This is just a short list of people who have done it.
it’s not counting all of the hundreds of local celebs (DJs, bands, CEOs, groups) who have done it nor all the average joe/janes who have done it.
I know we’ve had bigger fads and viral things before, but this really seems like the biggest thing thousands of people have done in such a short time.
My vote would go to ebola
Am I the only one who has never watched one of those videos? On pop-culture matters, sometimes I am so out of the loop. Actually, I rarely watch “viral” videos in general.
I have to admit, I’m fascinated by this meme, even though I’ve seen very few of the videos. I’d love to see a gigantic graph of who’s challenged who, whether people acknowledge those who challenged them in their video, who’s issued challenges to people who already have their video out, and so on. 
Nah, herpes is much bigger.
And ebola isn’t actually viral, either; it’s bacterial.
You should check outthis video.
It’s the first I’ve heard of it, but apparently, it’s quite popular.
In that case HPV is probably more prevalent.
And Ebola is absolutely a virus, what makes you think otherwise?
All I know is that I’ve had enough of the wimpy ALS ice bucket challenges. I’m going to use dry ice.
“Ebola virus”. That’s how I have always heard it described.
One interesting thing about this ice bucket thing is that it’s meta-viral. That is, you have the ‘meme’ of the challenge, which spreads like a virus through the human social networks, and each infected person posts a video.
Then, each video can spread virally through the net.
That stupid-ass dancing baby in about 1998 or so seemed to be EVERYWHERE… to the point where it was on TV, and everyone spammed it around on emails for what seemed like a full year.
The ice bucket challenge has a way to go before it hits that level of penetration and persistence, considering that it’s a LOT easier now with social media, and what-not.
I dunno. Hands Across America went pretty viral without the help of the internet. There was advertising, but I’d heard of it long before I saw the first commercial.
Then, there was The Blair Witch Project, the original Viral Advertising Project.
But, I’m still going to vote for Woodstock as the biggest viral thing to date. There was just a tiny local advertising campaign, and the plan was for about 50,000 people, but it ended up attracting something like 500,000, from the other side of the country. All without the help of the internet.
There’s this, but it’s not up to date by far.
Don’t have water? Then pour rubble over your head.
I’m going to use Iceberg lettuce.
How about that Macarena dance thing from a few years ago?
I think I’m the only person on earth who never did it.
Psy - Gangnam Style is probably high on the list
“A few years ago”?
Try two decades ago.
All your buckets are belong to us.
it took a while
Kentucky firefighter dies after ice bucket challenge accident