The History of Memes

This image is said to be the first meme ever created. During this era, memes were simply comical images in local newspapers.

Memes started taking off in the early 2000s with block text and cat reaction images..

Used as an internet trick to mislead people... while a link is advertised to go to one thing its actually redirected to the music video to this song!

This dog is a Shiba Inu and was first posted on the internet by a kindergarten teacher in Japan. The spelling of Dog was a typo and to this day, "doge" has stuck with teens everywhere.

This comes from a popular YouTube video that played a Japaneese song with an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso, flying through space, and leaving a rainbow trail.

Often associated with the phrase “But that’s none of my business,” Kermit sipping tea has becoming an iconic image. Kermit is a Muppets character and is loved by a wide audience.

The US Election of 2016 brought about olitical memes to circulate. They detailed the events surrounding the election. Some say they will be used in textbooks as political cartoons.

A video of a grape undergoing surgery blew up among teens who made fun of it, as well as led to at-home recreations on oranges and other objects.

Vine was a social media platform that had 7 second videos. It blew up among the younger generations and inspired other platforms to take on short, high relief comedy.

Companies began to incorporate humor, becoming more relatable to their younger audience. Wendy's spearheaded this initiative and other companies soon followed!

Popular among the platfrom Reddit, this meme garnered popularity with easy, funny point of views from a humble moth.

Originating from a tiktok's comment section, fairy comments take a jab at roasting people in a sarcastic manner. Feel free to click the image to see some of your own!