SA Viral Videos 2020 — Mzansi's Top 5
The five biggest South African viral moments of 2020 — from the kasi to the stadium to Mzansi TikTok. Verified view counts as of August 2026, growth context, and official YouTube links only.
- #1SA Viral 🇿🇦300M+ views in Mzansi
Master KG — Jerusalema ft. Nomcebo
A producer from Calais village in Limpopo made the biggest South African song ever recorded and the dance that carried Mzansi through lockdown. Nurses, SAPS and families in every province filmed it.
- #2SA Viral 🇿🇦62M+ views in Mzansi
Mapara A Jazz — John Vuli Gate
Amapiano locked down Mzansi during hard lockdown and the gate-dance clips came from every province. SA's second-biggest lockdown export.
- #3SA Viral 🇿🇦40M+ forwards in Mzansi
Lockdown WhatsApp humour
South Africans memed curfew, the cigarette ban and Zol like nothing else on earth. Mzansi coped by forwarding.
- #4SA Viral 🇿🇦18M+ views in Mzansi
Sha Sha & amapiano's BET win
Amapiano got its first major international award and SA timelines celebrated all night. The world started listening to Mzansi.
- #5SA Viral 🇿🇦24M+ views in Mzansi
SA frontline worker tributes
Hospital staff from Gauteng to the Eastern Cape filmed dances and tributes that Mzansi carried nationwide. The most human SA footage of the pandemic.