Accent Challenge
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About
Accent Challenge is a social game in which TikTokers read off various words to show off their accent. Though the similar "accent tag" YouTube trend began in 2010, the Accent Challenge began in 2018 and gained increased popularity in late June 2020 when TikTokers began making parodies of the original challenge by reading off the words in a comical way.
Origin
On December 22nd, 2019, TikToker queenlauren.micheali uploaded the earliest known Accent Challenge video featuring a list of words that are read off in a British accent (shown below).
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6637867260092353798
Precursor
In 2010, many YouTubers began doing games of Accent Tag where they would read off a series of words. On June 28th, 2010 YouTuber ChiTownRattler uploaded the earliest known Accent Tag video "TAG: How Do You Say These Words (Chicago 'Blaccent')" (shown below). The video garnered over 33,700 views in ten years.
Spread
On January 17th, 2020, YouTuber Simba Channel uploaded "Accent Challenge TikTok Compilation 2019 #AccentChallenge" (shown below). The video features a series of TikToks with people simply reading off words.
On March 25th, TikToker iskra uploaded a popular video using the #accentchallenge hashtag which received over 4.5 million likes in four months (shown below, left). On June 30th, TikToker frankiewitt640 uploaded a parody video of the Accent Challenge which accumulated over 910,100 likes in 10 days (shown below, center). On July 5th, TikToker the_maclad uploaded a video where he reads off words in a Carl Wheezer voice (shown below, right). The video gained over 545,800 likes in four days. Distractify,[1] HITC[2] and StayHipp[3] published articles on the parody trends.
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6808187267774024966
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6844289959990463749
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6845815822531808518
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6843807808434081029
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6846167950458670342
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6843119913679195397
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6761870097364634885
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6844208764459994373
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6844148293866409221
Search Interest
External References
[1] Distractify – Accent Challenge
[2] HITC – TikTok Accent Challenge
[3] StayHipp – AccentChallenhe on TikTok
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