Most popular meme templates of all time

Imgflip's 100 most-used meme templates of all time, ranked by how fast people are making new memes with them right now, with each one's lifecycle stage.

Updated Nov 7, 2026 · 30 formats rising · 42 measurements since Nov 29, 2023

#	Format	Stage	Momentum	Brand
1	Drake Hotline Bling 470 new memes/day · 1,585,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
2	Two Buttons 379 new memes/day · 1,231,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
3	Distracted Boyfriend 288 new memes/day · 1,205,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
4	Always Has Been 197 new memes/day · 254,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
5	UNO Draw 25 Cards 189 new memes/day · 671,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
6	Bernie I Am Once Again Asking for Your Support 167 new memes/day · 359,250 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
7	Disaster Girl 167 new memes/day · 447,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
8	Gru's Plan 152 new memes/day · 390,750 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
9	X, X Everywhere 144 new memes/day · 415,000 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
10	Woman Yelling at Cat 136 new memes/day · 413,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
11	Epic Handshake 129 new memes/day · 273,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
12	Left Exit 12 Off Ramp 121 new memes/day · 749,250 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
13	Anakin Padme 4 Panel 114 new memes/day · 158,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
14	Waiting Skeleton 98 new memes/day · 500,750 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
15	Marked Safe From 98 new memes/day · 235,750 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
16	Y'all Got Any More of That 91 new memes/day · 236,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
17	Buff Doge vs. Cheems 83 new memes/day · 388,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
18	Batman Slapping Robin 83 new memes/day · 673,750 all-time	Steady		✕ Risky
19	Sad Pablo Escobar 83 new memes/day · 262,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
20	Bernie Sanders Once Again Asking 83 new memes/day · 72,000 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
21	Running Away Balloon 76 new memes/day · 607,750 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
22	This Is Fine 76 new memes/day · 168,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
23	Oprah You Get a 76 new memes/day · 229,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
24	Squidward window 76 new memes/day · 72,750 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
25	Mocking Spongebob 68 new memes/day · 459,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
26	Trade Offer 68 new memes/day · 134,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
27	Hide the Pain Harold 68 new memes/day · 248,250 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
28	Is This a Pigeon 68 new memes/day · 245,250 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
29	Roll Safe Think About It 68 new memes/day · 347,000 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
30	Bad Luck Brian 68 new memes/day · 200,000 all-time	New	measuring	✓ Brand-safe
31	Change My Mind 61 new memes/day · 682,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
32	Tuxedo Winnie the Pooh 61 new memes/day · 290,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
33	Expanding Brain 61 new memes/day · 486,750 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
34	This Is Where I'd Put My Trophy If I Had One 61 new memes/day · 166,750 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
35	They don't know 61 new memes/day · 53,000 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
36	0 days without (Lenny, Simpsons) 61 new memes/day · 51,000 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
37	Absolute Cinema 61 new memes/day · 34,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
38	I Bet He's Thinking About Other Women 53 new memes/day · 191,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
39	Monkey Puppet 53 new memes/day · 234,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
40	They're the Same Picture 53 new memes/day · 192,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
41	One Does Not Simply 53 new memes/day · 496,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
42	Mother Ignoring Kid Drowning in a Pool 53 new memes/day · 82,000 all-time	Steady		✕ Risky
43	Inhaling Seagull 53 new memes/day · 254,750 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
44	Pawn Stars Best I Can Do 53 new memes/day · 58,000 all-time	Peak		✓ Brand-safe
45	Three-headed Dragon 53 new memes/day · 56,000 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
46	Boardroom Meeting Suggestion 45 new memes/day · 414,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
47	Bike Fall 45 new memes/day · 149,500 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
48	Ancient Aliens 45 new memes/day · 389,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
49	Megamind peeking 45 new memes/day · 104,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
50	You Guys are Getting Paid 45 new memes/day · 76,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
