As someone interested in what we share and why, I’ve been aggregating images that go popular on the social web for the last 3 years. The methodology for how I put them together is simple. I’m a member of multiple social sharing communities and save the best images that go hot as-it-happens to later sort and aggregate for you here.
There are a few reasons I’ve been doing this. One is I get feedback from readers saying they appreciate receiving a sampling of images shared throughout the year in one place (in case they missed some). The other is to help you – as someone interested in having your ideas shared. If you analyze the images that spread organically you’ll start to notice that there are clear archetypes of the winners.
So if you’re new to this site (or this series) start by checking out the following posts (which also provide more analysis/commentary on trends in viral images):
- 50 Viral Images From 2008 And How They Spread (part 1)
- 50 Viral Images Shared in 2009 (part 2)
- 50 More Viral Images Shared in 2009 (part 3)
- 50 Viral Images The Web Shared In 2010 (part 4)
All caught up? Great.
Continuing this series – following are 50 more images the web shared in 2010 (part 5).
Infographics, charts, and data visualizations
I guess the answer is simple enough
Facebook connections globally, visualized
Compelling infographic on colors & purchasing
Pretty cool infographic on odds – keep scrolling…
The college dilemma…
How money flows through the film industry
Who knew there were so many facts about Rubik’s Cubes?
MTV really needs to rename itself
How marketers used social media in 2010
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The meta infographic
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Creative Photography
Probably one of my favorite shots of the year – but Tiger and his manager don’t look pleased
Plane flying in front of the moon during an eclipse in Bangkok, Thailand
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Rural sky vs. city sky
Beautiful Solstice in Iceland
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View of Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco from above
Lightning captured by X-Ray camera
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Giant footprint in the snow
President Obama having a little fun
Memes
Hipster cat has her say
Philosoraptor ponders…
Bachelor frog makes an executive decision
That would be too easy…
Just a another day for Keanu
The Tiger meme won’t die
Indeed…
Clever advertisements
Actually, this makes sense
Got imagination?
Clever clever, BMW
McDonalds creates a modern sundial
Now that’s showing the product in the ad
The man your social news could smell like
Random, creative and clever
Steve can’t be pleased with this guy
BPs logo has been remixed all over the web
Do not mess with Batcat
The (now defunct) CatsForGold.com
Clever way to scare your neighbors
From 2009, but still good (and I just stumbled-upon it)
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Interesting idea
Best…Christmas…card…ever
via Quinky Art
Somewhere between like and dislike lives the meh button
This explains so much
The MS paper-clip has finally come to life
The lake delivers as promised
Odometer reaches Pi
More living artifacts?
Rhino motivational poster
This school designer was obviously inspired by Shoots and Ladders
Remember to shut your sunroof in the winter…or else, this:
Too easy?
Switzerland is pretty serious about catching speeders
Now this is a creative idea
Note: if I used one of your images and you would like credit, please drop me a note and I’ll update with attribution. Unfortunately an overwhelming majority of users save content on various image hosting services without attribution – so it is difficult to provide that on every image (but I’ve done so where possible).