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19 Memes of 2019

For the past decade, memes have been a major part of social media. Millennials and Gen Z often use memes on Twitter or Instagram to make jokes about many things, from serious world issues to pop culture. Different memes come and go, and here are some of the most popular from 2019.

Birdbox

One of the first memes of 2019, this photo of Sandra Bullock in the movie "Birdbox" became wildly popular on Twitter in January.

"Ight Imma Head Out"

This is yet another Spongebob meme of 2019. The original picture is of Spongebob getting out of his chair but many people edited him into different situation.

World Record Egg

A picture of Kylie Jenner with her daughter Stormi used to be the most liked photo on Instagram. Someone came up with the idea to break this record. They simply posted a picture of an egg and told people to share it. The photo went viral and broke the record for most liked photo.

Kombucha Girl

Tik Tok became wildly popular in 2019. One video by Brittany Broski originated on Tik Tok and took Twitter by storm. The video was of Broski trying kombucha for the first time and it went viral.

Me explaining

This meme was an example of people passionately explaining something to their friends and the other person being slightly scared or not caring.

And I Oop

We've all heard about VSCO girls saying "And I Oop", most commonly when they drop a HydroFlask. This meme is the origin of it all.

Cultural Impact

This is a comparison meme to compare jokes in pop culture and actual respectable people based on their "cultural impact".

Sal from "Impractical Jokers"

The Internet took this photo of Sal Vulcano from the prank show "Impractical Jokers" and either posted it with no context or posted it very randomly in a different way.

Paul Rudd "Hot Ones" Interview


Paul Rudd was a guest on the Youtube show "Hot Ones" where celebrities do an interview while eating hot wings. During the interview, Rudd dropped the famous line: "Hey, look at us. Who would've thought? Not me."

Kylie Jenner "Rise and Shine"

If you have Twitter, this meme was probably unavoidable. In a video interview, Kylie Jenner went to wake up her daughter Stormi by saying "Rise and shine" in a singsongy voice.

Spongebob Purse

Many people edited a photo of Spongebob holding a purse in different places around the world.

Dancing Joker

This meme from the Joker movie is from the famous scene of the Joker dancing down stairs. People used this meme to celebrate things.

"Are you in the right headspace"

This meme originates from a text one woman sent to her friend saying: "Are you in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt you?" to avoid "dumping information" on her friend. And of course, the Internet made their own contributions.

Woman yelling at cat

This is another meme that people passionately used, especially when it comes to defending something they love.

World War III

As tensions with Iran increase, the Internet reacts to world issues the way they do best: with memes.

I'm gonna tell my kids

This meme was used to compare famous people to other things as a joke. These comparisons have no real correlation to the actual people being compared.

Area 51

This meme started as a Facebook joke to get thousands of people to storm Area 51 to see what the government is hiding. The Internet responded by posting tons of memes about breaking out aliens and many other things.

Baby Yoda

This is one of the last memes of 2019, and possibly the cutest. "Baby Yoda" is a character from the Disney+ show "The Mandalorian". Baby Yoda stole the hearts of many Twitter users and some people even created Baby Yoda accounts.