The history of the most popular memes (2004-2019)

[@otter395]

We all know the reason that Lenny stayed so high for so long is because people had to keep searching him up to copy-paste him everywhere.

[@v4lentinaaaaa]

i put it on my auto correct so i can use it whenever i want lol ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@TheGremlinOfChaos]

Valentina same I also have (☭ ͜ʖ ☭)

[@K0nr4d_]

Mostly that yes.

[@otter395]

@@v4lentinaaaaa clever!

[@marc3330]

Valentina hey you’re just like me ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (◕ ͜ʖ◕)

[@tumbke]

I love how shrek and spongebob keeps popping up in different forms

[@kaisertreu6276]

And pepe ;)

[@muscovymapping8896]

And trollface

[@MechanicalApples]

Wait you did this comment 5 hours ago

[@IAmSuperSandGaki]

and lenny face

[@maroki0123]

Same with Nintendo

[@tophatsnek3347]

Can we just appreciate how memes completely changed almost instantly from like 2016-2017

[@Rokiotop900]

Sinter Cooler surrealism

[@wildeyeluc]

Sinter Cooler 2014 was the birth of a new era

[@panzerkampfwagenvausf.g9469]

A renaissance

[@POZOLEDECARAMELITO]

The singularity

[@BruhTumbleweeds]

Nah it was really 2014-2015 when the dank memes era started kicking in. But yes dank memes really hit their peak 2016-2017. Now the biggest channel on KZbin is dedicated to fucking looking at memes.

[@DomPatek]

Ricardo never dies.

[@BunchPop88945]

He did

[@ricegod445]

he did

[@okuu.gaming]

Ué did

[@fideoscnsalsa]

uh ok

[@白キロ]

He deed

[@williamwright4813]

I can't tell which is scarier: The fact that there's an archive for meme popularity, or the fact that I remember so many of them...

[@r1tzy5551]

Slenderman

[@cysipy]

you shouldn't be scared. ur most likely having nostalgia

[@faaznoushad1718]

@@r1tzy5551 LiGmA bAlLs

[@kobe7273]

The scariest thing is how popular Lenny face is in 2019

[@whyicantseewifipleasegodhe182]

@The True Real Original Jarvi with a Tat pfp k.

[@dogetaxes8893]

Doge was easily the most dominant meme. It’s even made a resurgence

[@manoftruth0935]

Fanboy and ChumChum fanboy it started in Homestar Runner before it was even a meme.

[@javeydones5163]

According to this video, didn’t “All your base are belong to us” last like 5 years and occasionally jump to the top spot again throughout those years? I think that’s the most impressive as far as popularity. Update: just rewatched and focused on Dodge, it lasts about just as long as “All your base are belong to us” so I digress.

[@howilovedthebomb]

Shouldn't the original Doge meme and the Anti-Doge meme be separate?

[@croisaor2308]

@@javeydones5163 It also gets harder as the years go by to maintain a top spot, so I'd say Doge definitely has been the most dominant so far even if it has the same or even slightly less time than "All Your Base".

[@saiteko2422]

doge lives forever

[@enchilordo8562]

It’s cool how you can see the parts where everyone is talking about a certain meme for like three weeks and then everyone forgets about it

[@czarofdragons8035]

The "DAMN DANIEL" is the best example of this.

[@thecactusking5893]

or momo, it got to the top and very soon it just rushed strait down

[@equinox-XVI]

*JANUARY 2018*

[@enchilordo8562]

ProBro X *i know, right!*

[@thesupervideogamenerdmore3171]

Ugandan Knuckles was #1 and then a couple months later, CRASHED, until now.

[@user-nh7my6gg5b]

I've been using the internet since 2005. This was a wild ride of nostalgia.

[@SombroKoopaGuy]

Mine was 2000 when i first got a computer. And this is true memories.

[@SombroKoopaGuy]

@Harrish Romero yea

[@KronosAnimates]

2011 memes is when nostalgia hits for me. i miss these memes…

[@doburu4835]

Man, modern memes has shorter lifespans compare to the fossils ones.

[@urtellingmeshrimpfriedthisrice]

That just how it be sometimes

[@kacoh.9111]

The world is always speeding up. I the future we will have meme of the day

[@akittu]

causes of modern memes dropping: ->when used in the public; people would use the meme in the incorrect way or just don't get it all. (basically not relatable; just plain funny) ->people doing meme reviews / pewdiepie basically ruined this. If look at nov 2017 to 2019; it's really upsetti. -> People calling down on memes that were used last month. Saying: " that meme is old" when it literally was a month past basically making others wanting to use less of the meme. -> Since the meme is not relatable in a way to add a choice of your own stuff to it or if it can't be changed in different ways for different unique versions. It led to memes dying quickly too. -> If meme is too complex and not simple enough. People might not want to put in effort in recreating it or spreading it. Example: doge/lenny face

[@lunerg775]

For example doge

[@doburu4835]

@MrStranger111 That's not it, it just got too big and mainstream. Back then, memes we're being circulated on 4chan. And also that guy called pewdoipie ruined it.

[@marioacosta-warren921]

This makes Memes look like Ancient China, a million factions rise, falling and fighting for control, the one on top having an extremely short reign before being assassinated or dethroned.

[@hellogoodbye9980]

O rly

[@cryptical3236]

If so lenny face has been an emperor for a godamm century

[@wesnarwhal815]

Some guy in the future is gonna be watching this to pass there memeology test.

[@Hellokitty-pb3gb]

Wes Narwhal that probably is happening Rn in another dimension 🤔

[@sansy9816]

@@Hellokitty-pb3gb That is almost happening rn, here in Spain Memes is a subject in the Sociology career

[@mourinhaanaextramoura8051]

@@sansy9816 WHAT!?

