How many views does it take for something to go viral over the the Internet?

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   TheHoleStoryposted 9 years ago

   How many views does it take for something to go viral over the the Internet?
   
   

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   rapidforceadsposted 9 years ago

   It can not be answered without knowing the content type.

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   motivationsblogposted 9 years ago

   Thousands of views in a short amount of time has the potential of going viral. Millions of views in a short amount of time is considered viral. I've actually written a hub on this because it is so fascinating.

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   R. Andersonposted 9 years ago

   Consensus is around 1,000,000 view mark after I would say 1-3 days of exposure. If you have not hit 1,000,000 views within a week or two at the most I think the 'viral' tag is no deserved. I had a video on youtube and it got over 300K views in a matter of a month because Joe Rogan mentioned it on his podcast. I got offers from advertisers and others wanting to put links in my video description for money. I wouldn't call 300K viral but I did start getting offers from shows like Rediculousness and some Japanese morning show who wanted to use my video. Ridiculous would have paid me (not sure how much I never did it) and the morning show just wanted to use it ( I said okay to them so my video probably got shown in Japan. Cheers!

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      Matt Easterbrook5posted 9 years agoin reply to this

      Congratulations! Yes you did great.

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   Poethepoetposted 9 years ago

   A whole bunch of them!

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   Chriswillman90posted 9 years ago

   I'd say the million mark is typical for something going viral because of how rare it is. It's a lot easier, to me, for a video to hit a million views than an article so my viral standards for something written is much lower (maybe a quarter to a half million).
   
   The length of time is also a huge factor because an article that get a million views over a few years is not viral, but if it gets that amount over a few weeks or less then it's considered viral. The same applies to videos, which can typically generate millions of views in a matter of days if popular enough.

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   Mills Pposted 9 years ago

   More than I have received for one posting - and more than I'm likely to ever receive in that regard.

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   SAM ELDERposted 9 years ago

   I think it is not only about views, but also about shares. I guess thousand shares via social networking sites can be called "going viral"

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   The Examiner-1posted 9 years ago

   It may not take a certain amt. of views. If it is liked by Google - and other famous search engines - that may be enough.

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