Most days, the BubbleCam has a pleasant trickle of visitors. Then somebody shares it, mentions it on air, or releases it into a particularly enthusiastic corner of the internet. These are those days.
Notable Bubblecam Viral Incidents
| Date | Activations | Event |
|---|---|---|
2026-09-26 | 2,690 | Featured in "Morning Brew" daily newsletter |
2026-09-11 | 2,245 | Went Viral on Reddit likely via the Facebook viral event. |
2026-09-02 | 4,740 | Went viral on Facebook |
2026-02-25 | 221 | New York viral spike. Brief 8 AM ET mobile surge centered in New York City. |
2025-08-28 | 177 | Charlotte-centered U.S. spike: smaller share/search wave; some Teams referrals. |
2025-07-10 | 201 | Greece spike: Athens/Thessaloniki surge, likely Instagram-driven. |
2025-01-20 | 370 | Sweden viral event. Major 8 AM Sweden-time surge centered in Stockholm and Malmo. |
2024-11-03 | 483 | U.K. spike centered in England, especially Newbury and Solihull. |
2024-09-27 | 124 | Western Europe spike led by Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands. |
2024-02-25 | 76 | Italy spike centered in Florence, with added Google traffic. |
2024-02-24 | 53 | Germany spike centered in Saalfeld, with some YouTube referrals. |
2023-04-17 | 867 | Bot attack (We survived and adjusted to limit / block it) |
2023-02-16 | 273 | U.S. spike centered in Hendersonville and Flat Rock, North Carolina. |
2022-09-26 | 169 | Russia spike driven by VK.com traffic, centered in Moscow. |
2022-03-10 | 152 | North Carolina spike centered in Zirconia; strong Google search traffic. |
2022-02-14 | 438 | Went viral in Argentina and Uruguay. |
2021-11-30 | 326 | Mixed spike led by Arizona, with secondary traffic from the Philippines. |
2021-11-12 | 459 | Florida spike centered in Keystone. |
2021-01-22 | 206 | Singapore spike led by traffic from Singapore city. |
2020-04-13 | 604 | Switzerland lockdown spike centered in Zurich and Basel. |
2020-04-08 | 422 | U.S. lockdown spike centered in Florida and New York. |
2020-04-01 | 785 | Covid Lockdown Starts (Everyone stuck at home) |
2020-03-26 | 751 | Went viral in Vietnam |
2018-08-08 | 4,429 | Went viral via Reddit.com |
2018-05-05 | 1,034 | Went viral in Poland |
2017-12-14 | 989 | Went viral via unknown source. |
2017-07-18 | 672 | Went viral in Italy |
2017-05-23 | 642 | "Right This Minute" TV host Gayle Bass visits the Bubblecam More |
2017-05-15 | 919 | Went viral via a YouTube video on unique web cams |
2017-04-20 | 937 | Featured on nationally syndicated TV show "Right This Minute" More |
2016-06-22 | 1,077 | Went viral in Russia |
2015-01-02 | 353 | Went virual via an unknown source (Most visitors were from the United States) |
2014-08-20 | 594 | North America spike led by Los Angeles, Chicago, and Toronto. |
2014-04-30 | 937 | Went viral via an unknown source |
2013-09-05 | 68 | Germany/Switzerland spike centered in Frankfurt and Zurich. |
2012-05-11 | 338 | Went viral due to YouTube video on webcams |
2012-03-21 | 68 | Germany spike led by Hamburg and Stuttgart. |
2009-02-23 | 546 | Went viral in Brazil via idgnow.uol.com.br |
2009-02-19 | 351 | Featured on tech.msn.com |
2009-02-12 | 676 | Listed in PCWorld.com as one of "The 20 Wildest Webcams" |
2008-12-05 | 289 | Our WPTV News Channel 5 Interview airs in South Florida More |
2008-04-01 | 870 | Featured on KimKomando - nationally syndicated radio show (www.komando.com) |
2007-04-25 | 73 | Pennsylvania spike centered in Lansdale. |
2007-02-19 | 94 | Finland spike led by Helsinki and Tampere. |
2007-02-03 | 104 | U.S. spike centered in Hermitage, Pennsylvania. |
2006-10-23 | 477 | Robot Attack from a Canadian IP address. (Mike now knows how to prevent this) |
2006-03-13 | 372 | Went viral in Canada Via www.poli.ca |
2006-01-23 | 315 | Went viral in Finland via https://areena.yle.fi/ |
2005-09-29 | 388 | Mentioned on The Corey and Jay Show (US syndicated national radio show) |
2005-09-16 | 346 | Featured on channels.netscape.com |
2005-09-04 | 306 | Went Viral in New Zealand |
2005-08-17 | 309 | Mentioned on 95.5 FM Huston,TX |
2005-03-13 | 443 | Featured on slashdot.org |
2005-01-15 | 356 | Went viral in Belgium via breedband.telenet.be |
2004-08-13 | 277 | U.S./U.K. spike led by New York City and Durham, England. |
2004-06-22 | 756 | Featured on StraightDope.com |
2003-11-01 | 400 | Featured on cox.net |
2002-09-15 | 286 | Featured on mikelist.com |
2002-09-06 | 348 | Featured on bbc.co.uk/radio2 |
2002-09-04 | 294 | Listed as a top 10 Kid's Cam on CamVista.com |
2002-07-15 | 590 | Featured in TheEnquirer.net |
2001-05-25 | 523 | Mentioned on BBC UK Radio |
2001-05-11 | 315 | Bubblecam is listed as an Earthcam's Editors Choice |
2001-03-06 | 291 | Featured on EarthCam.com |