[@sansy9816]

@@mourinhaanaextramoura8051 Yup, it's called internet social interaction, and 3/4 of the subject consists only in studying how the memes (individually) grew in popularity

[@mourinhaanaextramoura8051]

@@sansy9816 Uau... que útil

[@PhoenixCNSTL]

i think the DOGE meme has the longest life because it managed to stay in the leaderboard for 2013-2018 and popped up for a brief moment at 2019

[@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus1790]

doge made a comeback at the endo of 2020 through 2021

[@g1gabytez]

also lenny face because of the copy-pasters

[@chrissmith9040]

@@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus1790 Dogecoin helped with that.

[@leonardosanchezaguirre2459]

These memes are unforgettable

[@rayan-xg5kw]

Some people think of Doge as THE 2010's meme. It symbolizes both the original and modern memes and it's been relevant for most of the decade.

[@JO-ko9sc]

The revolutions started at 2010- With face memes 2016- Shitposting

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

Less shit posting, more just posting shit

[@realerdealers1924]

2016 was literally the turning point for all of humanity.

[@Dynvali]

It was that fucking dat boi meme that changed it all

[@JohnnyJonathan]

actually was more like pre and post gamergate the shitposting era

[@MrCarguy2]

@@realerdealers1924 in 2016 is when memes started to go to shit

[@ItsJJOLO]

I like the fact how some of the old memes come back up again due to nostalgia.

[@bellflowersimp2827]

Imagine after few years you come across old memes but people in the comments just say "cringe" . They are the exact people who liked it when it was trendy but okay

[@popofisto]

sakura -g- Yeah those kind of people are the people that are into trendy memes that die instantly, and not the long lasting old ones.

[@XBLArmory]

Most of the memes are many years old when they hit the top, even existing as memes, like dolan was from early 05, momo first showed up in 07, Ricardo Milos was a popular meme on 4chan's flash board in 06 and was a regular low roar in gay and gif threads all over the site. Pepe was very popular for over a decade before 2016, the navy seal copypasta is from 05 or 06, "ding fries are done" predates Y2K and went viral over Christmas 1999, I can't even remember the name of the program you needed to play these old videos, I think it was mpeg based but it predates flash. Memes an take a long time before the catch the air.

[@andrerodriguez6790]

when we get burned out of the new memes sometimes shitty the sun will rise again for the 2011 rage comics

[@SaturnSnapple]

JJOLO xx Lenny face lives so long. All hail Lenny ヾ( ͝° ͜ʖ͡°)ノ

[@kuya8329]

*2 Girls 1 Cup is on the top of the list* *chocolate rain starts playing*

[@j.8495]

oml, please don't. i watched it when i was like 12 and i got scarred bro

[@davidd.w.8681]

Give me the chocolate, Hisao!

[@bluffy9538]

That shit was so bad lmaoo

[@neri402]

That video is a huge pile of shit.

[@kellynickes6827]

“No one wants to hear about it now”

[@TheElvisnator]

2004: All your base are belong to us 2008: Rickroll 2011: Troll Face 2015: Doge 2017: We are Number One 2020: *_GET STICKBUGGED LOL_*

[@Jestin-fu2qm]

All your base are belong to us must be legend

[@Jestin-fu2qm]

Ok

[@Jestin-fu2qm]

:)

[@emilioscibelli]

2020 is just 2008 because we aren’t gonna give it up, let it down, run around and desert it.

[@Jestin-fu2qm]

Hope all your base are belong to us will be back in 2020

[@BallisticWistfully]

to put it simple: Ancient Era Rage Comic Era MLG Era Modern Era

[@lad1198]

I liked rage memes era but mlg era was the best

[@nyelvbabycakes]

Modern era is the best for me MLG was my least favorite

[@khaihoangdinhnguyen1234]

What do youmean of MLG

[@lad1198]

@@khaihoangdinhnguyen1234 r/youngpeopleyoutube

[@khaihoangdinhnguyen1234]

Im just 11

[@henry6499]

The Age of Heroes: 2004-2010 The Age of Darkness: 2011-2014 The Age of Fire: 2015-2018 The Age of Milos: 2019-forever

[@henry6499]

@Nix damn, i'm just imagining how bad it must have been to have your entire high school time coincide with the cringy rage comics age. No happiness in school, no happiness on the internet. Feelsbad.

[@xxunoriginalgamingxx9046]

2011-2014 is it about my little pony?

[@henry6499]

@@xxunoriginalgamingxx9046 nope, it's about rage comics

[@xxunoriginalgamingxx9046]

@@henry6499 ok good

[@ゆい-c2y]

2015-2018 was the Renaissance of memes.

[@macaloveschiyo]

Remember when memes used to last longer than a month? 2018-2019 can’t relate

[@unfathomedfears2.wh0a19]

Oversaturation is the reason. The more people are in on it, the quicker the original punchline is lost to translation, therefore isnt funny anymore. Thats why memes die quicker than they ever do

[@Yuri2045]

Shoutout to Lenny Face still making the list in 2019

[@nocreativename6273]

Makuchichan except Ricardo. Its still going

[@BP140Dubz]

Yeah Ricardo is still going, and Pewds vs Tseries went for 7 months

[@VibeGod]

Ricardo was popular for almost 3 months

[@creepalotl8841]

love how you can see exactly when the "trollface" age starts

[@leonardosanchezaguirre2459]

Pure nostalgia

[@zacharymohammadi]

2009 memes: if I download a movie in Jamaica am I a pirate of the Caribbean 2019 memes: *🅱️ E A N S*

[@DonKrieg-382]

*NIGGA MY PEEPEE* 😂👌

[@SamMito28]

Me and the boys looking for beans at 2 AM really do be like that

[@Toast-if1ux]

@Oyun Trafosu that is debatable

[@LOLManager96]

Satisfying that it ends with Ricardo Milos

[@saemyt5106]

I think you mean God

[@squidwardtentacles2129]

Leon Scheiner. Unsatisfying that Big Chungus ends up second

[@JohnnyL69]

Satisfying that ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) is still on the top for 5 years..

[@LOLManager96]

@@squidwardtentacles2129 Fucking true

[@TheQueenofNeckbeards]

Ahh, 2010-2012, age of the rage faces.

[@user-ws2tq9fj3r]

That's when memes really started to go downhill.

