--- title: viral | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/viral/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/viral/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # viral ## viral *  Jan 21, 2021 ## [The Most Impactful Memes of 2020](https://time.com/5922998/the-most-impactful-memes-of-2020/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Megan McCluskey and Peter Allen Clark *  Jan 13, 2021 ## [Sea Shanty TikTok Trend Explained](https://time.com/5929245/sea-shanty-tiktok-2021/) [BUSINESS](/section/business/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jul 30, 2020 ## [Everyone's Marveling Over This Jaw-Dropping Video Starring a Skateboarding Prodigy](https://time.com/5873682/skateboarder/) by Melissa Locker *  Jul 30, 2020 ## [‘Green Needle’ or ‘Brainstorm'? A Puzzling Audio Clip Is Burning Up the Internet](https://time.com/5873627/green-needle-brainstorm-explained/) by Melissa Locker *  Jul 23, 2020 ## [Meet 5 Dads Who Have Upped Their TikTok Game Amid Coronavirus](https://time.com/5848586/tiktok-dads-coronavirus/) by Megan McCluskey *  Jul 20, 2020 ## [Mark Zuckerberg Went Surfing in Plenty of Sunscreen and It's the Internet's Latest Meme Fixation](https://time.com/5868906/mark-zuckerberg-surfing/) by Melissa Locker *  Jul 13, 2020 ## [All the Internet Is Now Officially Cake as the Surprise Cake Memes Pile High](https://time.com/5866229/everything-is-cake/) by Melissa Locker *  Jul 9, 2020 ## [People Simply Can't Look Away From Demi Moore’s Casual Photo of Her Decor](https://time.com/5864215/demi-moore-bathroom/) by Melissa Locker *  Jul 8, 2020 ## [People Are Really Getting Into the Salt and Pepper Shakers Mystery of Our Time](https://time.com/5864172/salt-pepper-shakers/) by Melissa Locker *  Jul 1, 2020 ## [Relatable Child Interrupts His Mother's Live TV Interview to Ask for Cookies](https://time.com/5862352/boy-biscuits-sky-news-interview-video/) by Sanya Mansoor *  Jun 26, 2020 ## [These Are the Best Memes of 2020 So Far](https://time.com/5853677/best-memes-2020/) by Cady Lang *  Jun 25, 2020 ## [How the 'Karen Meme' Confronts the Violent History of White Womanhood](https://time.com/5857023/karen-meme-history-meaning/) by Cady Lang *  Jun 23, 2020 ## [The Internet Has Plenty to Say About Those About Those Fireworks Keeping People Up in Places Across the Nation](https://time.com/5857117/fireworks-reactions/) by TIME Staff *  Jun 18, 2020 ## [New Internet Legend Manages to Rick Roll Rick Astley](https://time.com/5855001/rick-roll-rick-astley/) by Melissa Locker *  May 28, 2020 ## [Parents Keep Handing Toddlers Raw Eggs to Prove an Adorable Point](https://time.com/5843856/toddler-egg/) by Melissa Locker ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"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":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/viral/","name":"viral"}}]}] ```