What's Trending in 2012: EW Exclusive

By EW Staff
Published on December 20, 2012 11:19PM EST

What’s Trending host Shira Lazar knows the web. She’s interviewed the biggest YouTube stars and everyday on the show counts down the top five trending viral videos on YouTube. So who better to narrow down the year’s most popular online trending topics, exclusively for EW. Check out her picks, from Jimmy Kimmel’s videos to the McKayla is Not Impressed Tumblr, below, and on YouTube (of course!) by clicking here.

For more What’s Trending, check out the daily show, live at 3 p.m. ET daily on YouTube.

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