Visual Analysis: Rickroll
It's been four years since Rickrolling became the most well-known prank on the Internet. So, just how many people have been baited throughout the years?
It's nearly impossible to tell, but dangit, we tried! By our conservative estimate, at least 150 million people have been rickrolled since Rick Astley released "Never Gonna Give You Up" in 1987. This includes record sales, YouTube counts, numbers of people present at IRL rickrolls, and every family who decided to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2008.
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Olivia Gulin
@gormster Was it you that pointed out the giant math error I made earlier? I accidentally deleted the old post (instead of just editing it) so the comment got lost. Thanks so much for that :)
gormster
That's interesting, I could have sworn that just a few days ago the number was around 267 million…
ProjectENDO
i think it'd be easier to just count who he HASN'T sworn to never let down
and that's nobody
he'll never let anyone down