What is considered viral for Youtube?

Lynne Level 1

June 25, 2016, 6:32 pm

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What is considered viral for Youtube?

I posted a question recently asking what makes a Youtube video go viral. Now what I am wondering is when exactly is a Youtube video considered a viral video?

Is it a specific amount of views that needs to be gained? Is there a time frame? Is there like a specific definition?

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Lynne

Lynne

Yes it is that same video... which is really exciting. So yes it is increasing daily. I always push myself and try make sure I do better all the time. This is one of my great achievements

8 years ago

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Lynne

Lynne

Thanks Mike. That makes sense.

I guess my nearly 30 000 views is only viral to me then? Back to the drawing board to make use of all those tips everyone gave me in my previous question about what make a Youtube video go viral!

8 years ago

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Everett

Everett

Just because the video has thirty thousand views, it doesn't necessarily mean it won't get viral. There has been videos that were published years ago and just got viral status years after it was posted. It's very interesting when this occurs because the "viralness" of the video came out of no where, and it's hard to track how it got viral.

8 years ago

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Lynne

Lynne

Yay, so there is hope for me yet!

8 years ago

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EliteWriter

EliteWriter

This is a buzz word that we hear so often, and yet there is no specific answer to a certain extent. According to Kevin Nalty "A few years ago, a video could be considered 'viral' if it hit a million views", but as of 2011, it is considered to have gone viral only "if it gets more than 5 million views in a 3–7 day period" .

However even if you would love to have one of your videos go viral, it is best to focus on what you are showing in a video and if it is going to hit people in their hearts and memory.

8 years ago

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Lynne

Lynne

OK so I have quite a way to go still to go viral! Oh dear, back to the drawing board again

I got some really great tips on another question I asked so I will be implementing some of those with my next videos. I am determined to one day have a proper viral video!

8 years ago

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hitmeasap

hitmeasap

Hey Lynne,
30,000 views?! Nice!

It was just a few days ago it had reached 12,000 views, or is it another video you're talking about? In case it's the same, you're truly doing something right!

What I personally believe, is that a video going viral is when your views are being skyrocket day by day. You should compete with yourself and not with others. If you get 100 new views today, then you'll want 200 new views tomorrow and double the amount of views for each day that pass.

Regarding Kevin Nalty as EliteWriter mentioned, you can find the source and more information here. Viral video

8 years ago

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Corzhens

Corzhens

I think if your video has a thousand views and is getting more views by leaps and bounds every day then you have a viral video. Even if the new views every day is just by the hundreds, that’s good enough. I define a video going viral when it is shared by viewers, the reason why the views keep on coming because it is shared. However, the total number of views should reach maybe 100,000 before it can be considered a bona-fide viral video. Just my thoughts.

7 years ago

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Kakashi2020

Kakashi2020

In my opinion your video should hit a million legit views in a week along with a lot of shares, comments and mentions. Fake and Bought views are not included because you can buy a million views and your video won't even be considered a bit viral.

6 years ago

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