# Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter The Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter is a 2017 augmented reality lens that dropped a wiggling 3D hot dog with earbuds into user videos. After debuting on Snapchat in June 2017, clips of the character on pets, friends, and street corners jumped to Instagram and Reddit within days. ## Overview The Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter is an augmented reality lens that inserts a 3D animated hot dog wearing tiny white earbuds into any Snapchat video, where it wiggles its bun and swings its arms in place[1]. The character was designed to sit on top of flat surfaces detected by the camera, which is why so many early clips placed it on tables, sidewalks, and sleeping animals[2]. What made the filter stand out from other Snapchat lenses was that the hot dog was a free-standing character, not a face effect. Users treated it less like a filter and more like a tiny virtual pet to film, and the character quickly jumped off Snapchat and into Instagram uploads, YouTube tutorials, and Reddit photoshop jokes[3][6]. ## How It Spread Instagram users started uploading dancing hot dog clips within days of the lens going live. On June 25th, 2017, @samanthadreilly posted a video of the hot dog wiggling on top of her sleeping cat that pulled over 1,500 views, one of the earliest widely shared examples off Snapchat[2]. The character then jumped into photoshopped image jokes. On July 3rd, Instagram user @cryptic.mp4 posted a fake online advertisement built around the hot dog and picked up 411 likes[3]. The same image was reposted to r/MemeEconomy, where it earned 34 points and was framed as a rising meme stock[4]. By July 5th, Instagram's #dancinghotdog tag held 576 posts[5]. Confused viewers who had not seen the filter opened an inquiry thread on r/OutOfTheLoop titled "Where are the 3D hotdog memes from?" asking where the character was coming from[7]. ## How to Use Users typically opened Snapchat, tapped the camera view to bring up the lens carousel, and selected the hot dog lens to place the character onto a flat surface visible in the frame[1]. A common convention was to film the hot dog dancing on top of a sleeping pet, a friend's head, or an unlikely street location, then post the clip to Instagram or reshare it as a screen recording[2]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter? A 2017 augmented reality Snapchat lens featuring a 3D animated hot dog with earbuds that wiggles on top of any surface in the camera view[6]. ### Where did Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter come from? Snapchat added the lens in June 2017; the earliest known YouTube upload of the character appeared on June 23rd, 2017[6], and a tutorial by @hogrider335i3 followed on July 6th[1]. ### What does Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter mean? There is no fixed meaning. The joke is the absurdity of a wiggling 3D hot dog inserted into ordinary videos, often placed on sleeping pets or unaware bystanders[2]. ### How do you use Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter? Open Snapchat, tap the camera to bring up the lens carousel, pick the hot dog lens, and aim at a flat surface to drop the character into the shot[1]. ### Is Dancing Hot Dog Snapchat Filter still popular? Its peak was summer 2017, when Instagram's #dancinghotdog tag hit 576 posts within about two weeks[5]. Active posting faded after that burst, though the tutorial video kept accruing views for years[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDCetV3kzrQ]() 2. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BVy4zBOgjTr/]() 3. [https://www.instagram.com/p/BWFVX8xhOnn/]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/MemeEconomy/comments/6l6xbi/graphic_hotdog_on_the_rise_buy_now/]() 5. [https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/dancinghotdog/]() 6. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dancing-hot-dog-snapchat-filter]() 7. [https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/6ld9v9/where_are_the_3d_hotdog_memes_from/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/dancing-hot-dog-snapchat-filter Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library