verb phrase · neutral

go viral

UK/ɡəʊ ˈvaɪrəl/US/ɡoʊ ˈvaɪrəl/go VI·ral

Band 4-5speakingtask2

to become extremely popular online very quickly

Examples

The short clip went viral after several influencers shared it.

A post can go viral in a few hours.

Small creators sometimes go viral and gain thousands of followers.

Band 8 sentence

The campaign went viral within days, generating donations far beyond the organisers' expectations.

Collocations

  • go viral overnight
  • go viral on social platforms
  • help something go viral

Word family

go (v) verbviral (adj) adjectivevirality (n) noun

Common mistakes

get viralgo viral

become viralgo viral

Say it for a higher band

5become well-known6become popular7+go viral

Synonyms

become popular

spread quickly

Easily confused

become popular

The video went viral after a celebrity shared it.

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