Dictionary

virality en · NOUN

Etymology

From viral + -ity.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state or condition of being viral: tendency to spread by word of mouth or memetic action.
   • Behind each seemingly off-the-cuff post (“DUDE LMAO THIS IS A GAS STATION😭😭😭”) were careful choices about how to compose the shot for maximum virality. 2026 July 1, Will Oremus, “So Long to America’s Favorite Everymensch”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • The point is virality—content so outlandish that people can’t help but talk about it. 2020 April 7, Sophie Gilbert, “The Most-Watched Show in America Is a Moral Failure”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

Deriveds

micro-virality

Relateds

virulence

Translations (2)

sv viralitet (the state or condition of being viral; tendency to spread by word of mouth) · fr viralité (the state or condition of being viral; tendency to spread by word of mouth)