[@tizianodellafazia2309]

Ahh.... the golden years

[@alansilverio4467]

Damn I miss those

[@oszeek]

I wanted to forget those ever happened

[@abriannaf9973]

OsZeek Same

[@r1tzy5551]

0:11 Classic era Jan 2004 - Jan 2010 3:46 Rage era Jan 2010 - Oct 2013 6:00 Dank era Oct 2013 - Oct 2017 8:27 Surreal era Oct 2017 - Jul 2020 Honorable mentions: Post irony era Jul 2020 - May 2023 AI Gen era May 2023 - present Return of MLG era - soon

[@theastrollama777]

surreal era my beloved

[@ac-lv3xf]

AI gen era is also called the Hood Irony Era

[@TheEater]

what is MLG?

[@kfaIcon]

@@TheEater Its hyper-edited videos of trick-shots or other stunts on FPS games, comparing them to MLG (Major League Gaming) I feel old knowing that people don't know what MLG is

[@WindowsGG]

here's my version after i searched meme era: Experimental Era A.K.A The Early Stage: 1995 (I Guess...Or) Nov?! 1996 - Jan 2004 Classic Era ft. YTP By The Way: Jan 2004 - Jan...I Guess?!...IDK! 2009 Rage Comics Era: Jan 2009 (Still...I Guess) - Jun 2013 MLG/Dank Era: Jun 2013 - Mar 24, 2015 (Still Continued Until 2017) Deep Fried Era: Mar 24, 2015 - IDK What Day But 2016/2017 (JANUARY?!) Surreal Era: Um...Jan 2017? To... Apr 2020 Post Irony/Gen Z Era: Apr 2020 To Jan Or Feb 2022 (Continued Until 2023, I Guess?) Goofy Ahh Era: Jan Or Feb 2022 - IDK WHAT DAY BRUH! 2023 Gen Alpha Era: It Might Be The Reason Why Gen Z Is Dying... (And Goofy Ahh As Well) Gen Beta Era: It Might Get Much Worse ☠ That's All Folks Oh! & iFunny Was The Origin Of 21st Century Humor (Known As iFunny Poops In 2019) Don't Forget! Someone Tell Me If Memes Started In 1995 Or 1996 I'm Confused By This Reddit Post & The Dancing Baby: www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/12k32i7/favourite_meme_era/ wait! hold up! one moment why is this word real?

[@HamzaElkhatib]

The two girls one cup era was a very dark period of time

[@rockara]

Brown even

[@cavejohnson4306]

Rockara stahp

[@nihal2055]

It sure was a shitty time

[@BlueClawRaptorGames]

@@nihal2055 literally

[@captaincrust2180]

Lol yes

[@davidb5205]

*2004 to 2010:* Proto-meme, mostly trends and viral videos *2010 to 2015:* Reaction/mood based memes and characters *2015 to 2019:* Ironic memes, shitposts, political memes

[@aaronlandry3934]

That would make 2009-2011 the Meme Renaissance

[@nodosa994]

@@aaronlandry3934 Agree. I think we are in our golden age with Ricardo Milos leading the charging thrust. No homo

[@Kabodanki]

@@nodosa994 Honkler is gonna drill the asshole of ricardo.

[@Dentonh_VR]

2004 - 2007: The Proto-Meme Era 2007 - 2010: The Meme Dark Age 2010 - 2014: The Meme Golden Age 2014 - 2015: Fall of The Meme Golden Age 2015 - 2016: The Great Meme War 2016 - 2017: Post Meme War 2017 - 2018: Rise of Reactionary Media Memes 2018 - 2019: Short Lived Meme Dark Age

[@bundleoffuck2986]

Nodosa New memes suck

[@dyarx9464]

This is emotional to see that Shrek is probably one of the oldest meme that has emerged, and it's still relevant after nearly 15 years

[@floridamancode_e2673]

Shrek can't die. He is god

[@justtheocean3198]

He is god

[@filipsperl]

Oh yes, very relevant

[@Hi-iv7jb]

@@filipsperl u dont say?

[@filipsperl]

@@Hi-iv7jb ?? That was irony

[@chrisreigthekirbo6801]

2004: All your base belong to us 2021: NECK REVEAL

[@strahlfe8029]

The person who created this is incredibly cultured in the meme community.

[@thisisfuckinggayandballs4286]

Except at the end when Uganda knuckles with pewdiepie

[@SingeStheos]

This video was made by Cary Huang. His main youtube channel is CaryKH and he does AI videos.

[@stenxo1345]

strahlfe yes dad

[@bob-kc7wr]

You forgot the un at the beginning of cultured

[@erinzanotti4143]

He is a man of culture as well

[@hiisitmeyoulookingfor2234]

*my eyes while watching this video:* 👀⬆️↗️➡️↘️⬇️↙️⬅️↖️

[@tooswaggy3866]

More like 👉👍👎✌👆👉👈↗↖⤵⤵↕↩⤵⏬⏫⏪ℹ↪🔄🔢⬅➡🔠🔼↖↗⬆⬅⬆⬇⬅↖↘↙

[@mcg8129]

Smash players can't play that

[@anunnamedbruh8245]

1+63×(6÷3)-2+540= That's HOW many times I said lenny....and how many times my eyes moved

[@isa915_a]

me was staring at meslf dring de video

[@nonamesaretaken5616]

Every angle.

[@jonniebeans4304]

Doge is a powerhouse meme, damn. Also I just noticed the drake comparison meme wasn't on here, even though people have being using it for like the last 3 years.

[@akittu]

It's also how MLP lasted for a long time. You occasionally still see it around today and you still get the people who basically say: "fuck you; you brony fgt". Which is still taking part of the meme.

