How It Spread Turns Virality Into Data
How It Spread is a searchable library of more than 1,600 viral films, products, memes, and campaigns, with timelines from first post to peak, source links, and a data-based Spread Score. Its read-only MCP and REST interfaces let AI tools retrieve cited precedents. [Homepage](https://howitspread.com/) [MCP](https://howitspread.com/mcp)
The compelling product is its structured, citable context layer for agents—not another marketing swipe file. Its main risk is implying more scientific certainty than sparse or automated evidence can support.
- –Dated timelines expose platform jumps, press loops, creator relays, and other mechanics that generic “viral campaign” databases flatten.
- –MCP support makes the dataset queryable inside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex, and other agent workflows.
- –The Spread Score combines reach, contagion, breadth, velocity, and longevity, creating a useful comparison shorthand but not a guarantee of causality.
- –The company says AI agents research and cross-check cases, while its October 2026 fact sheet reported 24 fully audited cases and no human-audited cases yet. [Press fact sheet](https://howitspread.com/press)
DISCOVERED
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2026-10-25
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2026-10-25
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