careers via YouTube videos which ultimately went viral. By 2014, pop stars such as Miley Cyrus, Eminem, and Katy Perry were regularly obtaining web traffic in the order of 120 to 150 million hits a month, numbers far in excess of what many viral videos receive. Companies also use viral videos as a type of marketing strategy. The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is considered to have been one of the first viral marketing strategies to hit the world when Dove released their Evolution video in 2006. Their online campaign continued to generate viral videos when Real Beauty Sketches was released in 2013 and spread all throughout social media, especially Facebook and Twitter. Notable sites Albino Blacksheep Break.com BuzzFeed eBaum's World Fail Blog Facebook Google Video Instagram JibJab LiveLeak Metacafe Newgrounds Nico Nico Douga TikTok Upworthy Vine Veoh.com VT (Viral Thread) WorldStar HipHop YouTube YTMND See also Internet meme List of Internet phenomena List of viral videos List of viral music videos Positive feedback Seeding agency Shock site Streisand effect Viral marketing References External links CMU Viral Videos A public data set for viral video study. Viral Video Chart Guardian News, UK. Misc content, Videos and Music viral Viral Mania. Photos Gone Viral! — slideshow by Life magazine YouTube 'Rewind' – YouTube's page covering their top-viewed videos by year and brief information on their spread. The Worlds of Viral Video Documentary produced by Off Book (web series)