Chill guy meme
✓ Brand-safe. This meme format is widely recognized and generally used for lighthearted comparisons, making it safe for most brands.
What does the Chill guy meme mean?
The 'Chill Guy' meme, also known as 'Drakeposting' or 'Drake Hotline Bling', uses two panels of Drake from his 'Hotline Bling' music video to express approval and disapproval for two different things.
Where did Chill guy come from?
Chill guy is an image-macro template on Imgflip, one of the largest meme generators. memeidea's records of Imgflip's most-used templates first show it on Dec 12, 2024, when it ranked #8. For the original image and how it spread, see Know Your Meme.
Is the Chill guy meme dead?
Less than it was. Chill guy is fading: its rate of new memes made on Imgflip has slowed by more than 15% compared with the period before, and it has dropped out of the 100 most used templates.
Chill guy was last among Imgflip's 100 most popular meme templates on Mar 21, 2025, with 21,250 memes made.
Stats
| First in our data | Dec 12, 2024 |
| Measurements | 7 snapshots |
| Best popularity rank on Imgflip | #8 on Dec 12, 2024 |
| Latest popularity rank | #92 on Mar 21, 2025 |
| Total memes made | 21,250 |
| Time in the top 100 (measured) | 99 days |
Chill guy captions for businesses
| real estate | Tiny closet / Walk-in pantry |
| dentists | Skipping your check-up / Flossing daily |
| restaurants | Microwaved food / Freshly made dishes |
| fitness studios | Hitting snooze on your alarm / Hitting the gym before work |
| software startups | Legacy systems / Cloud-native solutions |
| coffee shops | Instant coffee / Freshly brewed artisanal latte |
| hair salons | Bad hair day / Fresh haircut feeling |
| accountants | Tax season panic / Organized financial records |
Riffs on Chill guy
| Monday mornings | My alarm going off at 6 AM / My alarm going off at 6 AM but it's for vacation |
| working from home | Putting on real pants for a video call / Staying in pajamas all day |
| the gym | That first set of burpees / Walking past the gym and just thinking about it |
| coffee | Decaf coffee / A fresh, strong cup of coffee on a Monday |
| holidays with family | Explaining my life choices to Aunt Carol / Eating all the holiday food |
| online shopping | The shipping cost / That 'package delivered' notification |
| taxes | Gathering all the documents / Getting that refund notification |
| group chats | 20 unread messages in 5 minutes / Someone sending a funny meme at 3 AM |
| sports fans | Hearing 'it's just a game' / Your team winning the championship |
| school and exams | All-nighters studying / Getting that 'A' after all the hard work |
| dating apps | Swiping through 100 profiles / A genuinely funny and engaging bio |
| cooking at home | Doing all the dishes after a big meal / That first bite of something you cooked yourself |
More questions
Can a business post the Chill guy meme?
Usually, yes. This meme format is widely recognized and generally used for lighthearted comparisons, making it safe for most brands. memeidea's brand-safety calls are AI-assisted suggestions, so check how the format is being used this week before posting.
What is a good Chill guy caption for a business?
For real estate: “Tiny closet / Walk-in pantry”. For dentists: “Skipping your check-up / Flossing daily”. For restaurants: “Microwaved food / Freshly made dishes”. More captions are in the table above.
Sources
- Imgflip template page: usage counts and template image
- Know Your Meme: origin and spread
- memeidea method: how stages and momentum are measured