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2009's Most Viral Videos

Music videos rule the charts, user-generated stuff absent

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 13, 2009 1:20 PM CST

(Newser) – Viral videos went corporate in 2009, with nary a user-generated video cracking the top 10 in Visible Measures’ ranking, based on views on 150 different platforms. The list is almost entirely music videos, which are essentially ads for albums, TechCrunch points out. The only exception... More »

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Lioness

Dec 15, 2009 11:30 AM CST

"Single Ladies" video was pure dopeness. Change "viral" to "most-watched" and we've got a list.

bewilderbeast

Dec 14, 2009 9:07 AM CST

chlamydial?

dearlizzie

Dec 14, 2009 3:38 AM CST

Quibbling with the word 'viral' in this context is in order. This is a transformation of the ad industry. Interestingly, corporate promotional videos (trailers, music videos, etc) and straight out video ads, such as precede the videos shown here, are increasing in volume almost directly proportionate to the lost advertising in print and TV media. This is simply a new advertising format gaining traction but it's not viral or spontaneous. As Snarfeh so insightfully points out, passive views without individuals actively passing around a video via email, facebook, etc. can't really be considered viral. It ism as Snarfeh says, merely high traffic. It would be interesting to know what the "150 different platforms" were.

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