# Can I Get A Hoya 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. ## Origin The source footage came from a Vine post whose uploader was never publicly identified[3]. 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 years[1]. The Vineos post is now the canonical copy most people are referencing when they repeat the bit. - **Platform:** Vine (source video) / YouTube and TikTok (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2015 ## 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' back[3]. 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 stadiums[2]. 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 reference[4]. Some edits swap in family members so the laugh is based on a relative not understanding what the kid wants[5]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Can I Get A Hoya? Can I Get A Hoya, also called the Hoyeah Challenge, is a call-and-response prank that started with a Vine clip where one kid shouts the phrase and another leaps down stairs to answer with 'hoya'[3]. ### Where did Can I Get A Hoya come from? The source was a Vine video that was mirrored to YouTube by the channel Vineos on September 1st, 2015, where it passed 1.8 million views[1]. ### What does Can I Get A Hoya mean? It has no literal meaning. 'Hoya' is pronounced so the exchange sounds like 'oh yeah,' and the point is to see if anyone within earshot shouts it back[3]. ### How do you use Can I Get A Hoya? Participants film themselves yelling the phrase in a public place or around family and wait to see if a stranger or relative responds with 'hoya'[2]. ### Is Can I Get A Hoya still popular? Activity peaked during a mid-2021 resurgence, when @b.mitchell23's boat version hit 5.9 million views in two months, and interest tapered off after that[6]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7n812BXT0hs]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrE_9Nfv9vc]() 3. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/can-i-get-a-hoya-hoyeah-challenge]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_3NMr594jY]() 5. [https://www.tiktok.com/@mr.dankboi/video/6668925425340665094]() 6. [https://www.tiktok.com/@b.mitchell23/video/6980720547848146182]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/can-i-get-a-hoya-hoyeah-challenge Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library