Skibidi Toilet
Where it came from
Created by Georgian animator Alexey Gerasimov (DaFuq!?Boom!) and posted to YouTube on February 7, 2023. An 11-second fever dream of a toilet with a human head singing a remixed bop somehow escaped from SFM and took over the internet.
OK so here's the deal. Skibidi Toilet is a YouTube series where humanoid toilets — literally toilets with human heads popping out of the bowl — are at war with a society of camera-headed and TV-headed people. That's it. That's the whole premise.
The toilets sing a mashup of Timbaland's "Give It to Me" and a Bulgarian pop song, and they do NOT stop. The series has like 70+ episodes and gets more elaborate every time — titan toilets, air support, cinematic drama. It's simultaneously completely unhinged and genuinely impressive as a one-person animation project.
Why did it take off? Gen Alpha latched onto it immediately, probably because it's the most chaotic thing the algorithm ever recommended. By late 2023 it had racked up 65 billion views. Adults found it deeply confusing. Kids found it deeply correct. If you've ever had a child say "skibidi" at you with absolute confidence, this is ground zero.
Search interest, over time
↳ data courtesy of google trends
