Overview

• The debate, first posed on Reddit in 2020 and revived on X in April 2025, has amassed over 288 million views across platforms.
• Experts like Tara Stoinski and Ron Magill suggest humans could prevail through coordination and endurance, though with significant casualties.
• Primatologist Cat Hobaiter argues a gorilla's strength and high-altitude adaptation could give it the upper hand in certain scenarios.
• High-profile figures such as MrBeast, Elon Musk, and UFC fighters have weighed in, adding humor and hypothetical strategies to the discourse.
• The trend has inspired spin-off memes and raised ethical concerns, including calls for gorilla conservation and critiques of human behavior.