SINGAPORE — Remember Instagram's world record egg? Introducing its successor: Chocolate Strawberry.
On February 6th, TikTok user “Gabs” or “pr4yforgabs” posted a 15-second video of a bowl of chocolate-covered strawberries set to “What You Won't Do For Love” by Bobby Caldwell. did. The wide-angle video, shot with the flash on, pans over the bowl, alternating between close-up and long shots, set to music.
As of Monday afternoon (February 26), the video had received 249 million views, 34.4 million likes and 389,100 comments. It's becoming his most-liked TikTok video of all time, and it's spawned countless videos that other users reference, imitate, and try to explain.
TikTok sleuths track its explosive growth by flocking to comments on original and related videos and comparing them to the most liked videos on the platform.
Currently, that crown is still held by Filipino-American social media personality Bella Porch (real name Denary Bautista Taylor), who lip-synced Millie B's “M to the B” in August 2020. The video has received 64 million likes. This is followed by the following words:
- “The Man Dancing in the Mirror” (January 2022): User 'jamie32bsh' dances to Nelly Furtado's 'Say It Right' remix while filming herself in the bathroom mirror – 52.5 million people
- “River Flows in You girl” (October 2023): 8-year-old violinist surprises TikTok piano busker “vantoan___” with impromptu duet of popular Irma song – 51.9 million
- “Sugar Crush Guy” (February 2021): Content creator Nick Luciano lip-syncs to Sugar Crush! Written by EllyOtto — 51.5 million
In the face of these giants, it looks like TikTok's newest golden child still has a long way to go. However, according to Mexican TikToker DJ Lost One, it has already broken the world record for being the “fastest growing video and trend in TikTok history.”
According to media reports in September 2020, Poarch's video took about four weeks to surpass the then-champion, an elevator dance video by influencer Michael Le (aka “justmaiko”), which had 25.5 million views at the time. It took.
With this in mind, Chocolate Strawberry's 34.3 million views in just three weeks is a truly amazing feat.
