Charlie Bit My Finger
Charlie Bit My Finger 56-second home video of two English brothers in which toddler Charlie bites his older brother Harry's finger, prompting the immortal line "Charlie bit me!" It became one of YouTube's most-watched videos.
Origin
The Davies-Carr family uploaded the clip in May 2007 simply to share with the boys' godfather abroad. The charming exchange, ending with Harry's pained yet forgiving delivery, needed no context to delight strangers.
Spread
Word of mouth and blog embeds pushed it to the top of YouTube's all-time charts, where it sat for years accumulating hundreds of millions of views. It was parodied, remixed, and endlessly quoted.
Legacy
In 2021 the family auctioned the original video as an NFT and briefly announced its removal from YouTube, drawing fresh headlines, before it returned. It remains a defining artifact of accidental, wholesome virality.
The Chain Trail
No tracked memecoin is currently mapped to this meme.
Key facts
- May 22, 2007: "Charlie Bit My Finger - Again!" is uploaded to YouTube.
- 2009: It becomes the most-viewed user-generated video on YouTube.
- 2017: The clip surpasses 800 million views.
- May 2021: The family sells the video as an NFT for over $760,000.
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