--- title: Here's The Best Of The Web In One Handy Video description: Look back at the year online canonical: https://time.com/4140980/best-of-the-web-video/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-08T20:24:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:27:29.333Z og:title: Here's 2015's Best Of The Web In One Handy Video og:description: Look back at the year online og:url: https://time.com/4140980/best-of-the-web-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's 2015's Best Of The Web In One Handy Video twitter:description: Look back at the year online twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Here's 2015's Best Of The Web In One Handy Video ## Video: 5 Elements of A Viral Video [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8) (1:31)  _Published 2015-06-22. 5 Elements of A Viral Video_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 8, 2015 8:24 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Dec 8, 2015 8:24 PM UTC It’s the most wonderful time of the year when we pause to look back at the best movies, music, and television that was released over the last 12 months. Of course, most of us spend more time browsing the world wide web than doing anything else, so it’s only appropriate to remember the year that was online, too. A new video compilation helps us remember it all. For the last seven years, video editor Luc Bergeron has released a “[Best of Web](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ4GEdTV2hJRw%5FfKZzWG0NcOaV43Qvkdn)” series, under the name [Zapatou.](https://twitter.com/Zapatou) This year’s video is a remix of a whopping [506 videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ4GEdTV2hJT015yWEECQTEvyXOuyvTa9) culled from YouTube. The video clocks in at 21 minutes, which is Bergeron’s longest to date. The supercut is a collage of visuals taken from skydivers, astronauts, bikers, magicians and hot air balloonists as well as baby DJs, cat videos, drumming pugs, tiny hamsters eating tiny things, and so much more. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4140980/best-of-the-web-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4140980/best-of-the-web-video/"},"headline":"Here's 2015's Best Of The Web In One Handy Video","datePublished":"2015-12-08T20:24:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:29.333Z","description":"Look back at the year online","url":"https://time.com/4140980/best-of-the-web-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Internet","Viral Videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4140980/best-of-the-web-video/","name":"Here's 2015's Best Of The Web In One Handy Video"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4140980/best-of-the-web-video/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4140980/best-of-the-web-video/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```