Video tersebut tiba-tiba menjadi [[Video viral|viral]] saat perilisannya. Media pemberitaan [[Times Now|''Times Now'']] melaporkan 1,7 juta penayangan pada 10 Juli 2020, di hari peluncurannya,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Man posts video of himself doing nothing for 2 hours, netizens count how many times he blinks – WATCH|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/man-posts-video-of-himself-doing-nothing-for-2-hours-netizens-count-how-many-times-he-blinks-watch/630103|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en|access-date=21 Agustus 2020}}</ref> [[Essel Group|''India.com'']] melaporkan sudah 2 juta penayangan pada 3 Agustus, dan ''Beebom'' melaporkan sudah 2,5 juta tayangan pada 9 Agustus'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-08-09|title=YouTuber Literally Did Nothing on a Video for Over 2 Hours; Gains Millions of Views|url=https://beebom.com/youtuber-did-nothing-video-2-hours-millions-of-views/|website=Beebom|publisher=Beebom Media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930070611/https://beebom.com/youtuber-did-nothing-video-2-hours-millions-of-views/|archive-date=30 September 2020|access-date=2020-12-14|url-status=live}}</ref>''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=India com Viral News|date=3 Agustus 2020|title=Going Viral For Doing Nothing! YouTuber Sits Idle For Two Hours Doing Nothing, Gets Millions of Views {{!}} Watch|url=https://www.india.com/viral/going-viral-for-doing-nothing-youtuber-sits-idle-for-two-hours-doing-nothing-gets-millions-of-views-4100987/|website=India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News {{!}} India.com|access-date=21 Agustus 2020}}</ref> Hingga pada April 2022, video tersebut telah ditonton lebih dari 5,8 juta kali dengan 193.000 suka.<ref name=":6">{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8zFL-0rBAw|title=2 JAM nggak ngapa-ngapain|date=10 Juli 2020|last=Didit|first=Muhammad|type=[[YouTube video]]|language=id|publisher=Didit Deelon|access-date=4 Desember 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107183252/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8zFL-0rBAw|archive-date=15 Desember 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
Selain cuplikan video tersebut dipakai untuk [[Meme internet|meme]] di [[media sosial]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Viral Video Youtuber Muhammad Didit '2 Jam Nggak Ngapa-ngapain', Hebohkan Media Internasional - Halaman all - Tribunnewsmaker.com|url=https://newsmaker.tribunnews.com/amp/2020/08/15/viral-video-youtuber-muhammad-didit-2-jam-nggak-ngapa-ngapain-hebohkan-media-internasional?page=all|website=newsmaker.tribunnews.com|access-date=17 Juni 2022}}</ref> video tersebut menjadi tren hangat di situs [[9GAG]]. Didit mengatakan bahwa ia tidak mengharapkan perhatian dengan alasan bahwa video tersebut hanya untuk para pengikutnya.<ref name=":1" /> Tujuan utama Didit adalah fokus membuat video bergenre makanan.<ref name=":22">{{Cite web|last=Sholihyn|first=Ilyas|date=13 Agustus 2020|title=Indonesian YouTuber garners over 2.8 million views for video of himself staring at nothing for 2 hours|url=https://www.asiaone.com/digital/indonesian-youtuber-garners-over-28-million-views-video-himself-staring-nothing-2-hours|website=[[AsiaOne]]|publisher=[[Singapore Press Holdings]]|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819051129/https://www.asiaone.com/digital/indonesian-youtuber-garners-over-28-million-views-video-himself-staring-nothing-2-hours|archive-date=19 August 2020|access-date=25 Agustus 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
