About
Spinning Gorilla refers to a viral video of a silverback gorilla spinning in front of the glass in a zoo which went viral in April 2020 thanks to series of shitpost edits.
Origin
On September 4th, 2009, YouTube user KennyCamacho1 uploaded a video of a silverback gorilla spinning in front of the glass in a zoo. The video accumulated over 710,000 views in eleven years (shown below).
The video did not see use in memes until on April 6th, 2020, Twitter user @yvessaintlacan uploaded a Would You Rather? meme which offered a choice between having a gay son and a spinning gorilla, with the meme accompanied by “Battlemode” by Mick Gordon from the Doom Eternal soundtrack. The post received over 8,200 retweets and comments, 38,700 likes and 458,000 views in two months (shown below).
— Connor (@yvessaintlacan) April 6, 2020
Spread
On the same day, YouTube user The God of Nose reposted the part of the video with the gorilla to YouTube, gaining over 6,300 views. On April 7th, iFunny user Wench and Redditor slimthiccbois both reposted @yvessaintlacan’s meme, with the reposts gaining over 3,400 smiles on iFunny and 17,800 upvotes on Reddit.
On April 6th and 7th, The God of Nose posted seven edits of the video accompanied by various metal compositions.
Starting in early April 2020, multiple users online posted edits of the original meme, with many examples following Would You Rather? format. For example, before April 12th, 2020, an unknown user posted a Would You Rather? meme offering a choice between the spinning gorilla and its counter-clockwise counterpart. An April 12th reposts by Twitter account @WeirdestMp4 (shown below) and April 17th repost in /r/okbuddyretard received over 1,500 likes and 25,900 upvotes, respectively.
— Weirdest Memes Online (@WeirdestMp4) April 12, 2020
In June 2020, the video saw another surge in popularity after gaining spread in edits on Instagram.
Various Examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Cjrx6noHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3KF2lAvv0U
Search Interest
Know Your Meme Store
External References
Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spinning-gorilla