50 Fun Facts About Vine

In a 2015 Vine, Adam Perkins walks up to his bathroom mirror and says "Hi, welcome to" which restaurant?

Chili's had used the greeting as an advertising jingle since 2007; the Vine turned it into a catchphrase with more than 20 million views in a year.

Which Hollywood actor "won't eat his cereal" in a 2013 Vine series that aims a spoon at his film scenes?

Ryan Gosling eventually answered the running joke in 2015, posting that he actually loves cereal. The series was the work of a Scottish film director.

Which social network bought Vine in October 2012, months before the video app had even been released?

Twitter paid a reported $30 million for a startup that was only four months old, then shut the app down in January 2017.

In a 2014 Vine filmed in a car, Peaches Monroee announced that her eyebrows were "on" what?

Fleek took off at once: the selfie clip drew more than 20 million plays in its first five months, and "on fleek" entered everyday slang.

Which Canadian pop star first drew a following in 2013 by posting six-second song covers on Vine?

Shawn Mendes posted a six-second cover of a Justin Bieber song and woke up to 10,000 likes and as many new followers the next day.

In a 2014 Vine, a man announces he is "back at it again" at which chain before backflipping into its sign?

Krispy Kreme's sign takes the blow: the man strings together back handsprings and clips it mid-backflip, which is why the clip was captioned "He hit the sign".

In a 2014 Vine, a man startled by his friend yells "Stop, I could've dropped my" what?

A croissant on a plate was what he was carrying around the corner. Years after Vine closed, the line resurfaced as two viral sounds on a newer video app.

In a much-copied Vine, creator JimmyHere declares that "it is" which day, "my dudes", before letting out a scream?

Wednesday was first announced by a picture of a Budgett's frog captioned with the line; the Vine borrowed the words and mimicked the frog's shriek.

Which billionaire asked his followers "Bring back Vine?" in an October 2022 poll that drew millions of votes?

Elon Musk posted the poll days after buying the app's former owner, and about 70 percent of more than 4.9 million voters said yes.

Christine Sydelko's 2015 holiday Vine mangles a festive greeting and ends with her saying "Merry" what?

Chrysler, the car maker, caps her deliberately botched "Merry Christmas". The clip passed 100 million views, and fans sell merchandise printed with the line.

A man in a much-quoted Vine overhears a passer-by and gasps to camera, "Oh my god, they were" what?

Roommates ends the only line he catches as a woman walks past on the phone. The Vine drew more than 60 million views and became a running joke on Tumblr.

Which Vine star joined Disney Channel's Bizaardvark in 2016 and later became a professional boxer?

Jake Paul had 5.3 million Vine followers and two billion views by the time the app closed; on Bizaardvark he played a character called Dirk Mann.

Which photo-sharing app answered Vine in June 2013 by adding videos of up to 15 seconds?

Instagram's clips ran more than twice as long as Vine's, and by mid-2016 more than half of Vine's bigger accounts had quit for rival platforms.

Which Toronto-born comedian was the most-followed person on Vine, with more than 16 million followers?

King Bach took the top spot in March 2015, and he has said he turned down most offers to post sponsored Vines.

Which WWE star's booming ring introduction was spliced onto the end of countless Vines to startle viewers?

John Cena's bombastic introduction was lifted from a Z Morning Zoo prank call that reached YouTube in March 2014, then pasted where viewers least expected it.

Which NBA star's name does a small boy repeat over and over in a much-remixed Vine from June 2014?

LeBron James is all the boy says. His older brother filmed him outside their house, and remixers dubbed the soundbite over films and music videos.

Which filmmaker won fame on Vine in 2013 with six-second illusions he called "magic Vines"?

Zach King opened his account in September 2013 and set out to post a Vine a day for thirty days; by 2014 he was making them full-time from his garage.

In which Marvel film does Shuri shout the Vine catchphrase "What are those?" at T'Challa's sandals?

Black Panther borrowed the line from a 2015 clip in which a man mocks a police officer's footwear, which drew nearly 40 million views on Vine.

Which Slovakia-born creator passed a million Vine followers before leading YouTube's Vlog Squad?

David Dobrik was born in the city of Košice and moved to Los Angeles straight after high school to chase a career on Vine.

In a 2016 Vine, which SpongeBob character on a parade float obliges a shouting fan by doing the dab?

Squidward, a costumed performer at an amusement park, hears a man in the crowd call for the dance craze of the day and promptly dabs.

Which French duo revealed the track listing of the album Random Access Memories in a 2013 Vine?

Daft Punk had kept the song titles from online retailers until a Vine from their record label flashed images of the album's back cover.

Which 2014 comedy film gave Vine the falsetto line "My name is Jeff", dubbed over countless clips?

22 Jump Street has Channing Tatum's character Greg Jenko squeak the line, and one early Vine dubbed it over Eminem's "My Name Is" video.

Which service released Chasing Cameron, a 2016 reality series about Vine star Cameron Dallas on tour?

Netflix premiered the series in late December 2016, three weeks before Vine itself shut down; the cameras also followed Dallas's immediate family.

Which Vine comedian interviewed President Barack Obama on her YouTube channel in November 2016?

Liza Koshy posted on Vine as "Lizzza" and had seven million followers when it closed; the interview was meant to encourage voter registration.

Which Caracas-born creator was the first person on Vine whose videos passed one billion plays?

