DISCUSS: https://www.reddit.com/r/EmperorLemon/comments/5lnd1s/discussion_top_10_dank_memes_of_2016/
(Oh wow, a Reddit discussion. This channel has truly become the epitome of internet cancer)

Your videos make me question my life decisions, in a good way. Thanks.

Your videos make me question my life decisions, in a good way. Thanks.

RIP Stefan Karl

He will always be number 1 our hearts 💕❤

RIP Stefan Karl

He will always be number 1 our hearts 💕❤

your videos are frikin well thought out and i can see your channel blowing up in a few months and i know that sounds long but your work will pay off i just know it just keep your head up.

EmpLemon<br>Robbie’s cancer is back. He doesn’t have much time left. The memes were not enough.

EmpLemon
Robbie’s cancer is back. He doesn’t have much time left. The memes were not enough.

EmpLemon this has raped my mind. Thank you for the clinsing

EmpLemon this has raped my mind. Thank you for the clinsing

When do you think the next meme revolution is, also when will you make another top 10 list?

What’s wrong with anime <br>BTW watch jojo’s bizarre adventure it is a meme god

What’s wrong with anime
BTW watch jojo’s bizarre adventure it is a meme god

EmpLemon thx for the Gorillaz music. They are my fave band

EmpLemon thx for the Gorillaz music. They are my fave band

EmpLemon are you going to make a 2017 version

EmpLemon are you going to make a 2017 version

Good choice of jeb memes<br>But here's a question: What if meme magic is real?

Good choice of jeb memes
But here's a question: What if meme magic is real?

(When emplemon tells me to unsubscribe)<br>BITCH DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!!!!(subscribes)

(When emplemon tells me to unsubscribe)
BITCH DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO!!!!!!(subscribes)

EmpLemon lazy town. The kings of left field

EmpLemon lazy town. The kings of left field

EmpLemon Thank you for the WWE references. I wish Punk would come back.

EmpLemon Thank you for the WWE references. I wish Punk would come back.

Agreed! I've learned so much from this video

Agreed! I've learned so much from this video

Why else would u go there? That's the whole fricking point

Why else would u go there? That's the whole fricking point

EmpLemon I like your videos but your wrong because Cleveland hasn't won a championship for 52 years.

EmpLemon good on you for using gorillaz on the Harare part

EmpLemon good on you for using gorillaz on the Harare part

I KNOW IM LATE BUT FUCKING TF2 PAN SOUND

I KNOW IM LATE BUT FUCKING TF2 PAN SOUND

EmpLemon The dankest instagram account is Antonin Rosephesto. Look him up. He posts porn, wario shit, photoshopped faces of his face and his vice principal's face, deformed animals, spongeknob squarenuts, his obsession over wonder woman, and creepy ass shit. This account is the fucking future of memes and you MUST do a video on it.

2017: T H E  B A T H<br>I'm sad to say that THE BATH has been taken into normdom...

2017: T H E  B A T H
I'm sad to say that THE BATH has been taken into normdom...

Emp i found the world's dankest Insta: Antonin Rosephesto. He posts wario porn, creepy videos, animals being murdered, and spongeknob squarepants, as well as him ranting about how people think hes sexist because he likes wonder woman

Now what of you turned out to be a normie yourself, but you can't see it because all of your mirrors break when you look at them.

mechanikilla
I hate anime. I'm a proud normie according to YOUR words.

mechanikilla
I hate anime. I'm a proud normie according to *YOUR* words.

Lauson Sheldon <br>Sanic wasn't a classic meme, it was an MLG meme, one of my least favorite.

Lauson Sheldon
Sanic wasn't a classic meme, it was an MLG meme, one of my least favorite.

Who remembers 2011 memes like troll face and sanic? Ahh, the good times

Who remembers 2011 memes like troll face and sanic? Ahh, the good times

I've been here since frying nemo, and I can honestly say, I like the new emplemon better

I found Sans in your gallery of Dat Boi. Your channel is dead to me.

I found Sans in your gallery of Dat Boi. Your channel is dead to me.

EmpLemon Why is there a add on this video? I thought you made them for fun.

YOUTUBE MUSIC -Topic, I didn't subscribe to him anymore

YOUTUBE MUSIC -Topic, I didn't subscribe to him anymore

awesomecaillou5656 VGCP EDCP/Mickey Snivy no u didn't

awesomecaillou5656 VGCP EDCP/Mickey Snivy no u didn't

EmpLemon make frying shrek its your destiny

EmpLemon make frying shrek its your destiny

EmpLemon love all of the pink Floyd references

EmpLemon love all of the pink Floyd references

Bruce Griffin Really? I thought it was a Jojo reference.

Bruce Griffin Really? I thought it was a Jojo reference.

at 7:09 do i see a pink floyd refrence?!?! miice man love your music the gorillaz (used to play slipknot at end of episodes)

@Antonio Parker Is this some new form of ironic cancer?

