Crabcore meme
✓ Brand-safe. The meme is generally lighthearted and mocks a specific performance style without being offensive.
What does the Crabcore meme mean?
Crabcore refers to a humorous musical style or microgenre that mocks metalcore guitarists who adopt a low, 'crab-like' squatting stance while performing.
Where did Crabcore come from?
Crabcore is an internet meme that originated in 2007, mocking metalcore guitarists who squat low with their legs spread in a "crab-like" stance while performing. It has been mimicked by a variety of musical groups, leading many magazines and agencies, such as Rolling Stone, Houston Press, and NPR to classify it as a jocular musical style, or microgenre.
Is the Crabcore meme dead?
Less than it was. Crabcore is fading: its rate of reads of its Wikipedia article has slowed by more than 15% compared with the period before. Its current rate is 5% of its peak, which came in the period ending Feb 1, 2024.
The Wikipedia article on Crabcore was read 61 times in November 2026, and 286,701 times since July 2015. Its busiest measured month ended Feb 1, 2024 at 214 reads per day.
Stats
| Busiest month | January 2024 (6,640 reads) |
| Reads, last 12 months | 30,672 |
| Reads, 12 months before | 43,410 |
| Change year on year | -29% |
| All-time reads since July 2015 | 286,701 |
| Current rate vs peak | 5% of the peak in the period ending Feb 1, 2024 |
Crabcore captions for businesses
| real estate | When you find the perfect fixer-upper / And you're ready to get down and dirty |
| dentists | That feeling when you finally floss / And your gums are doing the crabcore dance |
| restaurants | When the food is so good / You can't help but get low |
| fitness studios | Hitting that deep squat / Like a true crabcore champion |
| software startups | When the code finally compiles / And you're ready to celebrate in style |
| coffee shops | That first sip of espresso / Gets you ready to rock (and squat) |
| hair salons | When your client loves their new look / And you're feeling the crabcore energy |
| accountants | When the books finally balance / And you're ready to groove |
More questions
Can a business post the Crabcore meme?
Usually, yes. The meme is generally lighthearted and mocks a specific performance style without being offensive. 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 Crabcore caption for a business?
For real estate: “When you find the perfect fixer-upper / And you're ready to get down and dirty”. For dentists: “That feeling when you finally floss / And your gums are doing the crabcore dance”. For restaurants: “When the food is so good / You can't help but get low”. More captions are in the table above.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Crabcore: article and page-view counts (Wikimedia API)
- Know Your Meme: origin and spread
- memeidea method: how stages and momentum are measured