[@reetheturtle5295]

Lenny face was up there twice

[@lazztronica4998]

CerealKiller >criticises MLP >has anime profile pic I don’t like MLP but just saiyan

[@ramonxr2623]

@@lazztronica4998 bruh

[@gabrielpeterson2079]

@@CerealKiller I mean Slenderman lasted that long due to marblehornets running for that long

[@eros330762]

Before 1990: Prehistory. I can't name a single meme older than this 1990-2000: Protohistory. Some memes from this period are still remembered, like Godwin's Law and Goatse, but the originals have been mostly lost, as they were born in dead forums and Usenet groups. 2000-2005: Antiquity. The first viral videos began to appear, on sites like Newgrounds and YTMND. MySpace, Facebook, Something Awful and 4chan were founded. 2005-2008: Classical Antiquity. The concept of the internet meme is created, and the first famous 4chan memes begin to appear, being mentioned even in the mainstream media. KZbin was founded. The seeds of modern shitpost culture are sown by 4chan and KZbin Poop. 2008-2010: Late Antiquity: 4chan gains notoriety, and normies learn what an internet meme is. Facebook overshadows MySpace. 2010-2013: Dark Ages: Your grandma signed up to Facebook. Memes so unfunny we are still making fun of them today. Corporations started using them to relate to the kids. The internet was generally more concentrated into a small number of websites, with previously influential places, like Newgrounds, Digg, Something Awful and LiveJournal falling into obscurity. The first parody memes, which ridiculed Rage Comics and Advice Animals, were created, setting a precedent for modern ironic memes. Vine and Twitch went online. 2013-2015: Upper Middle Ages. Rage comics go out of fashion, and we began to see some signs of improvement, with early ironic memes such as MLG montages and Gangweed. The last funny 4chan memes appeared, but Gamergate ruined it forever. 2015-2017: Renaissance. An explosion of unique memes for normies and the extremely online alike. The modern ironic style is created, and remains relatively unchanged today. Vine peaked and died too soon. Discord went online. 2017-2019: Counter-Reformation. The memes of the Dark Ages come back, under several layers of irony. Lazy template memes comparable to advice animals became widespread. Tumblr banned female-presenting nipples and went practically extinct, with its userbase absorbed by Twitter. Musical.ly merged with TikTok, which became a sort of continuation of Vine. 2019: The Shitpost Age. Memes are so short-lived that the concept starts losing any meaning 2020: The End of History

[@lyssatiny102]

Where would you put Demotivational Pics?

[@eros330762]

@@lyssatiny102 definitely in protohistory! They were created in 1998 by a company, Despair Inc, that sells parodies of the motivational posters you'd see in offices, and are probably the only meme from the 90s that is still being used today.

[@lyssatiny102]

@@eros330762 oh wow I didn’t know that’s where it started lol. I just remember having it as an app on my ipod (must’ve been the late 2000’s?) and I think that was how I was introduced to these kinds of early memes

[@theslimeacornyt5172]

That's very accurate

[@babybrush2226]

You should have put dancing baby in 1990s

[@CarlosSanchez-en6mr]

2011: omg memes are so creative, our imagination is the limit 2018: E

[@voidgirl7811]

That. How mafia works

[@sgm3488]

2019: Guys look a funny black hole

[@Luca-zz2sp]

Y tho

[@javiergonzalez7731]

G

[@chidinmairabor1423]

F

[@einfachjule4825]

2016: TheLegend27 2019: Noobmaster69

[@cole5980]

Zuni X pretty accurate

[@flatfourluka1306]

69th like

[@epicwin7454]

NOICE

[@backrightpvp4495]

ppalikka made a pack called thelegend27 noobmaster69 is from endgame

[@cerealotter8277]

Zuni X loki is noobmaster69

[@xcalibills]

Honestly if anyone here remembers epic beard man You deserve a veteran medal

[@Bongbongo]

Man, that video really gave me a punch

[@Theshabadaman]

Dude was built like a train

[@BothHands1]

Epic Beard Man was awesome!!! And then they made the Amberlamps music video lol! My favorite will always be All Your Base Are Belong To Us, But Jessie Slaughter was up there too. The "Done Goofed" memes were epic, and then Ryan Dunn died, and i remember the most savage meme i ever saw in my life of "Ryan Dun Goofed"

[@RecordFriction]

I've been here since the days of Leeroy Jenkins. I fought in the Wars on 4chan against the Bronies (Guys who liked My Little Pony), I've seen the rise and fall of many great channels on KZbin. I've experienced the shift in meme culture which happened around early 2015. Memes are still being refined, while we don't live in the golden age of rage comics anymore, I can feel another war coming... Soon. Very soon.

[@jgardner7726]

I loved Epic Beard man!

[@BigTank1027]

I like how 30% of the memes 2004 - 2008 were just porn

[@krishann4146]

I love how memes before lasted for years but todays memes lucky if it survived for half a week

[@blueisblue8534]

Thank Pewdiepie for that 👏👏*MEME REVIEW*👏👏

[@zackbryson4784]

@@blueisblue8534 *N E X T 👏 M E M E 👏*

[@black_wink1649]

Carl Krishann Millares it’s great, new memes every week while super high quals last longer.

[@Mia-it2xl]

lol ikr

[@NatureShy]

Yeah, true

[@RTPxPJ]

Really sad that 'We Are Number One' was never number one :(

[@ravciozo2137]

It was probablythe biggest meme in the entire history but spread mostly via youtube, so google could not notice

[@COVID-19_Crab]

And Globglogabgalab

[@COVID-19_Crab]

And Moto Moto

[@Eclipse_Nature]

And my custom meme called lama alien

[@squegy349]

@@COVID-19_Crab moto moto died really fast though

[@jvr6048]

Prepare yourself to get this on recommended 9 years later

[@raccoonmoustache]

I’ll be there

[@t0asterbra1n]

everytime i get a new hyperfixation i come back to this video to see if its on here

[@samh-ks6ev]

I love how doge has survived since 2014

[@crowthebest]

2013*

[@socialmedia4637]

I love how Lemon Party kept making these odd resurgences

[@Killerkraft975]

oh no oh fuck he has airpods he can't hear us

[@CrewFroebel]

wacky comic sans dog do uncharacteristic thing

[@doge_2005]

Yee :D

[@hollytaylor932]

Feel like I just watched my life flash before my eyes

[@jasonm0175]

Holly Taylor Too true

[@vendomnu]

Then think about the feedback your FBI agent felt when he was forced to watch that.