Lele Pons finished as Vine's most-followed woman, with 11.5 million followers, and has said she used the app to show off creative things she was already doing.

Which live quiz app with real cash prizes did Vine co-founders Rus Yusupov and Colin Kroll release in 2017?

HQ Trivia grew out of Yusupov's idea for a game show hosted by astronauts; players who survived its daily live rounds split real prize money.

What did Vine call each play of a video in the counter it added above clips in July 2014?

A loop was counted every time someone watched a clip, and the tally included plays of Vines embedded on other websites.

Vine launched in January 2013 as an app for which company's devices, months before reaching any other?

Apple users had Vine to themselves until an Android version arrived that June, and by April it was already the most downloaded free app in the App Store.

Which Ruth B. ballad grew out of a single made-up line she sang in a six-second Vine?

Lost Boy began as a line inspired by the TV series Once Upon a Time; she built it into a full song and shared it on YouTube in January 2015.

Which YouTube commentator made the much-quoted Vine "Road work ahead? Uh, yeah, I sure hope it does"?

Drew Gooden joined Vine in 2013 after dropping out of community college twice and taking improv classes, then carried his audience over to YouTube.

Which Vine star was best known for "Storytime", a series in which he narrated strangers' lives aloud?

Thomas Sanders drew 8.3 million followers before Vine closed, then moved to YouTube with a series called Sanders Sides.

Which short-video app did Vine co-founder Dom Hofmann launch in January 2020 as its successor?

Byte arrived seven years to the day after Vine's own launch. It was later renamed Clash and then Huddles before closing in 2023.

Vine's original app recorded video only while the user was doing what, which made stop-motion easy?

Touching the screen started the recording and letting go paused it, so users could cut between shots on the fly without any editing tools.

Which Vine comedian married Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee on Valentine's Day 2019?

Brittany Furlan was Vine's most-followed female video star until November 2015 and had 9.9 million followers when the app ended.

In a 2016 Vine, a woman slowly sounds out "fresh avocado" from an oddly spaced sign outside which chain?

Del Taco was the restaurant behind the strangely arranged sign. The clip drew 16 million views in five weeks and was remixed with an Ellie Goulding song.

Nicholas Fraser's 2015 Vine "Why You Always Lying" set new words to which 1990s R&B hit?

Too Close, a 1998 single by Next, won fresh attention from the parody, and Fraser later performed his version on TV beside a former member of the group.

The 2014 Vine "A potato flew around my room" mangled a lyric from which Frank Ocean song?

Thinkin Bout You really has a tornado flying around the room; the singer swapped in a potato, and the clip drew nearly 10 million views in two weeks.

In which American metropolis did three founders start Vine as a company in June 2012?

New York stayed part of Vine's story: weeks after the app launched, an art fair there staged the first sale of a Vine as an artwork, sold on a thumb drive.

Which touring group of young Vine stars, including Nash Grier and Cameron Dallas, split in 2014 and reformed in 2016?

Magcon is short for "meet and greet convention"; the revived line-up took its show to Europe, Australia and New Zealand.

Which MADtv comedian built a running Vine gag out of suddenly coughing up whole lemons?

Will Sasso made the lemons arrive violently and without warning. He is also the actor who played Curly in the 2012 film The Three Stooges.

In a 2014 Vine, British teenager Tish Simmonds sings "broom broom" while sitting in whose car?

Mum's car was not on loan for long: the clip ends with the reply "Get out me car", and a day later Simmonds said there would be no more Vines.

Which shouted slang word spread on Vine in 2014 as a dance performed by a youngster known as Lil Meatball?

Yeet later came to mean hurling something at speed, a sense spread by another Vine in which a young woman tosses an empty can into a school hallway.

Which viral move filled Vine in the second half of 2014 and was copied by Beyoncé and Jay-Z on tour?

The Shmoney Dance came from rapper Bobby Shmurda's breakout music video, and Drake also performed it while hosting the 2014 ESPY Awards.

In a 2013 Vine, a boy asked "What's nine plus ten?" confidently gives which wrong answer?

21 was his reply, which only got him called stupid a second time. The exchange has been watched more than 30 million times and became a running joke.

Which Vine sketch comedian went on to co-found the drinks brand Prime and wrestle for WWE?

Logan Paul, raised in a suburb of Cleveland, won his first following with Vine sketches in 2013 and switched to YouTube when the app closed.

Which app did The Verge call "the closest thing we'll get to having Vine back"?

TikTok took its present form in 2018 by merging with Musical.ly, a lip-sync app launched in 2014, and it surged once Vine had shut down.

Which tech founder backed Divine, a November 2025 app that brings back archived six-second Vines?

Jack Dorsey backed the app to restore between 150,000 and 200,000 old Vines that the volunteer Archive Team had saved before the shutdown.

Which brand aired the first television advert made entirely from a single Vine, in September 2013?

Dunkin' Donuts got there first; the following April, A&W launched a new menu item on Vine and billed it as the first product launch on the app.

Which then-married pair were reportedly the first musicians signed to a major label thanks to six-second Vine covers?

Us the Duo signed with Republic Records in March 2014, a year after they began posting covers, and went on to gather five million Vine followers.

The 2014 "Okay" Vine, in which a park porter answers a cheery "hi!" with "okay", was filmed in which country?

Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park was the setting. The poster was trying to film her mother when the porter stepped into frame, and the clip passed 60 million views.