This year has heralded the rise of AI, the proliferation of deep fakes, and the ascendance, demise and re-emergence of NFTs – those pesky non-fungible tokens with their super-slick, digital aesthetic.

It’s also the year a series of ultra-short animations pitting human-headed toilets against humanoid characters with electronic devices for heads racked up 36 million YouTube subscribers. To date, Skibidi Toilet, created by 25-year-old Alexey Gerasimov on his YouTube channel DaFuq!?Boom! has attracted 14 billion views.