Overview
- Know Your Meme’s Top 20 names the 67 meme and its mascot, the 67 Kid, as Meme of the Year after a months-long, platform-spanning run.
- AI-fueled formats dominate the roundups, with Italian Brainrot, Sora chiropractor clips, AI Baby Holding a Laugh, and other synthetic videos driving both creativity and confusion.
- Horse Race Tests, the Jet2 holiday audio, and James Doakes reaction images surface as widely used templates that sustained engagement beyond quick-hit virality.
- Real-world moments fed meme culture, including the “Coldplay Couple” video later tied to Astronomer executives Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot, which spawned countless remakes.
- Coverage notes unresolved flashpoints that generated heavy memeing, such as Hasan Piker’s alleged dog shock-collar incident, which remains contested online.