No Budge Walk

About

The No Budge Walk, also known as the No Budge Challenge, is an internet challenge that started on TikTok in November 2021. The person performing the challenge is tasked with walking through a crowd of people who are heading in the opposite direction of them without straying from a straight line. This results in the person bumping into a lot of people, sometimes making them angry.

Origin

On November 11th, 2021, TikToker^[1] @baidenbean was the first to upload a "No Budge Walk" video on the platform, using audio from an NBA Youngboy song as its sound. The TikTok (shown below) received roughly 6.7 million plays and 625,300 likes over the course of six days.

Spread

More "No Budge Walk" videos were posted to TikTok on November 11th, 2021, inspired by the above video. TikToker^[2] @luke_hoyler's video (shown below, left) received roughly 1.1 million plays and 146,600 likes over six days. TikToker^[3] @bigsexywhitechocolate's video (shown below, right) received roughly 5,200 plays and 402 likes over six days.

More TikTokers^[4] uploaded "No Budge Walk" videos going into November 2021. For instance, TikToker^[5] @baidenbean uploaded a follow-up "No budge walk Pt 2" video on November 14th, 2021. The video (shown below) received roughly 24.4 million plays and 3.2 million likes over the course of three days.

Various Examples

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