In recent years, memes have risen in popularity. To be honest, since 2020, humor has become much more essential to maintaining one’s mental health.

If you’re like me, memes have become an increasingly great way to keep in touch with friends. Even if nothing particularly exciting is happening in your life, just sending a meme to the group chat is a great way to say, “hey I’m still alive just busy doing my adult thing.”

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Yes, in a way, memes have become a coping mechanism for many of us – especially if you’re a millennial.

If you’re a millennial like me, then you’re probably well-versed in the different types of memes that have been popular in the last few years. But looking specifically at the ones for 2021, there are so many to completely remember off the top of your head.

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If you want to on a little walk down meme memory lane for this past year, then Known Your Meme has you covered.

They have put together a very colorful animated representation of a timeline that shows all the most popular memes of 2021. This chart comes complete with data insight such as bar charts to show just how popular a certain meme was, and for how long. It’s so specific and scientific that we love it!

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As explained, “We’ve pulled the data and crunched the numbers. Here’s what the most popular memes of 2021 were based on pageviews to our website.”

Check out the video down below:

Which was your favorite meme for 2021? Let us know!