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Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter refers to a feature on photo-sharing app Snapchat in which one can add a dancing hot dog to their videos. The character later appeared in memes on Instagram and Reddit after its debut.

Origin

The earliest appearance of the hot dog on YouTube was posted on June 23rd, 2017, making it the likely day it was introduced on Snapchat (since deleted). A video posted on July 6th, 2017, by YouTube^[6] user @hogrider335i3 shows how to get the dancing hotdog Snapchat filter (seen below), which amassed more than 46,000 views and 411 likes in seven years.

Spread

Shortly after its debut, videos featuring the dancing hot dog began appearing on Instagram and YouTube. On the former, one of the most popular videos with over 1,500 views was uploaded by samanthadreilly^[1] on June 25th and featured the hot dog dancing on her sleeping cat (shown below).

The dancing hot dog began appearing in photoshopped jokes on Instagram and Reddit roughly a week later. On July 3rd, user cryptic.mp4^[2] uploaded a parody of an Online Advertisement featuring the character, gaining 411 likes (shown below). The image was later reposted to /r/MemeEconomy^[3] where it gained 34 points.

Meanwhile, jokes about the hot dog continued to be posted to Instagram. As of July 5th, there are 576 posts under the #dancinghotdog^[4] tag. The spread of the jokes there led to an inquiry thread on /r/OutOfTheLoop^[5] asking about the dancing hot dog's origin.

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