The Most Viral Tweet of All Time

[@thecloudwyrm7966]

Was about halfway through before I realized there was never going to be a transition into Twitter tweets and he was just going to keep talking about birds.

[@poopy9587]

Same

[@cows543]

2:57 was when I realized

[@boxheadboi1540]

same

[@nameisblank2023]

Realised at 1:35, just cause I happened to reread the title

[@JimCullen]

I only realised it as he was doing the ad read at the end... Thought it was going to transition into how they used Twitter to track them, or something.

[@rakusko33]

Fact: none of us expected this video from the title

[@jvcmarc]

or from the thumbnail

[@andriibilych]

Non of us are disappointed though

[@K.D.Meyers]

Yes. Nobody of us.

[@nyarthecat8195]

Cristian Heal the title is a joke yes

[@nyarthecat8195]

Cristian Heal sorry i dont read sarcasm very well

[@meemmensch6459]

I have never been so happy about being clickbaited.

[@Firefoxsimp]

he didn’t have to use the twitter logo tho with even talking abt twitter....

[@devector9491]

The moment I realised what was going on I got the goofiest smile you can imagine on my face

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

You got punned.

[@bradoreman2510]

About a third of the way in I completely forgot I was click baited lol

[@BytNexus]

Get PRANK'D

[@robotduck212]

I really like how Austin has gone from “weird random and useless stories” to “just literally anything about anything”

[@hinatanin]

But with passion!

[@mantlemoky5744]

Hello Lenin

[@kari_sims]

he can talk about any random thing and it's always so interesting, love it!

[@thegrammarcrusader4085]

Thats my favourite subject.

[@jacopolanini3659]

No..... he's becoming like Tyler from KnowledgeHub Also, hello Lenin.

[@FlinterWoof]

The best kind of clickbait are the ones that are technically not lying.

[@gerhardmeidl8718]

I read this before watching the video, 4 minutes in I realised what you meant. Not even your warning could save me.

[@theolodger]

What

[@theolodger]

OH WAIT LMAO I GET IT NOOOO

[@WilliamSucksAtYT]

I just understood this after warching 7 minutes

[@akiirabeats]

for some reason, I've been reading clickbait as dickbait recently, someone help me

[@AshlynLeeThatsMe]

Expectation: An exploration of the virality of death, and social media's impact on it. Reality: Bird go chirp, but which chirp is best at chirp?

[@affablegiraffable]

It's a meme but for birds

[@driveasandwich6734]

why death?

[@AshlynLeeThatsMe]

@@driveasandwich6734 The most liked tweet as of a few days ago is the one that announced Chadwick Boseman's death.

[@methamphetamememcmeth3422]

@@Hater67876 Bosewick Chadman's brother.

[@krell.1415]

We've been tricked, backstabbed, and quite possibly, bamboozled.

[@gravyburner4405]

yes, yes we have

[@IvanTube0]

and clickbaited

[@bouncycow3010]

Ivan Tube no, you just misunderstood the title

[@fruitpigenthusiast120]

@@IvanTube0 clickbaiting would imply the title lied or over exaggerated what happens in the video

[@zackmaster79]

Shut up it just birds not toxic Twitter

[@Optiqe_]

I just now, 3 minutes in realised that he doesn't mean Twitter.

[@vitorfrostnoffs9329]

3? It took me a good 5 haha

[@CinnamonVulpes]

Took me around 2:30 afsggdg

[@timpunny]

i got it around 1:50

[@lumk]

It took me 5

[@francispauwels1071]

I only realized when the squarespace ad started playing and he stil hadn't talked about twitter.

[@darthvader460]

I actually did something like this. There is this one male dove who likes to sit at the very top of our house and scream his song as loud as he can. For some reason, i decided to respond back everyday. One day i changed the tune a bit, and he started singing like that. He has since reverted back to the original, but I thought it was dope.

[@Headlock123456789]

That is pretty cool.

