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Nyan Cat
A Pop-Tart cat flew through space until your browser became a rainbow loop.
Archive score97
Internet archive / 2011
Internet moments from 2011
Backdrop
The Internet in 2011
Year reference
Minecraft 1.0A blocky indie world became a lasting social universe.
Source: Mega64 at Minecon on YouTube- Snapchat arrived while smartphones made short-lived, camera-first communication feel increasingly normal.
- Adobe ended Flash development for mobile browsers, signaling that the web’s next era would be designed around mobile video and HTML5.
Archive order
Archive picks
02
Ultimate Dog Tease
A dog wanted bacon. The internet wanted to hear the entire conversation.
Archive score95
03
Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton)
The Lonely Island asked Michael Bolton for a club-rap hook. He delivered an uncontrollable Pirates of the Caribbean sequel.
Archive score94
04
Hide the Pain Harold
A stock-photo smile became the internet’s shorthand for keeping it together.
Archive score94
05
Nope, Chuck Testa
You thought that antelope was driving a car. Nope: Chuck Testa.
Archive score93
06
Condescending Wonka
A Gene Wilder still became a familiar image for sarcastic replies.
Archive score91
07
The Creep
Three men in bad suits turned social awkwardness into a dance move.
Archive score91
08
Rebecca Black’s “Friday”
A relentlessly cheerful song about Friday became a massive YouTube argument, singalong, and remix object.
Archive score88
09
RedditThe Old Reddit Switch-a-roo
A throwaway reversal joke became an endless community-maintained chain of older reversals.
Archive score87
010
The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger
A nature clip gets an ecstatic, foul-mouthed narrator who finds every honey-badger decision deeply admirable.
Archive score84
011
My Drunk Kitchen: Butter Yo Shit
Hannah Hart’s creator-owned kitchen performance turned a butter-heavy recipe attempt into a conversational comedy format.
Archive score84
012
Shit Girls Say
A one-minute sketch used precise repetition to turn a list of familiar phrases into a reusable format.
Archive score79