[@laggianput]

I did. Godamn it

[@Ash-ny7nh]

Same.

[@gilbertmcglurk2591]

Literally, born in ‘03

[@davidremilio8946]

Let’s not call them dead memes, let’s call them memories

[@Nugcon]

Unless it's Ugandan knuckles

[@authentic_tony]

Memeries

[@death6829]

DOGE

[@nonamesaretaken5616]

Unless if it is moto moto

[@ender4344]

immortal boi you read my mind in a way!

[@StevieDamnit]

Ate My Balls was the first meme I ever participated in back in 1997. I still have the printout somewhere. Also, as a former troll from back in the day, people using the trollface were considered poseurs.

[@Numbergamer2024]

OOOOH THATS WHY MY CLASSMATES KEEP SAYING THIS “Burger king foot lettuce”

[@thezonespot6639]

40 year old moms: Where are the minions?!

[@johnbarrett7306]

@@DaRealFox_XD Again, the "xd" with english, stop, pls :(

[@yoboikamil525]

DEAD BLYAT *reloads AK47 after killing minions* MA ZRYJ

[@MrKrypt]

@@johnbarrett7306 xD

[@johnbarrett7306]

@@MrKrypt Mexican, lol

[@NomoregoodnamesD8]

@@johnbarrett7306 xd

[@jermaineparallon8092]

Memes in 2004: All Your Base Are Belong To Us Memes in 2019: Storm Area 51

[@existing3628]

Coincidence I think not

[@HeartYgo]

HOLLY SHIT WE HAVE BECOME FULL CIRCLE

[@jumpwithkarl]

Memes in 2005: ???? PROFIT!!!! Memes in 2019: STONKS

[@josemitakodachirecruit2004]

It wasnt a meme, it was a prophecy and it's been fulfilled

[@HalfBakedHeroes]

We're reclaiming our bases after they tooked our monky

[@ezequiel2940]

Funny how Shrek has been a meme since 2004

[@brindynschultz]

Ezequiel half life 3 confirmed

[@StarlitDraws]

SoMeBODY-

[@vanguardian1368]

oNce TolD mE-

[@Kruegernator123]

2001

[@abby9448]

tHe woRld wAs gOnNa-

[@djleonard14]

When was MLP a meme? It's a suprisingly good show

[@paisleepunk]

Blame 4chan. Of course, they probably did good to the planet with this run.

[@jonathanwade3882]

It has been having some interresting characters that makes hularious faces

[@justmonika2345]

It never got full popular support in any year but notice how it gravitated on pretty much every list from 2011-2015. Surprisingly it lasted several years which is more than you can say for any meme bar something that got extremely popular like Doge.

[@REKM-cw6ie]

4 Chan is also the reason way the late 2000s and early 2010s data is a little lower than it should be other than having almost no internet.

[@Nor-Gar]

Just because a show is good doesn't mean it can't be a meme, the most likely reason MLP was a meme was because of the "bronies" (I think that's how you spell it)

[@MrWhite-jc2ri]

*Why isn't this part of our history lesson?*

[@-khushlush]

wait a few years more lol

[@liamdraws7800]

I wish, it would be way more enjoyable.

[@AWormsPurpose]

NSFW

[@kicsiduda]

It already is

[@justanunluckyirishmaninabl5178]

When you become teacher you have some say in what you present to the class.

[@Rabbotic]

*2009: U mad bro?* *2019: microwaves be like **_MMMMMMMMMMM_*

[@thefire4360]

Mechanical Rabbit BEEEEEP HSHSHSHDBSB BEEEEEP BENSHDNEJDHD BEEEP

[@yyxy-sv4zb]

normie trash

[@lemond5349]

BEEP BEEEEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP

[@gregorysoutherland8696]

@Savannah Wolfy ☭

[@minimalgrammar1276]

Me and the boys up at 3 pm lookin' for B E A N S

[@trilight4493]

Category: Education Ah yes, this is one whole history.

[@Amazing-Czahorb]

Hey,do you think it is funny?

[@CerealBowlSystem]

Thank you, Twilight

[@trilight4493]

bruh

[@NatureShy]

Heh

[@sw3epey]

...

[@PunishedKrab]

Man, as someone who has rewatched this during the July of 2023, i can imagine an updated version of this video that shows more memes past 2019, and seeing shit like Covid-19, Avengers: Endgame, FnF, Morbius, Glup Shitto, Joe Biden, Elsagate, COPPA, 3D Saul Goodman, Megamind “No B!tches?”, the Ukraine invasion, FNaF: Security Breach, Queen Elizabeth’s death, Disney remakes, Poppy’s Playtime, Changed, Pizza Tower, “Suck my Tongue”, Dall-E, the Chinese balloon shootdown, Elon Musk buying Twitter, the Reddit strike, Boykisser, Across the Spider-Verse, the Wagner Rebellion, Grimace Milkshake, the Titan submarine, AI SpongeBob, The Flash movie, Threads, Skibidi Toilet, and Barbenheimer just spike to the top one after another before sinking to the bottom again

[@Akh_123]

And tiktok hood irony

[@Akh_123]

And also the "stan loona"

[@Dylan-Frost]

My hope is that there will be a 5 year update in April.

[@MyPaigeAwesome]

2004: Lemon Party 2019: *V I B E C H E C K*

[@subscribefornoreason1289]

don't search up lemon party...

[@XY2Moroccoball]

@@realtheboyboyniceboyhappytheth Then why would you want him to search it up?

[@hypermagicrainbow2786]

-Amanufloof- actually I’m PRetry sure lemon party is wwwaaayyyy worse than vibe check

[@omaralejandro2425]

2020 reeeeee

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

*B O N K*

[@cosmiccrux]

you can literally tell when the rage comics era started

[@Minlag3030]

The rage dinasty

[@madeleine4874]

the rage empire**

[@Minlag3030]

@@madeleine4874 basically the same thing

[@Abdul54cp]

And where it ended.

