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3 Things Any Video (REALLY) Needs To Go Viral [Humor]
Due to an article published on Mashable in October of last year called "3 Things Any Video Needs to Go Viral," I was prompted to write my own rendition (written by an avid Youtuber).
So, what does it take to get to a million views, tens of millions of views, more? Well, the people have spoken and called these videos "viral". Yeah, viral. Not a pretty name, but it gets the message across. These videos have some immutable power that helps them spread like wildfire and today I'm here to show you the 3 things you need to make a viral video.
Like author (and expert in social video advertising) Dan Greenberg states, creating a viral video is very much a science, and here's the formula.
1. Auto-tune
The recipe to success of very many viral videos rests with autotone, enough said. Well, the same holds true with popular music, so why not videos. Haha.
Time (~7M views):
And Time (~68M views):
Again (~21M views):
2. Babies
We can't get enough. Countless times, we've seen these babies (usually laughing) - it's actually a bit creepy that we spend so many collective hours watching other peoples' children, but we're still glued to the screen why? Because it's the #2 element of making viral videos. What's the most popular type of baby - it seems to be of the british and laughing variety.
British Babies (~274M views, yeah this is in the top 10):
Laughing Baby #1 (~158M views):
Laughing Baby #2 (~25M views):
3. Cats
There's something about cats that we just can't get enough of. It may be their curiosity that makes cat videos so appealing.
Funny Cats (~47M views):
Actually, this category should be called, cute animals or cute things our animals do (~15M views):
Haha, so there you have it. The formula for a surefire viral video:
Auto-tune + Babies + Cute Animals = Guaranteed Viral Video
Lol, so get to work! Auto-tune your baby speaking gibberish in aut-tune, while riding your pet cat that's chasing it's own tail. You'll get MILLIONS of hits! :).
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