Post turtle meme
✓ Brand-safe. The meme is a metaphorical joke about leadership and position, generally not associated with offensive content.
What does the Post turtle meme mean?
The post turtle meme illustrates a situation where someone or something is in a high position but seems to have gotten there by inexplicable means and is unable to function effectively.
Is the Post turtle meme dead?
Less than it was. Post turtle 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 1% of its peak, which came in the period ending Nov 1, 2016.
The Wikipedia article on Post turtle was read 15 times in November 2026, and 408,435 times since July 2015. Its busiest measured month ended Nov 1, 2016 at 397 reads per day.
Stats
| Busiest month | October 2016 (12,308 reads) |
| Reads, last 12 months | 15,271 |
| Reads, 12 months before | 31,384 |
| Change year on year | -51% |
| All-time reads since July 2015 | 408,435 |
| Current rate vs peak | 1% of the peak in the period ending Nov 1, 2016 |
Post turtle captions for businesses
| real estate | Our new intern in charge of listings / How did they get up there? |
| dentists | My wisdom tooth after extraction / Surprisingly high up and not helping anyone. |
| restaurants | The chef's 'special' ingredient / Just sitting there, looking important. |
| fitness studios | My motivation on Monday morning / Perched precariously, not moving. |
| software startups | Our legacy code base / Nobody knows how it got there, but it's crucial. |
| coffee shops | My espresso machine on a Monday morning / Looks important, but not brewing. |
| hair salons | My client's split ends / Just sitting there, doing nothing useful. |
| accountants | My tax return on April 14th / Somehow in a high position, not doing much. |
More questions
Can a business post the Post turtle meme?
Usually, yes. The meme is a metaphorical joke about leadership and position, generally not associated with offensive content. 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 Post turtle caption for a business?
For real estate: “Our new intern in charge of listings / How did they get up there?”. For dentists: “My wisdom tooth after extraction / Surprisingly high up and not helping anyone.”. For restaurants: “The chef's 'special' ingredient / Just sitting there, looking important.”. More captions are in the table above.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Post turtle: article and page-view counts (Wikimedia API)
- Know Your Meme: origin and spread
- memeidea method: how stages and momentum are measured
