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Don't Pet Challenge is a viral participatory media game in which pet owners hold their hands over their pet's head as if they are about to pet them. The object of the game is to encourage one's pet to touch their head to the owner's hand and initiate petting. The video challenge went viral on TikTok in the summer of 2020.

Origin

On July 24th, 2020, TikToker @therealcooper published of her video performing the challenge and spelling out the rules of the game. The post received more than 316,000 reactions and 1,800 comments in less than two months.

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6853226297297046789

Spread

Over the next month, people continued to participate in the game, using the sound clip recorded by @therealcooper. For example, on August 12th, the account @how.to.parrot published a version that received more than 921,000 reactions and 7,400 comments in less than two months (shown below, left). Days later, on August 15th, TikTok @tararseven posted a version of the challenge with a black cat. The post received more than 2.6 million reactions and 26,000 comments in less than one month (shown below, center). Throughout the month, others continued to perform the game with various animals (example below, right).

As of September 2020, the "don't pet challenge" sound has more than 67,000 videos.

On September 14th, the website StayHipp[1] published an article on the trend.

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860276419981823237
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6861378470576917765

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6863169855303027974

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https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6872236939806821633
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860386210129530118

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6863732810180611334

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860171117747899654
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860885014331018502

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860526676841958662

Search Interest

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External References

[1] StayHipp – Don't Pet Challenge



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Don't Pet Challenge

Don't Pet Challenge

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About

Don't Pet Challenge is a viral participatory media game in which pet owners hold their hands over their pet's head as if they are about to pet them. The object of the game is to encourage one's pet to touch their head to the owner's hand and initiate petting. The video challenge went viral on TikTok in the summer of 2020.

Origin

On July 24th, 2020, TikToker @therealcooper published of her video performing the challenge and spelling out the rules of the game. The post received more than 316,000 reactions and 1,800 comments in less than two months.


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6853226297297046789

Spread

Over the next month, people continued to participate in the game, using the sound clip recorded by @therealcooper. For example, on August 12th, the account @how.to.parrot published a version that received more than 921,000 reactions and 7,400 comments in less than two months (shown below, left). Days later, on August 15th, TikTok @tararseven posted a version of the challenge with a black cat. The post received more than 2.6 million reactions and 26,000 comments in less than one month (shown below, center). Throughout the month, others continued to perform the game with various animals (example below, right).

As of September 2020, the "don't pet challenge" sound has more than 67,000 videos.

On September 14th, the website StayHipp[1] published an article on the trend.


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860276419981823237
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6861378470576917765

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6863169855303027974

Various Examples


https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6872236939806821633
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860386210129530118

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6863732810180611334

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860171117747899654
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860885014331018502

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/6860526676841958662

Search Interest

Not available.

External References

[1] StayHipp – Don't Pet Challenge

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