The 10 most viral haircuts on the internet
Some haircuts get popular; a few go properly viral — banned by schools, turned into memes, copied onto pets. This is the list of cuts that broke out of the barbershop and into the feed, what each one actually involves, and — because screenshots of strangers only get you so far — a try-on button that puts each cut on your own selfie.
Fair warning: virality and wearability are different things. The try-on exists precisely so you can find out which side of that line your head is on.
1. Edgar cut
The undisputed champion of haircut virality — schools have banned it, the internet has photoshopped it onto birds, and it remains completely unmistakable.
2. Wolf cut
TikTok’s favorite haircut: half a million monthly searches for a shag-mullet hybrid people first cut on themselves at home with craft scissors. Please don’t.
3. Broccoli cut
Named by the internet, worn by an entire generation, permed more often than anyone admits.
4. Modern mullet
The comeback nobody predicted. Ironic at first, then genuinely good — the arc of every great viral cut.
5. Butterfly cut
The layered illusion that gives long hair a bob’s face-framing — the most-saved haircut video format of the last two years.
6. Curtain bangs
The gateway bangs. Every "should I get bangs" spiral on the internet ends here, usually at 2am.
7. Low taper fade
Viral by sheer volume — the fade meme format ("massive low taper") turned a barbering term into internet vocabulary.
8. Buzz cut
Every viral buzz cut video is the same video: someone hovering clippers over their head at midnight. The filter version lets you hover without consequences.
9. Italian bob
The "expensive haircut" of the moment — dense, jaw-length, and all over your feed every May.
10. Curtains
Viral the second time around: the 90s heartthrob cut rediscovered by people born after the 90s.
FAQ
What is the most viral haircut ever?
By meme volume alone, the Edgar cut — no other haircut has been banned by school districts and photoshopped onto quite so many animals.
Are viral haircuts a bad idea?
Not inherently — the wolf cut and modern mullet became legitimate salon staples. The risk is committing to one without seeing it on your own head first, which is what the try-on buttons here are for.
Can I try these haircuts on virtually?
Yes — every cut on this list has a button that renders it on your own uploaded selfie with AI, front, side and back. The first one is free.