Most popular memes of 2024

The 25 memes people looked up most in 2024, ranked by reads of their English Wikipedia article from January to December 2024. The top three: Doge (meme), Barbenheimer, Godwin's law.

Source: Wikimedia pageview counts, all-access, monthly. Only memes with their own Wikipedia article are counted. For what is spreading this week, see trending memes. Also: Most popular memes of 2025 · Most popular memes of 2024 · Most popular memes of 2023.

1. 

   Doge (meme)
   868,442 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Internet meme
2. 

   Barbenheimer
   445,028 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Internet meme about the competition between the 2023 films Barbie and Oppenheimer
3. 

   Godwin's law
   318,134 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Godwin's Law is known to be the oldest meme on the Internet, made by Mike Godwin. The memes meaning is to say: The longer an online conversation continues, The more of a chance there is to mention Hitler.
4. 

   Vaporwave
   311,559 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · online musical genre and visual aesthetic
5. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
   231,238 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · 2023 remarks by Vice President Kamala Harris
6. 

   Storm Area 51
   227,211 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Facebook event to breach the military base Area 51 in Nevada, United States
7. 

   Goblin mode
   208,406 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Internet meme
8. 

   Charlie Charlie challenge
   195,245 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · game and Internet meme
9. 

   Rule 63
   190,319 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Internet meme involving gender reversal of an existing male/female character
10. 

    Grimdark
    187,275 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · trope or meme regarding overly dark fiction
11. 

    Ice Bucket Challenge
    185,698 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Internet meme
12. 

    Listenbourg
    148,686 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · fictional country in Europe and Internet meme
13. 

    Nuclear Gandhi
    146,852 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · urban legend software bug in the video game Civilization
14. 

    Chuck Norris facts
    133,228 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · satirical factoids about American martial artist and actor Chuck Norris
15. 

    Pilk
    130,935 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · beverage combining milk and Pepsi
16. 

    It's Over 9000!
    125,646 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Internet meme
17. 

    Bielefeld conspiracy
    117,726 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · popular satire about the city of Bielefeld
18. 

    The cake is a lie
    112,969 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Internet meme from the video game Portal
19. 

    Truck-kun
    112,401 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Internet meme
20. 

    All men are created equal
    103,541 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · phrase from U.S. Declaration of Independence
21. 

    Windows 93
    98,697 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · joke web operating system
22. 

    Keyboard Cat
    89,596 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · viral video and Internet meme
23. 

    Lion of Gripsholm Castle
    87,259 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · Badly-stuffed lion in Sweden
24. Alternative facts
    86,622 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · expression associated with political misinformation established in 2017
25. 

    Planking (fad)
    86,359 Wikipedia reads in 2024 · 2011 fad