YouTube turned 10 years old this past weekend, celebrating its domain name registration (which happened on February 14, 2005), so there’s no better time to revisit some of the most classic viral videos on the Internet.
Whether you were 13 years old like me or well into your college years, there’s no doubt you danced to — and incessantly watched — viral classics like the Numa Numa video, “Shoes,” or maybe Rick-Rolled someone. If you can’t remember them all or just want a handy trip on the nostalgia train, The Daily Conversation created a pretty epic YouTube video of some of the most viral videos in the past 10 years. Watch the video below.
You’ll notice pretty quickly that the videos haven’t changed much — quality-wise yes, but the funny things that make us laugh still include cats, music, children being silly, and popular memes like the Ice Bucket Challenge or Literal Videos.
Most notably, the last 10 years are kind of defined by the only two videos with more than a billion views: Psy’s “Gangam Style,” which came out in 2012, and Justin Bieber’s “Baby,” released in 2010. Some of the other viral videos still hover around impressive numbers like 811 million views for Charlie Bit Me, or 11 million views (and counting) for the recent Missy Elliot tribute from Alyson Stoner.
And while some of you may cringe while remembering how popular these videos were, I’ll just keep singing “Friday” by Rebecca Black to myself while waiting to see what YouTube brings us next.
[via The Daily Dot; top photo courtesy of YouTube]
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