Free meme trends API
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| Endpoint | What it returns |
|---|---|
| /api/v1/scoreboard.json | Every tracked format (313): name, url, type, stage, heat, rate, total, YouTube views, brand-safe flag |
| /api/v1/trending.json | The current trending list with a one-line reason for each |
| /api/v1/new.json | New templates from Reddit, with upvotes and upvote speed |
| /api/v1/meme/<slug>.json | One meme: stage, meaning, momentum history, top YouTube videos. Example: https://memeidea.com/api/v1/meme/drake-hotline-bling.json |
Fields
- stage: New, Rising, Peak, Steady or Fading (see method)
- heat (h): 0 to about 145; percentile of growth within the source plus a stage bonus
- rate_per_day: new Imgflip memes per day, or Wikipedia reads per day, between measurements
- brand_safe: AI-assisted call; a suggestion, not a guarantee
Example
curl https://memeidea.com/api/v1/trending.json