[@Simon-tb6tn]

Dope

[@nostalgiachu]

I sing "cheese burger" to the black-capped chickadees in my neighbourhood, and at first they would start singing and come when I called. But now they've realized who's singing, they seem to use other shorter calls to communicate with eachother. Oops.

[@rec8127]

Huh.

[@blah7983]

nostalgiachu oh so that’s what the cheeseburger birds are called?

[@LpsPinkPetalPaws]

“Is this clickbait?” *Well yes, but actually no*

[@falcolom]

the quote is "Good guess, but actually no"

[@islixxn]

falcolombardiii no??

[@islixxn]

falcolombardiii stop trying good be smart it makes you look really stupid when you get it wrong

[@Giantalfe]

@@islixxn not everyone knows about the meme dude.

[@islixxn]

@@Giantalfe bro i dont care dude B)

[@durdleduc8520]

I enjoy this “I’m gonna talk about whatever the hell I feel like” attitude coming from these recent videos.

[@vizthex]

hasn't he always done that?

[@Karyu24]

@@vizthex yeah but now it kinda feels like he isn't restraining himself in the slightest

[@hinatanin]

I like it!

[@rollandmckibben6844]

Hello turtle duck!

[@ZiRR0]

recent? lmao, he's been doing that since like 2017/2018

[@Jono997]

My thought process in stages: Stage 1: oh, this is about bird calls Stage 2: oh, this is going to transition into something about Twitter. Stage 3: oh no, this is going to be all about the spread of this sparrow tweet Stage 4: ... All the comments are going to be about this, aren't they?

[@andybradley8347]

Stage 5: reads comments and sees that they are all the same joke

[@Jono997]

@@andybradley8347 I just checked again found no comments that made the same joke as me.

[@Colinop]

@@aether8344 Stage 7: Profit

[@ldelgg]

for a sec i thought that the creator of twitter was one of those biologists and that inspired him to make the app.

[@rq3246]

Holy crap this is god tier clickbait I honestly thought this was a vid on twitter I love it Plz report AxxL for spam in the replies, so god damn annoying

[@jamesvb420]

@@AxxLAfriku dude shut up, please. That is so annoying

[@thezipcreator]

@@AxxLAfriku no

[@psychedahlia]

I thought this vid was gonna be about covefe

[@megasonichunterramirez3231]

@@AxxLAfriku lol I bet your "girlfriends" are paid

[@arandomuser186]

@@megasonichunterramirez3231 nah he's too poor to afford it

[@SalveASMR]

It's probably on the Billbird Top 100...

[@davidhonkstvorisit4811]

Okay that is funny

[@omegaRST]

Such an underrated comment

[@remg.4075]

oh my GOD

[@SalveASMR]

@@metanumia I'm glad to be able to made your day just a bit better 😃 I hope that the rest of your day is amazing and that you are also doing fantastic and not feeling down today 😃 Have a nice day and stay safe! 😊

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Birdbill

[@celebalert5616]

*some sparrow* : * tweets slightly different * Every other sparrow in North America: damn that slaps

[@WillTheGreatest]

Today on "literal youtube titles I'm still surprised were literal"

[@miles4986]

Fun fact that's actually about Twitter: the Friday night tweet from Chadwick Boseman's twitter announcing his death has become the most liked tweet of all time, surpassing the previous record holder, Barack Obama, whose tweet in response to the Charlottesville white supremacist rallies held the record for three years. In third place is also Barack Obama, in a tweet commemorating the life of Kobe Bryant after his death in January. Coincidentally, the fifth most liked tweet of all time was also tweeted this week from Macaulay Culkin who just celebrated his fortieth birthday. Granted, it's likely this list will constantly change as the relevance of Twitter continues to dominate our culture and news cycle. If the past week is evidence, all it takes is one surprising moment to spark a viral tweet.

[@towersj6132]

Yeah I honestly thought this video was going to be about that tweet. I'm not disappointed though.

