2024 Gathering of the Kyles

Overview

The 2024 Gathering of the Kyles refers to an upcoming event in the city of Kyle, Texas, trying to break the Guinness World Record for the largest same-name gathering. The event is scheduled to take place on May 18th, 2024, at the Kyle Fair A Tex-Travaganza at Lake Kyle Park. The Kyle gathering also sparked jokes and memes on Twitter / X and Reddit in the days surrounding it.

History

The official website^[1] of the city of Kyle, Texas, announced the "2024 Gathering of the Kyles," which aims to break the Guinness World Record for the largest same-name, first-name-only gathering at the Kyle Fair A Tex-Travaganza on Saturday, May 18th, 2024, at Lake Kyle Park (seen below).

Online Presence

Leading up to the event, the official City of Kyle Twitter / X^[4] account (@CityofKyleTX) made numerous posts promoting the event attempting to drum up interest and awareness, such as a video promoting the effort to break the record on March 28th, 2024 (shown below).

📢KYLES of the world – unite & make history!

Register for the 2024 Gathering of the Kyles TODAY at https://t.co/SSfciCtIQX and be a part of breaking the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS ™ for largest same-name, first name only gathering at the Kyle Fair A Tex-Travaganza on 5/18. #KyleTX pic.twitter.com/R1ons2qZpK

— City of Kyle (@CityofKyleTX) March 28, 2024

The event became a trending topic on X in May 2024, as the media and various users began discussing it. For example, @dexerto^[2] posted about the gathering of Kyles on May 14th, which amassed over 7 million views and 121,000 likes in two days (seen below, left).

The event was also discussed on Reddit^[3] by Redditor EbbOverall, who added a picture of the city of Kyle and the headline caption "Too bad Kyle will never leave the house." The post (seen below, right) received roughly 100 upvotes and 15 comments since posted on May 9th, 2024.

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