For years now the internet had been swirling with images that make people laugh when they see them. The word meme was coined by Richard Dawkins (An idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture). It’s stated as: “A meme acts as a unit for carrying culture ideas, symbols, or practices that can be transmitted from one mind to another through writing, speech, gestures, rituals, or other imitable phenomena with a mimicked theme.” But nowadays memes have turned into a viral phenomenon used on many sites, such as Facebook, Instagram or Twitter, Instant Messaging, Social News Sites like Reddit, and Video Hosting Services like YouTube and Twitch.Tv.

The popular memes are tracked by the best of every month. 2016 had a very fun filled meme calendar. Which is below.

2017 has just started but the calendar has already begun, these are the best memes that this year has seen. 

Many people like memes because of their funny nature and how they tend to make people smile. It’s become an internet phenomenon causing people to follow the trend. Laughing for hours on end and staying up looking at pictures when you should be sleeping is very common with people who associate themselves with the meme community.