[@realshi229]

2011, the year of the gamer.

[@totallynormalguy7397]

2010: trollface 2021: trollge

[@Legority]

2009: “stayed up all night studying for exams, slept through finals” 2019: *_c o r n f l a e k_*

[@igotadildoinmyassrnbut8104]

Also 2009: lmao this dude died after getting fucked by a horse

[@khandapwner6805]

2019: *_W E E D E A T E R_*

[@aredditchanneltopissoffapa6940]

I actually laughed at corn flaek. I don't know how I should feel about that.

[@oxiiacid]

The memes back then used to have a slight bit of logical sense to them, even though they were humorous.

[@ianyzabal6232]

Why did this make me chuckle

[@benhalali8800]

“Love it or hate it... That’s history right there.״

[@akukanyu]

Bruh if only this was uploaded a few weeks later then black hole would dominate this list

[@cactusjuice5551]

𝕷𝖎𝕷𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖞 It would have sucked up all the other memes

[@insaneelectro8238]

Squidward Tortellini 😂

[@thepencilfromjohnwick3938]

𝕷𝖎𝕷𝖕𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖞 this was made 2 days ago...

[@KnuxMaster368]

And Notre Dame

[@thegamingguytgg6993]

PLS COPYPASTE THE WORD DOGE ON GOOGLE WITH DIFFERENT PAGES JUST SO WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE TOP,THEESE CURRENT MEMES ARE LITTERALLY NOT GOOD,Doge is love,doge is life.

[@Fadeds]

2004 - All Your Base Are Belong to Us 2005 - Leeroy Jenkins 2006 - O RLY? 2007 - I Herd U Liek Mudkips 2008 - Rickroll 2009 - Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like? 2010 - "Y U NO" Guy 2011 - Trollface 2012 - Overly Attached Girlfriend 2013 - Harlem Shake 2014 - Doge 2015 - Lenny Face 2016 - Dat Boi 2017 - We Are Number One 2018 - Ugandan Knuckles 2019 - Ricardo Milos 2020 - Coffin Dance 2021 - *amogus*

[@GianGood17]

2022 - Mr Incredible

[@sonicplushadventures2294]

2022-2023 Yiff/e621 Helluva boss ytps Jellybean Berserk skeletons Meowbah Pngtubers Baller Ghost from cod ghosts

[@mooseears9849]

2023- Slander

[@nob2243]

Holy shit, you can actually see how the lifespan of memes is getting shorter and shorter

[@BellaCupcakez]

IKR

[@eurobaka573]

In 10 years: Memes that last max 1 week

[@SaintsBro217]

Thank the mainstream media for that.

[@dolmus_9935]

@@eurobaka573 memes now already last like 1-2 weeks

[@JohnnyL69]

the effect of *M E M E 👏 R E V I E W 👏*

[@deserted4ever]

This is the most violent rank war I’ve ever seen

[@appc23]

i expected nothing less for a meme-topiced rank war tbh

[@quidnick]

The relentless ebb and flow of Capitalism.

[@filescout266]

I'm the only one who finds strange that slender man became one of the most popular memes for like 6 years without nobody knowing?

[@czar_fz]

It was definitely because it happened during the peak of gameplay channels and it stayed relevant after the sequel came around

[@afydelunamothmehh6639]

You like smug dance (•ω•)

[@PrinceJes]

And the rise of creepypastas held slender man as king

[@Gogglesofkrome]

you have to also remember that this is just a compilation of all memes across the entire internet; slenderman was quite niche despite its popularity due to it originally being a copypasta

[@MRNDR-eg2po]

@@czar_fz nope, its because people wiewed slender man at KYM a lot.

[@Rukifellth2792]

Going through this I was like "Oh! I remember that being a big meme." I then looked at the date and was like "Oh! That was over 15 years ago? I'm getting old."

[@iwasfe4r582]

Damn doge stayed in the meme leaderboard for 6 years holy shit

[@codygloop2073]

hes also back

[@sparkeee3]

Doge will remain a meme til the end of the world

[@poopfanpoopfan3332]

ok boomer

[@shymidas]

Damn •p•

[@yoboikamil525]

Woof Woof woof woof

[@thecuckchannel2798]

I love how all the comments are literally the same: 2004: X meme 2019: Y meme

[@hitmula]

@Esteban oof no......

[@Jakentosh]

y meme tho?

[@ActualTowdza]

2020: Z meme

[@aRandomwacko]

@El squirtle Chileno ENCONTRE UNO DE MIS COMPATRIOTAS CHILENOS!!!

[@lucario7version2.08]

Uhhhh, WYNAUT! (Audience laughs at me)

[@dank4691]

I remember browsing 9Gag in 2011 for hours on end, screenshotting every single rage comic with my shitty phone and then proceeded to show it to my classmates the next day, when almost no one talked about memes back then. Good ol' times E

[@Damian-di4rp]

I remember doing the same

[@mackmasters325]

I hate you.

[@myspaceuser]

@@mackmasters325 but why

[@Ahmadbeik99]

They didn't talk about it Because rage comics suuuuuck

[@dank4691]

@@Ahmadbeik99 Of course they sucked but the alternatives were eh

[@mhatopzz4098]

2020: SIMP

[@Yonisnc3]

That’s a trending meme but u know What i mean not meme

[@joan3856]

O RLY ☺

[@theoneandmanyanonymous]

That was a long lasting term!

[@andrezits9723]

2004: All your base are belong to us 2019: *eat the 🅱️eans, for you shall **_A S C E N D_*

[@pokrez.1853]

🅱 E 🅰 N S

[@THIS-CHANNEL-IS-DEAD]

🅱️

[@bonniespots149]

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[@moistjohn]

2007: this is hellwhy were shock videos the big thing in 07 in particular

[@arent2295]

🅑eans

[@PowahSlapEntertainmint]

300 years from now scholars will write papers about the origin of the "meme"

[@GameyGaming]

More like *typing paper*

[@sqram35]

more like making worded paper

[@oscmag13]

The already have, where do you think the term meme even came from?

