This video revisits the upload of “Charlie Bit My Finger,” a short home clip that quietly went online 17 years ago and unexpectedly became a global phenomenon. With no production, no script, and no intention of going viral, it captured a perfectly ordinary family moment that millions instantly related to. The clip helped define what early internet virality looked like — spontaneous, authentic, and shared purely because it made people smile. Long before influencers and algorithms, moments like th