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You Are the Youngest Person Ever refers to a series of memes centered around an out-of-context clip of Canadian comedian and actor Howie Mandel on Canada's Got Talent telling 4-year-old contestant Yuvin Marasini that he is the "youngest person ever." In the full clip, Mandel tells him that he's the youngest person ever to perform on the show. The episode aired in March 2024, and the memes were popularized on Instagram Reels and TikTok throughout May 2025.

Origin

On March 19th, 2024, 4-year-old Yuvin Marasini appeared on Canada's Got Talent to sing the song "Vacation" by the Dirty Heads.^[1] During the episode, after Marasini introduces himself to the judges, Howie Mandel says, "You are the youngest person ever on Canada's Got Talent." The clip of Marasini's performance was uploaded to YouTube^[2] on March 19th, garnering over 500,000 views in a year.

On May 16th, 2025, Instagram^[3] user brog1946 posted a portion of the clip that ends shortly after Marasini starts singing, which gained over 484,000 views in two weeks.

On May 17th, Instagram^[4] user bidness_mogulkyrgyzstan posted a shorter cut of the clip that cuts off just after Mandel says, "You are the youngest person ever," garnering over 1.7 million views in roughly the same span of time.

Spread

Memes using the abruptly cut clip were popularized on Instagram Reels and TikTok over the following days. On May 17th, 2025, TikToker^[5] @cereal86 reposted the meme by bidness_mogulkyrgyzstan, garnering over 27,000 views in two weeks.

On May 22nd, Instagram^[6] user isleofmanirony2024 posted a version of the clip cut even further down, garnering over 100,000 views in a week.

On May 25th, Instagram^[7] user theminingmeteor posted the clip but with several Instagram Reels watermarks at the end, garnering over 45,000 likes in four days.

On May 26th, 2025, TikToker^[8] @b4chlo posted a video edit comprised of several viral meme clips, including the You Are the Youngest Person meme, garnering over 1.7 million views in three days.

That same day, Instagram^[9] user baddieashile posted an edit using the clip that garnered over 522,000 views and 82,000 likes in three days.

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