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Can I Get A Hoya

2015viral video / catchphrase challengedeclining

Published November 11, 2026

Can I Get A Hoya, also known as the Hoyeah Challenge, started as a Vine clip of a kid asking for a 'hoya' before an older kid leaps down a flight of stairs shouting the word and adding 'yeah.' After a September 2015 YouTube reupload passed 1.8 million views, teens turned the call-and-response into a public dare. By July 2021, a TikTok of passengers on a boat answering 'hoya' had hit 5.9 million views.

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Overview

Can I Get A Hoya hinges on a single question yelled into a public space or at unsuspecting friends and family, with the payoff being whether anyone shouts 'hoya' back3. The target audio in the original Vine is three syllables delivered so the exchange rhymes as 'oh yeah,' which makes the gag portable to hallways, cafeterias, stores and sports stadiums2. A clean run captures both the setup shout and a stranger answering with the correct pitch and timing.

A typical Hoyeah Challenge video is short, shot vertically on a phone, and edited with a surprised zoom-in when someone actually responds. Creators often film in schools or on public transit for the cold-open reaction angle, and the thrill of the clip comes from matching with people who already know the Vine reference4. Some edits swap in family members so the laugh is based on a relative not understanding what the kid wants5.

Origin & Background

Platform
Vine (source video) / YouTube and TikTok (viral spread)
Date
2015

The source footage came from a Vine post whose uploader was never publicly identified3. In it, a kid stands at the base of a flight of stairs and yells 'can I get a hoya?' An older kid then leaps down from the top, says 'hoya' mid-air, lands, stands up and finishes with 'yeah.'

On September 1st, 2015, the YouTube channel Vineos mirrored the Vine, and that reupload climbed past 1.8 million views over the following six years1. The Vineos post is now the canonical copy most people are referencing when they repeat the bit.

How It Spread

Copycat attempts started appearing on YouTube in 2017. On January 1st, 2017, stephpuppychan published a compilation of the challenge filmed in public that drew more than 264,000 views2. The call-and-response caught on with high schoolers looking for an easy public prank that did not need much setup beyond a loud voice.

TikTok adopted the bit in early 2019. On January 9th, 2019, Brendan Lebaron30 posted a hallway run from his school that passed 571,000 views on YouTube4. On March 18th of that year, a Mr. Meme reupload of a TikTok by @mr.dankboi, showing the creator getting his grandfather to say 'hoya,' reached 117,000 views5.

A 2021 TikTok wave gave the challenge its biggest moment. On July 3rd, 2021, @b.mitchell23 took the dare to a boat full of passengers and filmed them shouting 'hoya' back, and the clip hit 5.9 million views in two months6. KYM archived the resurgence that same year3.

Timeline

2015-09-01

The YouTube channel Vineos reuploaded the original stair-jump Vine, which later passed 1.8 million views[1].

2017-01-01

Stephpuppychan posted a public-space compilation of the challenge that drew over 264,000 views[2].

2019-01-09

Brendan Lebaron30 filmed a run of the challenge in his school hallways that passed 571,000 views on YouTube[4].

2019-03-18

A Mr. Meme reupload of @mr.dankboi's grandpa 'hoya' TikTok hit 117,000 views[5].

2021-07-03

@b.mitchell23 took the challenge onto a boat of passengers and hit 5.9 million TikTok views within two months[6].

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