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25 Greatest Viral Video Hits of All Time

pcworld.com — From crooning politicians to a grocery store manager who can crush windpipes with his mind, these are the greatest hits of the YouTube Age.

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  • dcmusicfusion, on 11/14/2007, -9/+7I only saw two videos.... maybe if I pressed play I would get more.
  • Nightlie, on 11/14/2007, -6/+521. Youtube.com
    2. "Most Viewed"
    3. "All Time"
    4. There's your list
  • Slipknotic, on 11/13/2007, -0/+16I didn't see any videos that were just like a mini mall. This article is incomplete.
  • drkeclpse, on 11/13/2007, -1/+1It has the crazy hamster video, it must be a comprehensive list
  • patondeez, on 11/13/2007, -0/+5http://www.break.com/index/we-didnt-start-the-vira ...

    save yourself the obnoxious article spread over 12 different pages so they can spam you with more ads - this video was posted on digg not too long ago
  • Moetownslick, on 11/13/2007, -0/+13any youtube list not including nunchuk guy knocking himself out is incomplete.
  • Bamont, on 11/13/2007, -0/+4Refer to the horrible "next page" link below the article.
  • liquisoft, on 11/13/2007, -2/+3I only see 2, and I can't find a "next page" button.
  • TravelTom, on 11/12/2007, -0/+0Already saw this...
  • ladbroke, on 11/13/2007, -0/+15Note: separating your list over 5 or 6 pages may bring you more ad revenue, but it also makes your site obnoxious to use.

    And it makes me bury this.
    • josho, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3i can't even navigate this site.. it's incredibly, incredibly poorly done
  • silentdragoon, on 11/13/2007, -0/+23this list is badly written and riddled with errors -- calling the leeroy jenkins video 'real footage' is laughable, thinking the 'angry german kid' video is real is somewhat more plausable but also absolutely false, calling the numa numa song (actually called "Dragostea din tei") a german pop song instead of Romanian... I mean, these are fairly basic things. Even a few seconds searching on Wikipedia on each would have avoided each of these.

    It's this sort of lazy writing that really brings down web journalism on a whole.
  • gdog05, on 11/12/2007, -0/+1Chris Crocker signed a deal for a reality show based on his life? People really do enjoy watching train wrecks.
  • Sassmo, on 11/13/2007, -1/+3I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but you also missed an absolute classic that IMHO trumps a few of the ones posted... Spirit of Truth guy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwsWskgKe5E
    • MadScientist420, on 11/12/2007, -0/+1Agreed. Gotta love the phone book, er I mean bible he's holding.
  • mikesbaker, on 11/13/2007, -1/+9holy ***** - leave brittney alone was a dude????!!!???
    • joessandwich, on 11/12/2007, -0/+2I saw him at a bar in LA about a month ago and I kept thinking he was a girl.
  • MadScientist420, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3What about the Alabama Leprechaun!? If you saw a leprechaun let me hear ya say yaaaaa! I want to know where da'gold at!
  • Mak7UPyours4433, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1some of these viral videos werent all that viral
  • Berkana, on 11/13/2007, -0/+4What? No Technoviking?!
  • ButterBuddha, on 11/12/2007, -0/+1America's love of Dorks is shocking....
    • bubba9999, on 11/13/2007, -0/+2I read the Daily Mail's website today... Pot, meet kettle. :)
  • nickj6282, on 11/14/2007, -2/+10Where the hell is "Evolution of Dance?" It's #1 on Youtube for most watched of all time.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg
    • Pikachelsea, on 11/14/2007, -1/+3I must be the only one who hates Evolution of Dance. It's just a guy doing a bunch of different dance moves... what's the big deal? I can't believe the description calls it "the funniest 6 minutes you'll ever see"... getting past the first 6 seconds was hard work.
      • nickj6282, on 12/21/2007, -0/+1I never claimed it was funny, just popular.
  • bluepeej, on 11/13/2007, -0/+11No 2girls1cup?!
  • malechite, on 11/14/2007, -0/+9Where the heck is All your Base? Star Wars Gangsta Rap? Rejected Cartoons?
    Some of the best viral videos ever existed before Youtube...
  • Ianki, on 11/13/2007, -0/+4Commence linking Rick Roll'ed videos
  • trvr, on 11/14/2007, -0/+7this just looks like a printed version of "Internet People", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pPCkhYMQgY
  • proghead, on 11/13/2007, -1/+1in the "Shining" trailer at the end it almost looks like Nicholson's character is making out with the kid.... o_o
  • kxhoopshooter, on 11/14/2007, -7/+1PC WORLD SUCKS! MAKE A MAC WORLD
    • bubba9999, on 11/13/2007, -0/+3Dude - Mac World's in like January or something. Calm the hell down.
  • lordwow, on 11/12/2007, -0/+1Yacht Rock
  • ff4marvel, on 11/14/2007, -0/+4do they honestly not realize that the leeroy jenkins video was staged...
  • R3j3ct, on 11/14/2007, -0/+5Damn, this whole thing is riddled with errors

    for example, I know where the damn dramatic hamster thing came from
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZjPvoYeZRI
  • Raptor007, on 11/13/2007, -1/+1Dugg for "Numa Numa Dance". :¬)
  • strum40, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1No "I Like Turtles" ?
    I discovered him!
    http://www.digg.com/videos/comedy/I_like_turtles_v ...
  • kshakir, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1Single page version: http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,139490 ...
  • Dirtynoodle111, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1^ You beat me to it...

    Digg me down.
  • Nick519, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1:P buried. no "ok go" treadmill video? that's unpossible!
  • Nerys, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1I love the colbert dinner party one. He even clerverly slip a sign heil maneuver in there when he said this was a lull before a come back :-) huaha cracked me up that no one noticed that!
  • UnclePow, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1It used to be said that the internet makes you stupid. I think that saying has shifted to "everyone makes the internet stupid."
  • xhizzle, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1Dugg for the video of the sad bastard World of Warcraft players video.
  • dnegative, on 11/13/2007, -0/+2no 2girls1cup?
  • RichMig, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1Worth it just for the Farting Reverend. Had me crying.
    • tehsilentcircus, on 11/15/2007, -0/+0Farting Reverend = Ingenious
  • DonJohnTom, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1anyone else get extreme bass on the mentos video?
  • hpymondays, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1this is the lamest list. The original internet sensation, which pretty much defined viral video, was the dancing baby, which is not even mentioned. Then 'history of dance' is missing and many other popular videos were not mentioned but some other obscure ones grabbed top spots. Just a lousy job.
  • kmjmu, on 11/13/2007, -0/+1what about "lady punch"?!
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=tumV1X16qQs
  • Sassmo, on 11/13/2007, -0/+0And nobody has mentioned the RatherGood.com Quizno's singing rodents...
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