: Vine creator King Bach is widely credited with popularizing the sound starting in April 2014. He used it to punctuate moments of shock, awkward silences, or dramatic irony in his 6-second skits.
: The creators designed it as a "cinematic impact" for movie trailers and high-tension action sequences. It was never intended to be comedic. THE Boom Sound Effect
: It is technically titled "Bluezone-Cimpact-sound-001.wav" from the Cinematic Session – Industrial Samples & Impacts library released by Bluezone Corporation on November 7, 2012. : Vine creator King Bach is widely credited
