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TikTok
The sound quickly spread on TikTok as videos using it began showing up on TikTokers’ For You pages, gaining significant attention.
For example, on February 28th, TikToker @huegaze uploaded a video with a similar caption to @iamactuallylying’s, showing off a space heater that somewhat resembles a crewmate, garnering over 1.1 million views in five days (shown below, left). On March 1st, TIkToker @sussyimposter69 uploaded a video set to the sound acting out a skit with Among Us plushes referencing rapper DaBaby, garnering over 613,000 views in four days (shown below, right).
On March 2nd, 2021, TikToker @l0versr0ck uploaded a lip dub video set to the sound with the on-screen text, “me everytime I look at this dog:” during the introductory lip dub, followed by an image of a dog that resembles an Among Us crewmate over the imposter’s voice, garnering over 1.2 million views in three days (shown below).
By March 5th, the sound, titled “Is this imposter,” had been used in over 12,000 videos on TikTok.
YouTube Remixes
The video also saw a number of remixes on YouTube starting around the same time as the TikTok trend, but none have gone viral as of March 5th, 2021.
On February 28th, YouTuber Bfb Woody uploaded a version of the video replacing the Imposter’s voice with an edit of the audio from the 19 Dollar Fortnite Card video (shown below). This is the earliest known original edit uploaded to YouTube.
On March 1st, YouTuber Totally Search Unscripted uploaded a 10 hour loop of the clip, garnering over 2,500 views in four days (shown below, left). On March 5th, YouTuber pewdipe uploaded a YouTube Poop-esque shitpost edit of the clip (shown below, right).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edwaC55hZqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUgPnqh6VG0
Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/hello-is-this-the-imposter-from-among-us