51	Grim Reaper Knocking Door 45 new memes/day · 31,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
52	Imagination Spongebob 45 new memes/day · 79,750 all-time	Peak		✓ Brand-safe
53	Laughing Leo 38 new memes/day · 123,000 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
54	Who Killed Hannibal 38 new memes/day · 145,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
55	The Rock Driving 38 new memes/day · 233,750 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
56	Evil Kermit 38 new memes/day · 168,500 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
57	Futurama Fry 38 new memes/day · 323,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
58	Whisper and Goosebumps 38 new memes/day · 64,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
59	spiderman pointing at spiderman 38 new memes/day · 67,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
60	c'mon do something 38 new memes/day · 38,000 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
61	Drake Blank 38 new memes/day · 68,750 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
62	No - Yes 38 new memes/day · 40,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
63	Spider Man Triple 38 new memes/day · 47,250 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
64	George Bush 9/11 38 new memes/day · 31,000 all-time	Fading		✕ Risky
65	Two guys on a bus 38 new memes/day · 32,500 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
66	Bell Curve 38 new memes/day · 39,250 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
67	Clown Applying Makeup 30 new memes/day · 133,000 all-time	Steady		✕ Risky
68	Panik Kalm Panik 30 new memes/day · 228,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
69	Surprised Pikachu 30 new memes/day · 252,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
70	A train hitting a school bus 30 new memes/day · 70,750 all-time	Steady		✕ Risky
71	Flex Tape 30 new memes/day · 80,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
72	Sleeping Shaq 30 new memes/day · 117,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
73	The Scroll of Truth 30 new memes/day · 237,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
74	American Chopper Argument 30 new memes/day · 192,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
75	Grant Gustin over grave 30 new memes/day · 62,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
76	Types of Headaches meme 30 new memes/day · 75,250 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
77	Soldier protecting sleeping child 30 new memes/day · 50,000 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
78	Gus Fring we are not the same 30 new memes/day · 41,250 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
79	AJ Styles & Undertaker 30 new memes/day · 48,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
80	say the line bart! simpsons 30 new memes/day · 32,750 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
81	Domino Effect 30 new memes/day · 39,750 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
82	Scooby doo mask reveal 30 new memes/day · 35,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
83	Blank Nut Button 23 new memes/day · 321,250 all-time	Steady		✕ Risky
84	All My Homies Hate 23 new memes/day · 57,750 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
85	Anime Girl Hiding from Terminator 23 new memes/day · 59,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
86	Friendship ended 23 new memes/day · 41,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
87	whe i'm in a competition and my opponent is 23 new memes/day · 29,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
88	Charlie Conspiracy (Always Sunny in Philidelphia) 23 new memes/day · 42,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
89	Star Wars Yoda 23 new memes/day · 148,250 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
90	Two Paths 23 new memes/day · 29,250 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
91	I'm the Captain Now 23 new memes/day · 43,750 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
92	Look at Me 19 new memes/day · 71,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
93	Yo Dawg Heard You 15 new memes/day · 89,500 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
94	Megamind no bitches 15 new memes/day · 32,500 all-time	Steady		✕ Risky
95	Grandma Finds the Internet 15 new memes/day · 178,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
96	is this butterfly 15 new memes/day · 35,500 all-time	Steady		✓ Brand-safe
97	Bugs bunny communist 15 new memes/day · 51,250 all-time	Rising		✓ Brand-safe
98	You know, I'm something of a scientist myself 15 new memes/day · 29,500 all-time	New		✓ Brand-safe
99	Third World Skeptical Kid 8 new memes/day · 200,000 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe
100	where monkey 0 new memes/day · 65,500 all-time	Fading		✓ Brand-safe

How to read it

Between Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 7, 2026, people made 15,500 new Drake Hotline Bling memes on Imgflip (470 per day), ranking #1 by momentum of 100 formats memeidea tracks. Its fastest measured period ended Oct 13, 2024 at 1,008 per day. Stage compares each format's latest rate with its own history: Rising means faster than its previous period, Peak near its fastest ever, Fading slowing. Method.