The top memes of the 2010s according to Know Your Meme
The top 3 according to 53 votes from people: Doge · Loss · Ricardo Milos. (Updated Dec 26, 2019.)
The top 30 of the "Top 50 Memes of the Decade", the list Know Your Meme built in December 2019 from a poll of its community with nearly 55,000 votes. Doge came first.
Top 30
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1
Doge
2013. The Shiba Inu of "much wow" captions in Comic Sans.
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2
Loss
2008. The four-panel Ctrl+Alt+Del comic whose layout became a legendary hidden meme.
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3
Ricardo Milos
2018. The dancing model behind countless remixes.
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4
Drakeposting
2016. Drake rejecting one thing and approving another, from the "Hotline Bling" video.
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5
Press F to Pay Respects
2014. A Call of Duty funeral prompt turned into slang for paying respects.
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6
Blinking White Guy
2017. Drew Scanlon's blink, "the GIF of the decade".
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7
Surprised Pikachu
2018. Pikachu's shocked face at entirely predictable outcomes.
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8
Is This a JoJo Reference?
2016. Mocking fans who see JoJo's Bizarre Adventure references everywhere.
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9
Steamed Hams
2018. Endless remixes of a Simpsons scene with Skinner and Chalmers.
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10
Virgin vs. Chad
2017. The template comparing the "virgin" and the exaggerated "Chad".
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11
Pepe the Frog
2015. The webcomic frog that became one of the internet's most widespread characters.
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12
Robbie Rotten
2016. The LazyTown villain whose song "We Are Number One" spawned endless remixes.
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13
Harambe
2016. The gorilla from the Cincinnati Zoo who became an ironic internet tribute.
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14
Megalovania
2018. The Undertale theme that popped up in every edited video.
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15
Distracted Boyfriend
2017. The stock photo that became the template for every preference.
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16
Smash Mouth's "All Star"
2017. The Shrek song remixed in every possible way.
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17
Galaxy Brain
2017. Ever more glowing brains for ever more absurd ideas.
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18
Ugandan Knuckles
2018. The VRChat Knuckles asking "Do you know de wey?".
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19
Big Chungus
2018. A chubby Bugs Bunny and his fake video game box art.
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20
Wojak
2012. The simple drawn face that evolved into the "-oomer" family.
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21
Derpy Hooves
2010. The cross-eyed background pony from My Little Pony.
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22
Gabe the Dog
2013. The dog whose "bork" was remixed into every song.
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23
Grumpy Cat
2012. Tardar Sauce, the cat with the permanently grumpy face.
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24
Mocking SpongeBob
2017. SpongeBob as a chicken and alternating capitals to mock someone.
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25
Bruh
2014. The all-purpose word of exasperation and the "bruh moment".
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26
Rage Comics
2008. The MS Paint comics, with Trollface and company, that ruled the early 2010s.
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27
The Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise
2017. Palpatine's monologue that made Star Wars prequel memes legitimate.
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28
Supa Hot Fire
2011. The parody rap battle with absurd rhymes and over-the-top reactions.
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29
Hide the Pain Harold
2011. Stock photos of Hungarian model András Arató and his forced smile.
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30
You Know I Had to Do It to 'Em
2017. A pose recreated by every character imaginable.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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