A ledger of cultural firsts

Origin over reach.

Dances, memes, sounds, phrases: the “trivial” culture copyright ignores. Feat Node records who came first and who got loud, on a tamper-evident ledger, and renders the gap between the two.

Record a concept How it works

Origin

Earliest evidence

Authoritative. The first documented instance wins.

authority
——×——
never reach

Reach

Virality

Recorded, but descriptive. Loud is not the same as first.

The ledger

drawn to scale →+ add an entry

This Is Finevisual motif

KC GreenJan 2013→Instagram & Reddit meme accounts— reach· 12 months later

Distracted Boyfriendvisual motif

Antonio GuillemNov 2015→Twitter meme community— reach· 1.8 years later

Dogememe

Atsuko SatoFeb 2010→Reddit & Tumblr meme communities— reach· 3.7 years later

Damn Danielmeme

Josh HolzFeb 2016→Meme aggregator accounts400K reach· 1 day later

Nae Naedance

We Are ToonzNov 2013→Silento250M reach· 1.4 years later

Juubi Slidedance

Originator AMar 2021→Popularizer B5M reach· 5 months later

Eyebrows on Fleekphrase

Kayla Newman (Peaches Monroee)Jun 2014→Brands & celebrity accounts50M reach· 2 months later

Renegadedance

Jalaiah HarmonSep 2019→Charli D'Amelio150M reach· 3 months later