What Is Google Gravity?
Google Gravity is a famous interactive web trick in which every element of the Google homepage — the logo, the search bar, the buttons, and the links — detaches from its normal position and falls to the bottom of the screen as if affected by real-world gravity. Once everything has collapsed into a pile, you can click and drag the elements around and even throw them, watching them bounce and tumble with realistic physics.
It is one of the most beloved entries in the world of Google tricks and Easter eggs, sitting alongside the barrel roll, Google Underwater, and Google Sphere as a defining piece of playful internet culture.
How to Do Google Gravity
- Go to Google.com
- Type "Google Gravity" in the search bar
- Instead of pressing Enter, click "I'm Feeling Lucky" (or click the first result, the Mr.doob version)
- Watch the entire page collapse and fall
- Click and drag the fallen elements to fling them around
The most popular version was created by the digital artist Mr.doob (Ricardo Cabello) using a JavaScript physics engine. Because it is a third-party creation rather than an official Google feature, you access it through search results rather than directly on Google's own servers.
The History of Google Gravity
Google Gravity emerged around 2009, during a golden age of experimental, physics-based web toys. Mr.doob built it as a demonstration of what was possible with JavaScript physics in the browser — at a time when such interactivity was genuinely novel and impressive.
It spread virally through email chains, forums, and early social media, becoming one of the most-shared "have you seen this?" links of its era. Its popularity was part of the same wave of internet playfulness that led Google to add the official barrel roll Easter egg to Search in 2011.
Google Gravity vs. The Barrel Roll
Both Google Gravity and the barrel roll transform the familiar Google interface into something surprising and physical. The key difference: the barrel roll is an official Google Easter egg built into Search itself (just type "do a barrel roll"), while Google Gravity is a third-party creation accessed through search results.
If you enjoy Google Gravity, you will love the barrel roll — and on this site you can do it not just once like Google's version, but as many times as you want. Try our Custom Generator to spin your screen 10, 100, or even 1,000 times.
Other Google Tricks to Explore
Google Gravity is just one of many famous Google tricks. Explore the rest:
- Google Underwater — the Google page sinks beneath the waves
- Zerg Rush — defend your search results from invading O's
- Elgoog — Google mirrored and reversed
- All Google Easter Eggs — the complete guide