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Can I Get A Hoya and the Hoyeah Challenge refers to a viral Vine video where a kid says "can I get a hoya?" (pronounced like "oh yeah") followed by another kid jumping down a flight of stairs, then saying "hoya." The video went viral and inspired a call-and-response internet challenge where people shout the phrase in public and see if they can get a response. The trend was adopted by TikTokers as early as 2019 and saw a resurgence in mid-2021.

Origin

On an unknown date, a Viner posted a video where they yell, "Can I get a hoya?" from the bottom of a flight of stairs. An older kid then jumps from the top of the steps while saying "hoya." He lands on the ground, gets up and says "yeah." The video was reuploaded to YouTube^[1] on September 1st, 2015, gaining over 1.8 million views in six years (shown below).

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Hoya Challenge

Throughout the mid-to-late 2010s, people began uploading videos where they yell in public places or around friends and family with "can I get a hoya," hoping to garner a response. On January 1st, 2017, YouTuber^[2] stephpuppychan posted a video where she goes to various public spaces and takes the challenge, gaining over 264,000 views in four years (shown below).

On January 9th, 2019, YouTuber^[3] Brendan Lebaron30 posted a video doing the challenge in school, gaining over 571,000 views in two years (shown below, left). On March 18th, YouTuber Mr. Meme posted a video by TikToker^[4] @mr.dankboi of a kid getting his grandpa to say hoya, gaining over 117,000 views in a similar span of time (shown below, right).

The challenge continued to find success on TikTok throughout 2019, seeing a revival in 2021. On July 3rd, 2021, TikToker^[5] @b.mitchell23 posted a video trying to get passengers on a boat to say "hoya," gaining over 5.9 million views in two months (shown below).

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