[@mg6945]

Yeah I thought this video was gonna talk about that tweet and I was like "that's a pretty small turnaround for a video seems kinda too soon to make a video like this" and then I was wronged.

[@9nikola]

Now I wonder how long Austin has been waiting to publish this video to get the most possible number of views.

[@andybradley8347]

9nikolai just imagine him waiting for a tweet to get millions of likes so he could post this

[@antu69]

This is what this video was supposed to be 😂

[@BallinBoy008]

Cant even be mad because this technically isn’t clickbait. Just a clever use of the title

[@smogblazer4509]

It is click bait since the thumbnail used the Twitter logo and the title makes it even more misleading

[@alyssa-vi4jt]

Smog Blazer isnt that what the bird looks like tho

[@Cdog-vl3gk]

pip jam BUT the logo is a bird

[@smogblazer4509]

@@alyssa-vi4jt not even remotely, yet it's what Twitter specifically looks like

[@MujjMujj]

Smog Blazer are you saying it doesn’t look like a bird...? Twitter’s logo is a bird, like you can’t say it doesn’t remotely look like a bird

[@blue_leader_5756]

Best quote ever: "Your birds sound weird"

[@dorkmax7073]

Most birds: Hi! One bird: Hiya! Other birds: Woah say that shit again, man

[@wayneyam1262]

No MSG? Haiyaa~~

[@sukuna9035]

💀💀

[@teaapocalypse418]

Kanye bird do be vibin doe. Man made millions on his hit single.

[@keepyourshoesathedoor]

Give it up for tweetsys.

[@TheTexas1994]

Is everything OK Austin? You've been uploading way more often than usual

[@raunaks2510]

It's the lokdown productivity

[@SirGrimothy]

@@raunaks2510 lockdown*

[@Archman155]

lmaooo

[@smeni9495]

Must have hit him self on the head

[@PWRslide_TV]

Shh 🤫 I'm liking these videos. Let the man do his thing

[@dti6342]

This wasnt what any of us were thinking it was going to be

[@spugintrntl]

Sometimes it's good to be wrong.

[@bluebrickmax]

For the entire video, I was like: "wait, when does Twitter come into this?" Then I got it.

[@GMoviesAccount]

Same

[@Og_BlueToadFan913]

I actually didn’t get it until I read the comments and was like “ohhhhHHHhHhhHhhh I get it...”

[@mramirez6138]

I was kinda expecting him to reveal this was a metaphor for how things get viral on the internet.

[@Meaxis]

Same here

[@homem3749]

He had us at the first half, not gonna lie

[@ayreend8650]

Me: It's 2020. I've survived through youtube's clickbait infestation. I swam through the sea of clickbaitness. I have memorized every clickbait titles imaginable. Nothing can clickbait me anymore. I can see a clickbait from miles away Austin: Hold my tweet

[@inactiveytchannel]

This isn't clickbait Just clever use of title

[@sneakytom7416]

@@Odeon1970 no. What do you think the word 'tweet' comes from?

[@ninetailsgaming2919]

2:35

[@Odeon1970]

NineTailsGaming you’re right

[@PaledMoment]

@@inactiveytchannel thumbnail says otherwise

[@christopherramsey7027]

Just in case you're wondering, the most liked tweet of all time is the last tweet on Chadwick Boseman's Twitter account, announcing his passing and celebrating his life and career.

[@natem1579]

Yeah, this may not have been the best time to release this video.

[@christopherramsey7027]

@@natem1579 yeah... He probably should've waited a couple weeks.

[@christinamaurice]

“Every songbird needs a good agent” is the next successful graphic t-shirt

[@Rawyr]

The "no one cares" statement is exactly why I watch your videos. You are covering stuff other youtubers would say isn't popular enough. I click you every time not knowing what I'm getting into but knowing you will make it interesting and there's maybe... no one else I'm subbed to that does that? Keep it up man thanks for staying fresh

[@velvet_foxprince]

me the entire video: when is he gonna talk about twitter and then I realized, lmao im so stupid

[@ceramakelele]

u r not alone

[@MrGameManIsCool]

Holy frick same

[@MahDryBread]

Alright it was a bait and switch, but it was also surprisingly interesting!

