release

10K votes for Minecraft

Gmail invite-only launch

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Gmail's expanded conversation view in April 2004, posted by its interface designer Kevin Fox.

$393K in Gmail invites on eBay

Rickrolling

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RickRoll'D

64M views

Heelys

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A pair of red, black and grey Heelys, including an upturned shoe showing its sole.

$188.2M on a $7.9M media spend

Apple's first retail stores

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Queue at the original Tysons Corner Apple Store, 2001

$1.19B revenue

Apple Think Different

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A Think Different street advertisement photographed in 1997; CC BY-SA 4.0.

Milestone 335 days in

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

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Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure cover

$286M revenue

Bill Clinton Loves Balloons

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BALLOONS! Tim Kaine & Bill Clinton join Hillary Clinton on stage - Democratic National Convention

Peaked the next day

Fruit Love Island

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Episode 1 of Fruit Love Island! Which couple are you rooting for? 🍿 #ai #aifruit #aistory #fruit #cinema

4.4M impressions

Tyson bites Holyfield’s ear

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Official Holyfield vs. Tyson II fight poster, MGM Grand, 28 June 1997

$1.4K revenue

The Sims

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The Sims

8M sold

2048

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2048 winning board, April 2014; MIT licence

50K concurrent players

The Backrooms (Found Footage)

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The Backrooms (Found Footage)

$400.6M on a $10M budget

The Seinfeld finale

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Jerry Seinfeld shares regrets on ‘Seinfeld’ finale: ‘There was a lot of pressure’

108M impressions

The Dean Scream

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As the 'Dean scream' turns 15, its impact on American politics lives on

633 national TV airings

Google Glass

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Photo of Google Glass by Dan Leveille

10K sold

Budweiser 'Whassup?!'

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On Reflection: Budweiser Whassup!? | shots

$20M in estimated free publicity

Fortnite AI Darth Vader

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Darth Vader in the latest season of Fortnite.

10M players talked to AI Vader