The first viral videos of YouTube

“Lazy Sunday”, the first viral videos that helped YouTube on the timeline of news and attractions. 

It was uploaded in December 2005.

Actually, it was a bootleg copy of the Saturday Night Live skit, “The Chronicles of Narnia Rap.”

Watch the video here:

How Much Popularity It had Reached?

In the 1st 10 days after publication in YouTube, “Lazy Sunday” racked up 1.2 million views.

The Viral video helped to increase the popularity of youtube and it increased 83% since the video had been uploaded – and had passed visits to Google Video. 

However, “Lazy Sunday” was removed from the video-sharing site in February 2006 for copyright issues.

Interestingly, Saturday Night Live re-uploaded “Lazy Sunday” to its YouTube channel on August 2013, seven-and-a-half years after it was removed.