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What makes a video go viral? An analysis of emotional contagion and Internet memes

Overview of attention for article published in Computers in Human Behavior, November 2013
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (96th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
11 news outlets
blogs
1 blog
policy
1 policy source
twitter
14 X users
wikipedia
1 Wikipedia page
googleplus
1 Google+ user
reddit
4 Redditors
podcasts
1 podcast

Readers on

mendeley
498 Mendeley
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Article details
Title
What makes a video go viral? An analysis of emotional contagion and Internet memes
Published in
Computers in Human Behavior, November 2013
DOI 10.1016/j.chb.2013.04.016
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X Demographics

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Mendeley demographics

Mendeley demographics

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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
United Kingdom 5 1%
United States 4 <1%
Netherlands 2 <1%
Malaysia 2 <1%
Brazil 2 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Italy 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
Other 1 <1%
Unknown 478 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 92 18%
Student > Bachelor 85 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 85 17%
Researcher 29 6%
Professor 23 5%
Other 81 16%
Unknown 103 21%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 113 23%
Business, Management and Accounting 64 13%
Psychology 52 10%
Arts and Humanities 41 8%
Computer Science 24 5%
Other 85 17%
Unknown 119 24%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 125. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 January 2026.
All research outputs
#418,277
of 34,196,186 outputs
Outputs from Computers in Human Behavior
#219
of 5,025 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#2,789
of 262,362 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Computers in Human Behavior
#2
of 56 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 34,196,186 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 98th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 5,025 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 24.6. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 95% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 262,362 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 98% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 56 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 96% of its contemporaries.