About

Reality Ripple Ghosts refers to a series of TikTok videos in which TikTokers use the motion-sensitive filter "reality ripple" to detect ghosts in their room. The trend became popular in May 2020 and typically features a TikToker scanning the room around them to see if the filter displays colors in places where there is no movement.

Origin

On May 16th, 2020, TikToker ThatCaleb posted a video of himself explaining how the filter works and what the sensor picked up in the room he was in (shown below). The video gained over 130,600 likes in six days.

Spread

On May 19th, 2020, TikToker michellek_nt uploaded a video in which the filter detected movement on a chair in her room (shown below, left). The video garnered over 338,700 likes in three days. The next day, TikToker elijahdaniel uploaded a video using his own audio that quickly became popular in other reality ripple ghost videos (shown below, center). The video received over 107,800 likes in two days. On May 21st, TikToker eurosoul uploaded a video claiming there was a ghost of a cat next to her and accumulated over 202,300 likes in a day (shown below, right).

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