history of the entire world i guess

On May 10th, 2017, Bill Wurtz posted a tweet saying how he was about to "explain the entire world, i guess," which received over 4,300 likes and over 1,200 retweets. Later that same day, Wurtz released the video to his YouTube channel. Within 24 hours, "History of the Entire World, I Guess" received more than three million views, becoming the #1 trending video of the day on YouTube.