Often referred to as the “Oscars of the Internet”, The Webby Awards is a leading international award that honors excellence on the Internet, including websites, online film and video, mobile content, and interactive advertising. Tuesday, they unveiled a list of the twelve most influential online videos of all time. Since the internet hasn’t been around all that long, the awards cover videos from about a decade ago up until now.
The videos that made the list include:
- Jennicam (1996)
- All Your Base Belong to Us (2000)
- BMW Films – “The Hire” (2001)
- The Star Wars Kid – (2002)
- Jibjab – “This Land” (2004)
- Burger King’s Subservient Chicken (2004)
- Lazy Sunday (Narnia Rap) (2005)
- Israel-Hezbollah War (2006)
- Lonelygirl15 (2006)
- Ok Go – “Here It Goes Again” (2006)
- Senator George Allen’s “Macaca” Incident (2006)
- Zidane Headbutt (2006)
The full list and explanations of the top 12 videos can be viewed online at www.webbyawards.com/top12videos.