[@sungodmoth]

which fossil did you take

[@kirbturdus]

Fr though

[@eigilholm6979]

Can you beat Pokémon birdwatch with only a white throated sparrow?🤣

[@Justin-yi6li]

the bread

[@weinsim3856]

Took me over three minutes to realize what's meant by "Tweet"

[@AidanKedzierski]

I legitimately loved this video. I study environmental engineering and marine science and this sort of science is so so important, especially as ecosystems are getting quieter and it becomes more and more vital to identify the birdsong we can still hear.

[@kami6311]

birb: *sings* humans: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN ! ! !

[@Nison545]

I'm incredibly embarrassed that more than halfway through this video, I was like, "When are these Ornithologists gonna share their findings on twitter?"

[@evanswart480]

This video is honestly more interesting than if you were talking about Twitter.

[@Q-box]

Oh, THAT kind of tweet

[@Krosskaos]

Oh, this is a mislead, he's going to start talking about Twitter any second now. 7:11 Oh, never mind, he's literally going to talk about bird songs for an entire video.

[@laurahopper471]

austin, i care. i watch these videos for a reason; because you make all of these videos with tons of research and then share all of it with us, and for some reason i find it so interesting, and i really appreciate it.

[@JoshInspires]

Oh my God, now I understand why it was about "The Most Viral Tweet" Good one, Austin. Good one.

[@nuansakautsar5687]

3:58 "heyhyoiurejustrynabelikekanyebiird" Austin wow your voice

[@bluetoothenjoyer]

no one: white throated sparrows: awh yeah this the remix

[@13x18]

How tf do you have the music verification thing

[@raphax3099]

@@13x18 it's not a notification sing is a emotion

[@raphax3099]

And also this comment sucks

[@bluetoothenjoyer]

@@raphax3099 true

[@bluetoothenjoyer]

@@13x18 I Am A Musuc God

[@TheTabacchi]

Okay. I grew up in Missouri - and know that you're in Missouri but I was still surprised when you brought it up in other videos. Now I live in Alberta and to hear it brought up in another one of your videos made my ears perk up a bit haha

[@all462]

Fun Fact: Twitter CEO is fond of bird watching.

[@myczxr]

"kanye-like bird" i don't know why i just can't stop laughing.

[@jrurbbehdidiwdnndjduw85eos73]

He made that bird famous. God damn

[@psychosorcerer9438]

*sees the title* *watched the video* "Ah, I see what he did there."

[@rico5818]

The kanye west sparrow story was still a better love story than twilight.

[@kaitydidkaity6542]

I love how this has such a slow start, it’s all science and amazing, then it escalates so quickly with Kanye bird

[@SylviaRustyFae]

Tho sadly Kanye bird has not aged well... Hopefully the bird hasnt turned out too much like his human counterpart

[@AwwLivSos]

It took me a good 3 minutes to realize that this is not the video that I thought I was watching

[@squiddler7731]

A minute in: "wait, what does this have to do with Twitter?" "...Ohhhhhh. Huh. _Well played Austin"_

[@AaronTsuii]

Birds aren't real, the government is controlling these tunes

[@tyler9703]

So, that call was essentially a bird meme?

[@CarlsCozyCorner]

Except it was a legendary one. Like pepe or SpongeBob. They never die.

[@user-uv2cp1qd1j]

In the Dawkins sense, yes; exactly that

[@GymRat-7192]

I mean, the title technically wasn't lying.

[@jubileeYAVEL]

This was so great, I just can't even. Made me smile,thanks

[@ljlk8583]

"with a colleague from a different univers-" me: HELL YEAH "ity" me: ahh man

[@timisolo]

This is actually one of the cleverest titles I’ve ever seen, well played sir

[@nonameless2]

Im embarrased by how long it took me to figure it out

[@vunu.]

