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Locktober meme

FadingStage

1,003Reads last month

126,962All-time reads

✕ Risky for brands. This meme is explicitly sexual and associated with BDSM, making it entirely unsuitable for most businesses.

What does the Locktober meme mean?

Locktober is an annual event in October where participants, often in BDSM communities, commit to sexual chastity, typically by wearing a chastity cage or abstaining from sexual activity.

Where did Locktober come from?

Locktober is an annual month-long event centered around chastity, observed largely within BDSM and kink communities. Throughout October, participants commit to wearing a chastity cage or abstaining from sexual activity, often under the control of a dominant partner.

From the introduction of the Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Is the Locktober meme dead?

Less than it was. Locktober 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 18% of its peak, which came in the period ending Nov 1, 2026.

The Wikipedia article on Locktober was read 1,003 times in November 2026, and 126,962 times since July 2015. Its busiest measured month ended Nov 1, 2026 at 945 reads per day. As of Nov 7, 2026.

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Other formats that are fading right now: Rule 34, 6-7, Italian brainrot, Kirkification, Lean (drug).

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Sources

• Wikipedia: Locktober: article and page-view counts (Wikimedia API)
• Know Your Meme: origin and spread
• memeidea method: how stages and momentum are measured

Image: Wikimedia Commons (free licence; see file page for author and terms).