Meme↕ | Year↕ | Origin↕ | Format↕ | Legacy↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rickroll | 2007 | 4chan bait-and-switch | Link redirect | Never gonna give you up, 1B+ views, Rick Astley embraced it, ultimate internet prank |
Doge | 2013 | Shiba Inu 'Kabosu' photo | Image macro | Such wow, very meme, inspired Dogecoin ($80B market cap at peak), Kabosu became international star |
Distracted Boyfriend | 2017 | Stock photo by Antonio Guillem | Labeled image | Universal template for temptation/loyalty, photographer made more from meme fame than stock sales |
Drake Hotline Bling | 2015 | Hotline Bling music video | Approval/disapproval | Two-panel comparison format, Drake leaned into it, spawned infinite variations, template of the decade |
This Is Fine | 2013 | KC Green's 'Gunshow' comic | Reaction image | Dog in burning room, universal symbol for denial, 2020-2025 mood, licensed for merchandise |
Pepe the Frog | 2005 | Matt Furie's 'Boy's Club' comic | Reaction image | Feels good man → political hijacking → reclaimed → $500K NFT sale, most contested meme ever |
Stonks | 2017 | Meme Man + stock graphic | Surreal meme | Financial illiteracy personified, WSB culture, meme stocks literally happened |
Woman Yelling at Cat | 2019 | Housewives screaming + Smudge the cat | Split panel | Two unrelated images perfectly combined, Smudge became a celebrity cat, endlessly remixable |
Change My Mind | 2018 | Steven Crowder's show | Opinion template | Blank sign template for hot takes, separated from political context, debate culture in one image |
Expanding Brain | 2017 | Whang / Reddit | Multi-panel escalation | Progressively absurd options presented as 'enlightened', galaxy brain = peak ironic wisdom |
Loss (| || || |_) | 2008 | Ctrl+Alt+Del webcomic | Abstract pattern | Reduced to 4 lines, found everywhere in nature/architecture, meta-meme about meme recognition |
Wojak / Doomer / Bloomer | 2010+ | Krautchan board | Face template | Evolved into entire personality taxonomy: doomer, bloomer, zoomer, boomer, coomer — replaced rage comics |
Among Us 'Sus' | 2020 | Among Us game | Catchphrase + image | Pandemic gaming phenomenon, 'sus' entered mainstream vocabulary, crewmate seen in everything |
Harambe | 2016 | Cincinnati Zoo incident | Tribute/ironic mourning | Started ironic internet mourning culture, 'dicks out for Harambe', some say this broke the timeline |
Bernie Sanders Mittens | 2021 | Biden inauguration photo | Photoshop insert | Bernie sitting anywhere, mittens became iconic, $1.8M raised for Vermont charities from merch |
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