You're slick Austin! You had me! Good video!

[@TheCommonGentry]

This was very refreshing. Thank you for helping me forget the world and pay attention to nature. I never knew birds could change their tune, let alone change the whole birdie musical landscape. #KeepAustinWeird

[@baku3435]

I watched the whole thing before realising he was actually talking about literal twitters

[@bargross1408]

me too

[@cynthiarios271]

this is the best clickbait ever

[@markusTegelane]

When the title is technically true

[@myheartwillstopinjoy8142]

"huh" "huh?" "huh" Huh huh huh, huh huh... Huh huh? Huh huh huh huh!! Huh huh huh 🤔🤔 huh huh huh🤷‍♀️

[@ardith1742]

Huh. Am i right?

[@HarshRaj-xd6ix]

Huh?

[@Lanselot2069]

it's spreading

[@moonflowerpalace3872]

Huh? What was that?... Must be nothing.

[@hailing_]

Huh?

[@FF-qo6rm]

This is why I love this channel! Great video! Just keep making stuff you love, Austin, you're doing a great job!

[@saadmaansaakib2927]

This isn't the content we deserve but the content we need .

[@LevantWasTaken]

What if we made a new sparrow remix that sounded like a popular song, and played it everywhere so that it caught on. Like imagine you wake up and the birds are singing Megalovania.

[@anguscameron4753]

Wright that down Wright that down

[@mrgreatauk]

Hope Mother Nature is ready to get sued into the ground

[@RichConnerGMN]

imagine just chilling outside (you shouldn't be outside) and getting rickrolled by a bird

[@fachriahmadbaryza7616]

It's a beautiful day outside... Birds are singing, flowers are blooming..

[@duser]

"The song is easier to sing so younger sparrows find it easier to pick up" basically the definition of Pop music XD Don't worry i love Pop, i am a zoomer

[@rootbeer586]

How do you do, fellow kids?

[@duser]

@@rootbeer586 bruh

[@xboxllama4284]

Me:This is about twitter. Austin:It’s about REAL birds.

[@SeptemberDay]

I never knew how much I needed this knowledge 😊 Seriously, Austin gives some of the best first date, office party, bus stop, grocery line conversation tidbits ever

[@josephjackson1956]

We can’t go into the brain of a bird and figure out WHY they do this.

[@revolutionstudios5052]

I caught this less than a minute post-release. What

[@potato.gh0sty517]

Me too

[@rtwo_5070]

Same bruh

[@ImSquiggs]

huh?

[@revolutionstudios5052]

@@ImSquiggs This video. I clicked it less than a minute after release.

[@StrictlySteam]

Ya know, Austin, I love this channel. It’s full of comedy, personal stories, tips on filmmaking/movie making, and literally everything else. There’s no theme of the channel. It’s just full of everything, and everyone will enjoy these videos. This is the kind of content that should be picked up by other content creators, and spread all over KZbin. This is REALLY GOOD content! So, thank you. Thank you for making this awesome content.

[@austinmcconnell]

Thanks. :)

[@StrictlySteam]

AustinMcConnell you’re welcome!

[@GreenJay]

I was waiting for him to explain how sparrows were related to Twitter when I realized what this video is actually about 😂 In the end I actually found this pretty interesting, thanks for tricking me into learning Austin! lol

[@Huntercheese226]

same

[@magmoner]

KZbin just stopped recommending your stuff for whatever reason, this finally popped up! Never change, Austin. (amazing content)

[@Kenotter]

Fun to hear how others view our research (and incidentally, I almost DID do my Masters on otters).

[@najrenchelf2751]

Ken Otter, I can’t believe you found this video - that’s so cool! 😂

[@Aldiyawak]

Actual Dr. Otter? Subscribed.

[@conordonovan1373]

Did not expect this to be about birds. Really thought it was about twitter, I can't be the only one...

