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# Here's 2015's Best Of The Web In One Handy Video

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## 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)

![5 Elements of A Viral Video](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720)

_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.


## Transcript

[ NOISE ] What makes a video go viral? Here's our guess. Mishka, I love you. [ NOISE ] Number one, cute animals. [ LAUGH ] Charlie, Charlie bit me. [ MUSIC ] [ FOREIGN ] [ MUSIC ] [ UNKNOWN ], we're going to Disneyland. Oh, my god. Number two, cute kids. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] Number 3, remixes. [ MUSIC ] Whoa, oh my God, oh my God. [ LAUGH ] Oh my God. Whoo. Number four, spontaneity. Look at all those Number five. Cute kids and cute animals. Put this all together and it will certainly end up on your Facebook feed. [ MUSIC ]

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