Do you share memes on social media? Memes are shared or seen by almost everyone on the internet. Memes have always been a unique and important part of internet culture. They’re basically photos with a funny line or a catch phrase that the viewer can instantly relate to and find hilarious. These memes are also used as templates for delivering virally popular sayings, quotes, and lines.
Memes and their templates are updated on a regular basis. A meme can go viral for a short period of time before its popularity fades as another meme emerges on social media platforms.
The subjects in the original photograph become famous as a result of the popularity of some memes. They had a large number of followers on social media, and they were occasionally offered deals in the entertainment industry.
New memes are discovered and posted on a regular basis, but some memes are remembered by many people even if they are no longer in use. If we look at the subjects in those photos now, we’ll notice that most of them have changed a lot and that a lot of time has passed since that particular meme was popular.
As a result, we chose a set of hilarious and well-known memes that were popular at the time, and compared them to the current person who was in them. These are some of the most well-known memes that have been circulated, and you may still see them on social media today.
Check out what we’ve gathered for you by scrolling down. Please vote for your favorite meme to the top and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
#1 Nick Young – Confused Nick Young
This NBA basketball player was featured in a video in 2014. This was his expression for his mom ridiculing him in front of his friends.
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#2 Giorgio Tsoukalos – Aliens Are To Blame For Everything
Staring in ancient aliens, he explains that he believes that ancient civilizations had connections with aliens. Ever since alien memes were made using this template.
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#3 Kayode Ewumi – Roll Safe
this meme was created in 2016. This was featured in a footage of a BBC documentary. Later it was used to create memes with brainy quotes which were funny.
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#4 Igor Nazarov – A Schoolboy In A Swamp
This boy had taken a photo in a swamp in 2016 whihc went viral. The reason for this photo was to submit this for a photography contest for the most unusual photo.
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#5 Kabosu – Doge
This became a very successful meme which is still being used. It emerged on the internet on 2013 and it is still being used to make memes.
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#6 Jordan Peele – Sweating Jordan Peele
In 2013 this came to the internet as a meme. This was made a template for all the alarming things that might happen to a person.
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#7 Mia Talerico – Good Luck Charlie
This was a video on the Disney channel show. This is often used to make memes that the punch line is ‘I don’t know’.
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#8 Vladimir Brest – Dramatic Dmitry
A Russian musician had this on one of his videos in 2011. Then it was later converted to make funny quotes that supposed to be dramatic.
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#9 András Arató – Harold Hiding The Pain
This person’s smile resembles to someone smiling forcedly when they are in pain. He quickly become famous for this in real life too. This meme was created in 2011.
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#10 Zeddie Smith – Ridiculously Photogenic Guy
This came out in the year of 2012. It was then shared as a meme because of this perfect picture in session of a marathon.
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#11 Dustin Mattson – Hipster Barista
In 2011, this picture was surfaced. This barista with tattoos was ridiculed for being hipster. But he explained that its his way of expressing his love towards his job.
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#12 Maggie Goldenberger – Ermahgerd
This was a funny template to use quotes that usually associated with the phrase ‘Oh my God’. This came into existence in 2012.
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#13 Sam Griner – Success Kid
This came into existence in 2007 as Sam Griner was trying to eat sand at the beach. Every since this pooped up people have been making memes associated with success and triumph.
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#14 Zoe Roth – Disaster Girl
This was taken by her father in 2004. She was observing how firefighters handled the fire. This picture even won a photography contest in 2007. It was used to make memes that are associated with evil satisfaction.
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#15 Chloe – Side-Eyeing Chloe
This surfaced in a video where Chloe and her sister was told that they were being taken to Disneyland. Her sister was seen to be excited while Chloe was giving this very confused look.
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#16 Laina Morris – Overly Attached Girlfriend
In 2012, she appeared on YouTube to sing a parody version of Justin Bieber’s ‘Boyfriend’. Later she became famous for her meme as an overly attached girlfriend. She got to feature in some famous YouTube videos as well. But she announced she will quit YouTube in 2019.
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#17 Michael McGee – Trying To Hold A Fart In Class
Although most memes are randomly captured images. This was created on purpose. He could make this face on command and in 2014 he posed for this photo that went viral.
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#18 The Grumpy Cat
The grumpy cat too was a funny template for all the grumpy and odd lines of humor. But, it sadly passed away in 2019.
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#19 Bad Luck Brian (Kyle Craven)
In 2012 this picture from an yearbook photoshoot went online and since then, it was associated memes about bad luck.
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#20 Silvia Bottini – First World Problems
Actually this is an actress. And this picture was used to make fun of things people referred to as problems that really weren’t.
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#21 Blake Boston – Scumbag Steve
This was an album cover in 2011. Later his scumbag attitude on an interview made this picture a meme to make hilariously rebellious phrases into memes.
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#22 Drew Scanlon – Blinking White Guy
This came out in a video in 2013. This captured this guys doing a blink with a bit of a surprised look. So it was used to make memes that addressed unexpected changes as this guy blinks.