[@MrGOLDENCUPCAKE1]

Hmmm maybe that was the point

[@Archman155]

got this in my reccomended "4 seconds ago" lmao

[@frisk7951]

Lol

[@tarunbasra8230]

Lol

[@josephjackson1956]

I remember a while ago that whenever I would wake up when the sun came up (6 am where I live) there would always be a specific bird song that would be heard at that time. A couple weeks later I was walking through a forest trail near my neighborhood and recognized the same tune from a bird! I was fascinated by it, and when watching this video it seems apparent that bird songs are similar in a region.

[@lauracamve]

I think I'd forgotten how much I love this man's content.

[@Joshuagt34]

Thank you Austin I throughly enjoyed this video

[@austinbaker8042]

"Hey Dr. Otter! You know that fresh new bird tune you've been looking for? Well listen to this!"

[@aquaticangel3380]

I thought this would be about Twitter so I’ll just say that I was very confused. *i have been tricked, backstabbed, and quite possibly bamboozled*

[@gravyburner4405]

why hello there, didn't expect to see you here edit: i just realized the actual meaning of the title. nice play, austin. nice play

[@exigency2231]

This is really, really cool! I had no idea that this was a thing, I'm looking for more content like this!

[@ericjourdain892]

This is possibly my favourite KZbin video ever. Totally useless, utterly fascinating and full of a deranged enthusiasm that it would be rather impossible to match. Austin, I love you, you are my late 2021 gift, please never stop 🥰

[@Digitalhunny]

Canadian birds, screwing up the northern hemisphere, with their slang song. 😂As for _all_ my Atlantic Canadian birds, tweets to you, for keeping it real! 😂🇨🇦

[@ned4888]

I was waiting for him to say "and then they made a social media to document bird sounds"

[@Og_BlueToadFan913]

Yes me too

[@w_ldan]

Its not clickbait, its called misunderstanding people on purpose

[@leahosteen354]

I enjoyed this video more than I have any other for quite some time! Thanks!

[@kanyebird9429]

yo, thanks for the shout out

[@punkdennyz]

The dislikes are the birds with the remixed tweets.

[@ma.lxjosph]

Me: Doesn't get what's the connection of the title and video Me later: Oh yeah that's clever

[@eccentrictempest5936]

That was some clever clickbait, it is the most viral tweet, just not the way we thought

[@illyasvielemiya9059]

I LOVE HOW MISSLEADING THE TITLE AND THUMBNAILS ARE THANK YOU

[@damonguzman]

Austin's breakdown of bird psychology was flawless.

[@aqrido]

I honestly thought you were talking about Chadwick Boseman’s tweet

[@Oscar4u69]

Chad who?

[@CVerse]

@@Oscar4u69 black panther. He died

[@kaisser8915]

Holy shit same

[@username65585]

What did he tweet?

[@fatimaalaa2659]

What tweet? I don't have twitter

[@wopanater2725]

Just as I was feeling down a new Austin video was posted. Have a great day everyone

[@Arlothed1no]

Me: *sits through seven minute video trying to find out when he's going to mention Twitter*

[@RichConnerGMN]

nice profile pic

[@infamcus]

I’m fascinated by any video you make. Keep up the good work Austin. 🤙🏼

[@Susie_Floozie]

This is great! I notice the variety of vocalizations my chickens use. When my hen Goldie had hatchlings to raise, her pleasant muttered cadence vanished. She used what I called her instructional voice. At 2 weeks I heard her instructing them. Suddenly she paused--and let out her hawk alert, a deep thrumming rumble that made the peeps go NUTS! She went back to instructing, paused--and again, a THRUMMM and a wild reaction from the peeps. It blew my mind! I knew exactly what she was teaching them at that moment. A few months later, Goldie went back to using her pleasant mutter. But I knew she tailored her speech patterns to raise her chicks. What if this wasn't her default chicken voice? Maybe it was actually the language that Bird used to communicate with her doltish Ape keeper. Perhaps she used that tone because it produced the best response from me. Hell, I don't know. But now I listen attentively to her sounds in case she has any other wonders to reveal to me.