# What makes something go viral?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Salon Brightline Initiative
- Speaker: Dao Nguyen
- Year: 2017
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dao_nguyen_what_makes_something_go_viral)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What's the secret to making content people love? Join BuzzFeed's Publisher Dao Nguyen for a glimpse at how her team creates their tempting quizzes, lists and videos -- and learn more about how they've developed a system to understand how people use content to connect and create culture.

## Lectures

1. [What makes something go viral?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dao_nguyen_what_makes_something_go_viral/e78fb62879cf), 11 min (TED's player)