[@IonianGarden]

South Park provide a short clip about old school memers. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqWyqpSVrLWbg9U

[@troillandford7679]

Memeologists

[@bigkroner766]

Mad respect for Doge consistently being a top meme

[@ovi1326]

Well, technically it's post-doge now

[@filippocastoldi4852]

@@ovi1326 it's like we are 5 Year A.D.

[@unrelatabledude3776]

I did it 420 likes

[@bey4492]

I need to watch this at least once a month, i really do love all the work you brought to us making this video. This needs to be updated, but the only person able to do it is you..gosh

[@stulchmulch227]

End of April 2019: Black Hole picture and CJ saying "aw shit here we go again"

[@Bingus__Khan]

Both of 'em died a week ago. Now the top meme is to not spoil the Endgame.

[@stulchmulch227]

@@Bingus__Khan its seriously impossible to keep up these days. They change so fast damn

[@hassanulger7167]

Who creates the memes before it becomes famous?

[@porslime5536]

And shaggy

[@lynn.chaaaa]

r/dankmemes

[@awesome117unsc]

This should be documented, and archived by Meme Archeologist and Scientists in order to preserve the Memes in case of nuclear catastrophe.

[@wiebenijenhuis1825]

Pink Floyd is hella good

[@thekebab1655]

awesome117unsc fact and logic here

[@NobbleEggerton3rt]

Do you mean " ? M E M E O L I G I S T ? "

[@okthen3583]

I love how Doge has stayed relevant for all these years, feels good

[@marx4538]

Feels bad.

[@Aurea_Borealis]

Much great such good 👌

[@RyanAOM10]

Doge is in the hall of memes

[@tahatarikbattal]

2004: All Your Base Are Belong To Us 2005: O RLY? 2007: Chocolate Rain 2008: Rickroll 2010: Trollface 2011: Nyan Cat 2012: Gangnam Style 2013: Doge 2014: Ice Bucket Challenge 2015: Lenny Face 2017: Shooting Stars 2018: Ugandan Knuckles 2019: Ricardo Milos 2020: Coffin Dance 2021: Squid Game 2022: Wednesday 2023: Skibidi Toilet 2024: Chipi Chipi Chapa Chapa

[@kolix3008]

2023 WAS NOT SKIBIDI TOILET

[@LordWhiteWolf06]

there really should be meme history class. i wanna hear about the fall of the rage comic empire.

[@guilhermev3420]

@Fawthur it was the most glorious time of all meme history tbh

[@senko-san7755]

my lesson in school is about memes (english class)

[@violetthebat8810]

Fawthur Bruh, that's because it is ancient, important history!~😁

[@nico8439]

I'll have you know sir that I'm a prof. In the subject.

[@ajizod]

When's bull gang coming back also why did you change your name also what happened to the petition to make a communist character (Big fan though)

[@ADespairBoi]

Meme in 2005- LEEEROY JENKINS Meme in 2019- Ricardo

[@s-sentohyugo7602]

MILOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

[@TheChadPad]

The best meme of all time

[@aleksandraaskarzewska3995]

Monokuma as avatar... Nickname related to Danganronpa... _another fan of my biggest,_ _unhealthy obsession! Yay!_

[@fishiedoggie]

What doesn't love Ricardo🤨💝

[@notanythinganymore]

Now this is a REAL timeline of history.

[@JDarrylSSS]

they dont make 'em timelines like they used to mm...

[@idontgetjokes5954]

This isn't history, this is the internet.

[@SirBaconFace]

@@idontgetjokes5954 username checks out

[@Rose-zo1oo]

i can live another day without thinking that My little pony was more popular that the trollface at one point

[@gravel4189]

I was happy back then and I didn't even realize it. Now look where we are...

[@murfturf4366]

LEEEERROOYYYYYY JEEEENKIIINNNNSS

[@thealchemistplays...8905]

mood

[@big_body_bizinga9049]

TheCandyMan your not fucking deep shutup nigga

[@Brandon-zh5kx]

DANK MEEEEEEEEEEEEMES!

[@isabellep25]

TheCandyMan same :dc

[@tylerwhite9923]

2004-2008: The "Underground" Era - Memes are created and distributed via niche websites to mostly heavy internet users. 2009-2011: Early Mainstream Era - The prevalence and ease of access of KZbin and Facebook allow most casual users to enter into the meme culture. 2012-2015: Spotlight or "Mass Market" Era - By this time, most of the "classic" memes are firmly ingrained into internet culture, with the mainstream catching on soon after, leading to a meteoric rise and fall in the meme's popularity. 2016-2017: "The Split" - Eventually the bubble gets so large, it ends up bursting, causing those in the subculture to find increasingly obscure and surreal material away from the quickly dying glut of mainline memes. 2017-????: "The New Underground" - the new wave of surreal, more daring and more "in-joke" focused humor is similar to the original underground era, however the internet is a much larger place, with many more people who grew up in the subculture, leading to a new "meme renaissance".

[@AQuestioner]

Are you a memeologist?

[@tylerwhite9923]

@@AQuestioner No, just an enthusiast.

[@COVID-19_Crab]

Memes have been permanently changed ever since the release of ifunny

[@icchorist]

@@COVID-19_Crab please never mention that godawful app again

[@Crisnixon1]

2010 dank memes are born

[@lewis9s]

2004: All your base belong to us 2019: *_RICARDO._*

[@brettvandermeer5297]

Everytime the graph spiked, I felt memories of better days flow back, I remember every big meme fad from 2006 till now and its so dumb xD 5/7 my dude , perfect score

[@TrollStack]

As soon as you hear Nyan Cat music, the whole board fills with Rage Comics

[@aaron-gz]

It kind of fits as their theme

[@kyy3724]

*P E R H A P S*

[@blackstar_painstar]

And then Nyan cat appears on the chart.

