Listenbourg meme
✓ Brand-safe. The meme is lighthearted and revolves around a fictional place, making it safe for most businesses.
What does the Listenbourg meme mean?
Listenbourg is a fictional country created as an internet meme, often used to humorously trick people into believing it's a real place on a map, or to poke fun at geographical ignorance.
Where did Listenbourg come from?
Listenbourg is a fictional country created as the subject of an internet meme in October 2022, which depicts it as an extension of the Iberian Peninsula. French Twitter user Gaspard Hoelscher shared a doctored map of Europe with a red arrow pointing to the outline of a pasted country adjacent to Portugal and Spain, and joked that Americans would not be able to name the country.
Is the Listenbourg meme dead?
Less than it was. Listenbourg 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 9% of its peak, which came in the period ending Feb 1, 2023.
The Wikipedia article on Listenbourg was read 427 times in November 2026, and 577,538 times since July 2015. Its busiest measured month ended Feb 1, 2023 at 825 reads per day.
Stats
| Busiest month | January 2023 (25,574 reads) |
| Reads, last 12 months | 103,631 |
| Reads, 12 months before | 178,876 |
| Change year on year | -42% |
| All-time reads since July 2015 | 577,538 |
| Current rate vs peak | 9% of the peak in the period ending Feb 1, 2023 |
Listenbourg captions for businesses
| real estate | Found your dream home in Listenbourg! / (Just kidding, but we can find it here!) |
| dentists | Our patients travel from Listenbourg / for these amazing smiles! |
| restaurants | Listenbourg's national dish? / Definitely our [Dish Name]! |
| fitness studios | Training the athletes of Listenbourg / one squat at a time! |
| software startups | Our new feature is so good, / it's even catching on in Listenbourg! |
| coffee shops | The official coffee of Listenbourg / (and your morning commute)! |
| hair salons | Listenbourg's best-kept secret? / Our incredible balayage! |
| accountants | Even in Listenbourg, / everyone needs a good accountant! |
More questions
Can a business post the Listenbourg meme?
Usually, yes. The meme is lighthearted and revolves around a fictional place, making it safe for most businesses. 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 Listenbourg caption for a business?
For real estate: “Found your dream home in Listenbourg! / (Just kidding, but we can find it here!)”. For dentists: “Our patients travel from Listenbourg / for these amazing smiles!”. For restaurants: “Listenbourg's national dish? / Definitely our [Dish Name]!”. More captions are in the table above.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Listenbourg: article and page-view counts (Wikimedia API)
- Know Your Meme: origin and spread
- memeidea method: how stages and momentum are measured
