IShowSpeed’s ‘Ronaldo Day’ Clip Becomes A Powerful Brainrot Meme
A streamer’s ice skates and a footballer’s name collided in September, and the result is one of TikTok’s most watched edits of the month. IShowSpeed’s 2024 video learning hockey with NHL player Cole Caufield never said it would be remembered for a single line, but that line — “Happy day, Ronaldo day” — became the joke, and the joke became the clip.
The Clip That Started It All
IShowSpeed uploaded “IShowSpeed Learns Hockey with Cole Caufield” on YouTube on June 14, 2024. The video shows the streamer skating down the ice, singing about the footballer while Caufield teaches him the game. At the 4:00 mark, IShowSpeed gets checked into the wall by a member of the opposing team.
The clip gained over 5.4 million views in two years.
How The Meme Spread
The clip was reposted online several times in 2026. On June 29, 2026, an Instagram user named suubwway posted the clip with the caption “Speed started crying” and it gathered over 21,600 likes in three months.
The meme took flight in September.
The TikTok Wave
The edits came fast and varied. @goldendandelion74 posted a brainrot edit of the clip on September 20, 2026. The edit gained over 925,000 views in five days.
A clip of a streamer singing about a footballer while learning hockey grew into a wave of TikTok edits.
@incousinhouse19 posted an edit that places the clip next to a Google search for “When is Ronaldo day.” That edit reached over 1.5 million views in three days.
@praisepraezee went further. His edit made it appear as if Speed had been badly injured from the check, adding footage of him in the hospital to the end of the clip. That edit gained over 700,000 views in two days.
Accuracy Reenactments
On September 24, 2026, TikToker @nethemes posted an accuracy reenactment video based on the Ronaldo Day clip. It garnered over 1.6 million views in a day.
The Numbers
The clip’s numbers are straightforward. Over 5.4 million views on YouTube. Over 925,000 views on TikTok. Over 1.5 million views on TikTok. Over 1.6 million views on TikTok.
What Happened
IShowSpeed sang about a footballer while learning hockey, and the internet turned it into a meme. The memes that followed — the brainrot, the accuracy reenactments, the hospital footage — all took the same line and built something new around it.
The clip’s success can be measured in views. But the real measure is simple: the clip was funny enough to be remixed by strangers across the internet.
See the video the story is built around at Know Your Meme.
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