[@HotSTeh]

And my little pony memes

[@mansbestcomrade6315]

Good times

[@mortyllien]

The fact that this ends with Ricardo fills me with hope

[@VidaV]

Mortyllien I wish Ricardo would fill me with hope ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@RealNigga266]

It also ends with big Chungus.. that’s real bad

[@razvanefros411]

Ricardo is one of the best memes in history hats down

[@guilhermeleonardo297]

Ricardo Millos is The Most Knowed People of Brazil

[@brianchen8613]

Yes, but why not MOTO MOTO

[@lefu7812]

So Shrek has been a meme ever since 2006 Wow. Impressive

[@thefallingsun9542]

And smash bros before that

[@IBMboy]

He doesn't stop coming

[@mrstandalone2644]

its older than most fortnite players wow

[@Fweefwee6]

Then Reddit found it and pretended it was new. Kinda like 75% of these.

[@NobbleEggerton3rt]

@@dodydoske4125 it wasn't popular enough to be a meme this year. Sad 😓😓😓

[@bruhmoment2591]

Unuronically 2018 - 2019, had some fire memes

[@johnr.6023]

eh

[@johnr.6023]

@gaming guy That was a trash meme as well as Ugandan knuckles. That's just my opinion though.

[@huntermielke12]

2010-2012 Memes consist of white and black jpeg

[@wacknesium]

_how have i not noticed this_

[@quien_zo]

Its remind me of the 60s Tv

[@wetlettuce4768]

It was a simpler time

[@RouskSour]

It was the meme revolution.

[@christiancuevas9213]

Golden age of memes

[@Velvet_wolf01]

Memes then:live for months even years Memes now:Die in under a week

[@keyboardthelegendaryman6334]

All beacuse unvaccinated memes

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

And most memes are forced to be memes... Doulingo is probably the most forced meme of 2019

[@UserName-yp1cb]

Except ricardo ❤

[@mick5055]

@@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening no, I have better candidates: -nobody: -big chungus -sans I guess

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

@@mick5055 you forgot to add mofia city

[@energyshock6038]

For a month there all the rage face and troll face universe people literally had top spots 1-7. What a clan

[@omgitzpaige2013]

EnergyShock 2011 was a time

[@Rustbolt2222]

Fun times in Cleveland

[@zimtheailen1919]

He protecc He atacc But most importantly These memes go bacc

[@FluoFalI]

These memes then cracc

[@dx_67]

The way the lenny face was in first and just kept replacing other memes was so funny because it's a lenny face. The expression matches nearly perfectly

[@theofilleul6866]

Make lenny great again ᕙ( ◕ ω ◕ )ᕗ

[@6ftergIows]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Someone-ej7kd]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@rachelm300]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@adamgans1934]

Ricardo is probably the top rn because people keep looking him up to gaze upon his majesty

[@mrjohnnybean7936]

He is the best meme

[@COVID-19_Crab]

They made this before Unsettled Tom and Tuxedo Pooh became memes smh... and blackhole and notre dame

[@reactor4382]

The best

[@tagthatangryguy6798]

It’s actually probably Officer Earl running

[@gh05tb0yz]

no everyone searching it up to Ricardo Mini Ladd and gnome him too

[@TheBopPops]

2010 to 2013 with all those face memes was really the prime time of our lives

[@i5-4670k]

It really was. My brain almost exploded from nostalgia. All those faces flying all over the place, each one telling you so many incredible memes.

[@TheEvilCheesecake]

This thread is just embarrassing. The memes sucked. You sucked. You just couldn't tell.

[@twoha7vds59]

E

[@Daeheru]

I thought the exact opposite. I realized that's when things really started to go downhill.

[@yeahoh2222]

Y E s

[@ddodd69]

Please update this version !

[@BBSomali]

Ricardo Milos climbed to the top like its nothin

[@bobob6128]

he was fast just because of 1 video . thats the interesting thing .

[@2030bleach]

Such a shitty meme

[@lemonmk2786]

Why are you all GAY ??

[@-sc-8130]

It's not gay if it's Ricardo Milos.

[@rymaiCooking]

Did you even see doge?!?

[@minibutlarge8184]

idk why it's so satisfying to see a meme just go to the top and back down really fast

[@Radi0he4d1]

FORCED FORCED FORCED

[@unanimated7084]

But it was satisfying seeing Ricardo ngl

[@ar-ras-tra-cue-ros]

*coughs* DAT BOI *coughs*

[@EarlZero0]

Well.ugandan knuckles was the most famous

[@gamenerd808]

And seeing it go far and slowing coming back

[@laytez]

2004 : troll memes 2018-2018 : random earrape videos with 20491 filters on.

[@BruhTumbleweeds]

Егор Цыба Earape videos were big before even 2014.

[@BruhTumbleweeds]

Also 2019 has literally no ear rape videos

[@koopakid1000]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw oh

[@AndrinoiaXO]

Its crazy how much of a turning point 2016 was for the entire landscape of the internet. There was defintely irony and post-irony before that, in 2014 and 2015, but it was 2016 that everything really changed. It was the beginning of an entirely new era. I know the meme is that it was all because harambe died, but i wonder what actually triggered such a dramatic shift.

[@ChannelTerminatedbyYouTube]

Yes the adpocalypse changed off youtube changed the WHOLE internet 😮

[@DrewPicklesTheDark]

2000 was the first huge game changer, since that's when broadband came out. 2008 was the next big one since that's when the iphone and social media took off, 2016 was the adpocalypse and mass censorship happened. It feels like every 8 years there is a change. How will 2024 end?

[@meoooooooooooooooooooooooooww]

For me it's 2018. Because it was the year where memes began lasting for a couple of months then slowly die off. Nowadays memes lasts for at most two weeks.

[@kirzuvo7145]

Ah the years before 2016 the days when memes lasted over a week

[@WaterMelwin]

they last around a month and a half now

[@realsketso]

That’s a weird way of saying an hour

[@roundduck7005]

Ugandan knuckles lasted a year

[@kenetickups6146]

No memes were made post 2011/2012

[@LessGo7921]

@@roundduck7005 That meme legit died within one month.