Most popular memes of 2025

The 25 memes people looked up most in 2025, ranked by reads of their English Wikipedia article from January to December 2025. The top three: Doge (meme), Storm Area 51, Ice Bucket Challenge.

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)
   537,818 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Internet meme
2. 

   Storm Area 51
   367,427 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Facebook event to breach the military base Area 51 in Nevada, United States
3. 

   Ice Bucket Challenge
   326,640 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Internet meme
4. 

   Performative male
   296,185 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · 2025 internet meme about an alleged archetype of man involving performative displays of progressivism, feminism, as well as emotional sensitivity
5. 

   Vaporwave
   279,057 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · online musical genre and visual aesthetic
6. 

   Godwin's law
   254,112 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · 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.
7. 

   Barbenheimer
   218,776 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Internet meme about the competition between the 2023 films Barbie and Oppenheimer
8. 

   Listenbourg
   181,251 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · fictional country in Europe and Internet meme
9. 

   Rule 63
   160,404 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Internet meme involving gender reversal of an existing male/female character
10. 

    Grimdark
    159,367 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · trope or meme regarding overly dark fiction
11. 

    Goblin mode
    143,789 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Internet meme
12. 

    Nuclear Gandhi
    132,547 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · urban legend software bug in the video game Civilization
13. 

    Charlie Charlie challenge
    131,847 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · game and Internet meme
14. 

    Bielefeld conspiracy
    130,959 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · popular satire about the city of Bielefeld
15. 

    Pacu Jalur
    114,271 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Melayu Riau traditional race
16. 

    Cop slide
    108,127 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · internet phenomenon
17. 

    Chuck Norris facts
    104,366 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · satirical factoids about American martial artist and actor Chuck Norris
18. 

    Lion of Gripsholm Castle
    90,576 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Badly-stuffed lion in Sweden
19. 

    The cake is a lie
    90,515 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Internet meme from the video game Portal
20. 

    All men are created equal
    88,123 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · phrase from U.S. Declaration of Independence
21. 

    Keyboard Cat
    83,641 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · viral video and Internet meme
22. You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?
    81,058 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · 2023 remarks by Vice President Kamala Harris
23. 

    It's Over 9000!
    79,462 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Internet meme
24. 

    Truck-kun
    77,541 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · Internet meme
25. 

    Overly Attached Girlfriend
    74,848 Wikipedia reads in 2025 · fictional character