About

You Have Five Seconds is a series of TikTok videos in which the user asks someone to name three things within five seconds and comments after about what the viewer didn't mention. The videos which became popular in February 2020 typically used music used on the Vsauce YouTube channel.

Origin

On February 2nd, 2020, TikToker @aaronlmaoo asked the viewer to name three sports and noted that "you didn't say lacrosse" (shown below). The post garnered over 427,200 likes in two weeks.

Spread

On February 7th, 2020, TikToker @peepeepoopoobeatriz uploaded one in which they ask them to list things they use every day in five seconds (shown below, left). The video gained over 209,400 likes in a week. In the next few days, other TikTokers continued the trend. TikTokers @cosplayerrights and @clairecat added videos which garnered over 442,000 likes and 1.8 million likes respectively in a week.

Various Examples

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