Meme Library
579 documented memes spanning four decades of internet culture. Filter by era, search by name, or browse at random.
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Doge
A Shiba Inu photo became the face of broken English captions and eventually a cryptocurrency.
Rickroll
Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" became the internet's favorite deceptive link.
Distracted Boyfriend
Antonio Guillem's stock photo became the universal template for distraction and temptation.
Pepe the Frog
Matt Furie's cartoon frog underwent one of the most complex cultural transformations in internet history.
This Is Fine
KC Green's webcomic became the universal symbol for calmly accepting catastrophe.
LOLcats
I Can Has Cheezburger launched a billion-dollar meme economy and pioneered internet humor.
Harambe
A Cincinnati Zoo gorilla's death became a surreal internet mourning ritual unlike anything before.
Dancing Baby
The first truly viral internet phenomenon — a 3D-rendered baby that danced across millions of screens.
Woman Yelling at Cat
Two unrelated images combined to create the decade's most versatile reaction format.
Bernie's Mittens
Bernie Sanders at Biden's inauguration became the most photoshopped image of 2021.
Salt Bae
Turkish chef Nusret Gökçe's salt-sprinkling technique became a global cultural phenomenon overnight.
Among Us / Sus
A 2018 indie game exploded during the pandemic and gave the internet its most versatile suspicion vocabulary.