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Archived in Bothaville · Free State · Since 2024
VIRAL ARCHIVE ZA
South Africa's Viral History — 1998 to 2025
Every video Mzansi ever watched. In one place. From Kasi to TikTok. From Brenda Fassie to Tyla. If it trended in South Africa, we saved it before YouTube deleted it.
Browse 27 Years of Mzansi's Internet
Pick your matric year. Pick your first phone year. It's all here.
1998 — 2025
Historical archive
Fifteen full written histories of the internet's biggest viral videos, 1998 to 2017 — peak views, dates, creators and where each one stands in 2026.
2007 · YouTube Beta Era
Charlie Bit My Finger
Peak 880M+ views
2011 · Meme Web Era
Nyan Cat
Peak 200M+ views
2012 · Facebook and BBM Era
Gangnam Style
Peak 804M in its first 100 days views
2013 · Facebook and BBM Era
Harlem Shake
Peak 1B+ across compilations views
2016 · Data Bundle Era
Baby Shark Dance
Peak 7.05B by late 2020 views
2016 · Data Bundle Era
Damn Daniel
Peak 45M+ views on the original Twitter thread views
2017 · WhatsApp Forward Era
Distracted Boyfriend Meme
Peak Billions of impressions across platforms views
1998 · Dial-Up Era
Dancing Baby
Peak Uncountable, pre-dates view counters entirely views
2007 · YouTube Beta Era
Chocolate Rain
Peak 130M+ views
2006 · YouTube Beta Era
Evolution of Dance
Peak 300M+ views
2010 · Mxit and Facebook Era
Justin Bieber — Baby
Peak 245M in its first year views
2017 · WhatsApp Forward Era
Despacito
Peak First video to reach 5 billion views views
2005 · Dial-Up Era
Numa Numa Dance
Peak 700M+ across all versions views
2007 · YouTube Beta Era
Leave Britney Alone
Peak 50M+ within days views
2014 · Facebook and BBM Era
ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Peak 17 million videos, 440 million viewers views
The story behind the archive
Why I built this in Bothaville
I grew up watching SA viral videos disappear. One day it's everywhere on WhatsApp, next week the link is dead.
In 2024 I started saving them from Bothaville, Free State. Every year. Every province. Every language.
Viral Archive ZA is now the only place where you can watch a 2007 Limpopo wedding video and a 2023 TikTok amapiano challenge on the same site.
No ads. No "video removed". Just our history.
Built in Bothaville, for Mzansi.
— Jabulani, Founder
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