Stock explosion sounds like this one come from general sound libraries rather than a single film or game, so the same boom appears across countless videos, games and edits. Editors reach for it because it is instantly readable, needs no setup, and works at any scale from a tiny prop to a building. It spread through YouTube edits, gaming montages and meme compilations in the 2010s and stayed popular as short form video grew, where a clean two second blast fits perfectly over a punchline without overwhelming the original audio.