Viral videos may come and go from the cultural consciousness but few have been as ingrained in pop culture as Charlie Bit My FingerThe 55-second clip of then-one-year-old Charlie Davies-Carr and his then-three-year-old brother Harry Davies-Carr has racked up nearly 900 million views and spawned countless parodies since their father first posted it in 2007.
Charlie bit my finger now 2021. Family behind most viewed viral video of all time will auction off clip as an NFT before deleting it from the web forever. Article continues below advertisement. Charlie and Harry Davies-Carr and their father Howard join Closing Bell to talk about why they are taking the YouTube video down and auctioning it off as a.
That winner will also get to record a new version with the brothers who are now 15 and 17 years old. The popular meme Disaster Girl recently sold for a whopping 473000 but other NFTs have sold for even more. The original finger bite heard around the world now 10 years later the Kids recount the eventWatch both clips here.
The YouTube video Charlie bit my finger went massively viral back in 2007 reaching well over 800 million views. Charlie Bit My Finger is just the latest viral piece to make the NFT rounds. The huge sale for Charlie also arrives amid reports that the NFT market has cooled significantly since peaking in April with total sales across some NFT marketplaces at 50 percent below what they were just a.
The video was taken down May 23rd after the clip was sold as an NFT for 760999. Charlie bit my finger again was uploaded on May 23. The clip will be offered as an NFT in an online auction with the buyer also getting to create a parody video with the now grown children.
The Charlie Bit My Finger video sold as an NFT non-fungible token for 760999. The Charlie Bit My Finger video will leave YouTube after selling at auction for 760 999. Beeple an artist who sold a compilation of their first 5000 pieces made a whopping 693 million.
A baby and a toddler Charlie and Harry Davies-Carr became unwitting Internet sensations back in 2007 with the viral video Charlie Bit My Finger Now 14 years later the brothers have told the BBC that they are using the proceeds from a non-fungible token NFT sale of the video to pay for their university tuition. And youre welcome for getting that song stuck in your head. It may not seem like much today considering the number one viral video Baby Shark Dance has accumulated over 7 billion views.