The creator of the Fortnite song, "Chug Jug," breaks down why his meme is stuck in everyone's head all the time and also expresses his hilarious beef with EPIC Games.
The creator of the Fortnite song, "Chug Jug," breaks down why his meme is stuck in everyone's head all the time and also expresses his hilarious beef with EPIC Games.
Recently, the meme experts at Know Your Meme sat down with Mike Winkleman AKA "Beeple" to talk about how he got started, the popularity of NFTs, and how he thinks meme owners and creators should sell their work in the future.
Meet Peter Kell, self proclaimed "YOLO investor", and the man who purchased a Rare Pepe known as "Homer Pepe" for $39,000 back in 2018. Just recently he sold the Homer Pepe NFT for a whopping $312,000. Know Your Meme sat down with the man and learned the whole story behind his legendary sale.
The "Lamar Roasts Franklin" meme has been blowing up in 2021. We can't avoid mentions of "yee yee a**" haircuts left and right on Reddit and Instagram. In this exclusive video, Know Your Meme interviews Slink Johnson, who voices Lamar - and he gives up some juicy details about the scene and how it feels to be a meme.
The internet (and the media in general) is going berserk over retail investors testing the mettle of hedge funds with the help of Reddit. But how did this madness start? Know Your Meme explains exactly how a diverse group of savvy internet users harnessed the power of memes to achieve ultimate gains, starting with GameStop stonks.
If you're not familiar with the Lamar Roasts Franklin scene in GTA V, all the "yee yee ass haircut" memes must have you a bit puzzled. Thankfully, the knowledgeable meme archivists of Know Your Meme have put together this handy dandy explainer video for those of you who need a little demystification.
Have you been wondering what the deal is with that Fleetwood Mac-singing, Cranberry juice sipping skateboarder? Well, in their latest YouTube episode, Know Your Meme investigates the meteoric rise of Nathan Apodaca, better known by his handle 420Doggface208, and how he came to captivate the entire internet just by skateboarding, drinking cranberry juice and vibing to Fleetwood Mac's 1976 song "Dreams." The TikTok video propelled Apodaca into internet superstardom, gaining millions of views across social media platforms and grabbing the attention of numerous celebrities, including Fleetwood Mac members Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks.
Our friends at Know Your Meme put together this video showing how different memes inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic have gained popularity since January, and it's quite fascinating!
Well, we've got to add this one to the list of meme mashups that seriously surprised us but work extremely well. The photo used for the meme is from Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, a scene during which Mace Windu confronts Emperor Palpatine. In this meme, however, Palpatine is replaced by a very unthreatening image of Wallace from the Wallace and Gromit series of movies. The juxtaposition is hilariously absurd, perfect for self-deprecating memes. We've put our favorites in this gallery, but you can read more about this meme over at Know Your Meme.
We've been itching for a new object-labeling meme, and we're happy to report there's finally one on the scene. Earlier this week this photo of a kid holding fire in front of an amazed teacher started popping up around Reddit's myriad meme communities, and its blown up to a point where we've got enough of the memes to share with you. The memes generally revolve around impressing someone with something stupid or shocking, so they're pretty damn versatile - and pretty damn funny.
It's already felt like an eternity since we finished Netflix's The Witcher, but memes about the show are anything but dead. This particular Witcher format features Henry Cavill's chiseled mug uttering Geralt's classic "Hmm." It's not a complicated meme, but that makes it pretty versatile and easy to understand. For more information about this contemplative format, check out the entry on Know Your Meme.
Using data collected from the Know Your Meme database, we created this data visualization showcasing the most popular memes submitted to the site since 2011. Due to technical issues in 2010, we were unable to collect data from this period.
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We love a tongue-in-cheek shitpost that takes us back to "the good old days," and boy, does this one check both of those boxes. Harkening back to our childhood school days with references to "independent reading time" and "silent reading time," these memes take the tone of a teacher's pet, and they're pretty freaking hilarious. To make things even funnier, the memes use Impact ironically - a touch that really takes things to the next shitpost-y level. We've scraped the hallowed halls of Know Your Meme for our favorites, but we expect to see more of these in coming days. And we ain't mad about that.