10 Family Moments That Teach Us Kindness and Compassion Are Still the Most Viral Trends on the Internet in 2026

10 Family Moments That Teach Us Kindness and Compassion Are Still the Most Viral Trends on the Internet in 2026

Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger spent years studying exactly why certain stories catch on and others quietly disappear. His research, published in the peer-reviewed journal Psychological Science and later covered by Scientific American, found that content triggering strong positive thinking and emotions (awe, amusement, inspiration) spreads dramatically faster than neutral or purely informational content ever does. That tracks with what…