List of Internet phenomena

For people who have achieved fame through the Internet, see Internet celebrity.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

This is a partial list of social and cultural phenomena specific to the Internet, such as popular themes, catchphrases, images, viral videos, and jokes. When such fads and sensations occur online, they tend to grow rapidly and become more widespread because the instant communication facilitates word of mouth.

Advertising and products

Animation and comics

The adult brony fans of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic grew from its 4chan roots
A group of Polandball characters
xkcd's "Wikipedian Protestor" comic

Challenges

A person taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
A hand after performing the Salt and ice challenge

These generally feature Internet users recording themselves taking a challenge and then distributing the resulting video through social media sites, often inspiring or daring other users to repeat the challenge.

Email

See also: Virus hoax and Chain-letter

Film

Gaming

"The cake is a lie", based on the false promise of a Black Forest cake as a reward, is popularized from the video game series Portal.
Actor Kevin Bacon is the centerpiece of the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Images

U.S. President Barack Obama jokingly mimics the "McKayla is not impressed" expression in the Oval Office, November 2012.

Music

Videos

Main article: List of viral videos

Other phenomena

The paperclip that Kyle MacDonald converted into a house, after 14 trade-ups.

See also

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