@Antonio Parker Is this some new form of ironic cancer?

sorry new friend. you're not at the bottom yet

sorry new friend. you're not at the bottom yet

EmpLemon Yo not gonna lie. I Laughed so hard in the beginning.  It was so funny. Especially the part with Casin playing and the scientist getting blown away! 😂😂😂

Sorry I thought that this was EmpL⅃qmƎ based on that intro

Sorry I thought that this was EmpL⅃qmƎ based on that intro

@Ean Aldridge yeah but shrek is 4 years old now, it started in 2013.

@Ean Aldridge yeah but shrek is 4 years old now, it started in 2013.

@Nathen G what he made a bunch of ogre puns didn't he

@Nathen G what he made a bunch of ogre puns didn't he

EmpLemon the first time I saw this I thought shrek would've been number one

@XboxDude TVHead Nothing, kek will bring about the great awaking, then the great chaos, then the great end! He will make america great again!

EmpLemon what's the next big meme awaking

EmpLemon what's the next big meme awaking

I'll bet a lot of exploding memes are famous thanks to specific age groups watching it over and over again. Other groups see their popularity and latch on to them, making them even bigger. Just a guess...

it was a good year i also enjoyed that tennis round

it was a good year i also enjoyed that tennis round

14:32 HOLY SHIT CULT OF PERSONALITY BABY

14:32 HOLY SHIT CULT OF PERSONALITY BABY

3:32 Don't you mean, saying "Mista Boombastic" Stuff?

3:32 Don't you mean, saying "Mista Boombastic" Stuff?

EmpLemon how do you not have at least 500k subs?

EmpLemon how do you not have at least 500k subs?

...I have a feeling ur going to ytp pink Floyd soon...

...I have a feeling ur going to ytp pink Floyd soon...

EmpLemon i do not disagree with this list papa lemon

EmpLemon i do not disagree with this list papa lemon

EmpLemon ∩      ∩<br>                     ( ͡° 3 ͡°) ❤

EmpLemon ∩      ∩
                     ( ͡° 3 ͡°) ❤

So, Mr. Lemon, you used Pride Patties? I feel old because that was my first YTP.

EmpLemon that was fucking amazing. Seriously. Really good job, keep it up!

EmpLemon that was fucking amazing. Seriously. Really good job, keep it up!

I am Definitely in the DOWNWARD SPIRAL!!!!!!!

I am Definitely in the DOWNWARD SPIRAL!!!!!!!

EmpLemon this is probably the best video I've ever seen from you keep it up!!

@Snazzy G Lol silly backwards fan, the Downward Spiral is all about UNsubscribe!

EmpLemon can u take me with you on ur downward spiral.....i need subs lol

EmpLemon can u take me with you on ur downward spiral.....i need subs lol

holy shit I gotta smoke you up and just converse with you for a few hours my man. If you're ever in NYC hit me up

EmpLemon I can't believe I watched a half hour long video about how memes impact society

I keep pressing the unsubscribe button but it keeps resubscribing me, <br>I CAN'T ESCAPE THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL

I keep pressing the unsubscribe button but it keeps resubscribing me,
I CAN'T ESCAPE THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL

I just watched a 30 minute video analysing memes and their effect on us as a society. wow.

21:33 I KNOW THAT THUMBNAIL
STAR_ YTP WHEN

21:33 *I KNOW THAT THUMBNAIL*
STAR_ YTP WHEN

I want Meme theory to be a thing SO BADLY

I want Meme theory to be a thing SO BADLY

Can we have a 4chan thread as well please?

Can we have a 4chan thread as well please?

EmpLemon I love that you used clips from The Wall! Liked!

EmpLemon I love that you used clips from The Wall! Liked!

Hey remember when you said Cyberchase would become a dank meme in 2017 once, Emp?

EmpLemon can your world tour end? It's pissing everyone off can u PLEASE make frying dory? Stop making us unsubscribe right now

its a meme from an anime it must be bad
but its good because classic rock
>maybe if you watched the first 2 seasons, you'd see that its pretty metal. gets a little gay afterwards

Dude you missed one for donald trump<br>Remember, YOURE FIRED

Dude you missed one for donald trump
Remember, YOURE FIRED

EmpLemon I first heard about Harambe when a YouTuber mentioned him in one of his let's plays. The boss he was fighting was a robotic gorilla.

No "ITS HAPPENING" at any point during the video

weak

No "ITS HAPPENING" at any point during the video

weak

I won't deny it's becoming cancerous but I wouldn't call it the epitome. Surely you must have seen drama alert.


The nostalgia here is unreal. As a complete degenerate, memes are really important to me, and haven't felt the same since after 2016, when I was in the middle of high school and felt the world was my oyster, had friends to hang out with and share memes, and overall contained such an essence of innocence, rebellion, and joy now looking back on it 4 years later. 2016 Was probably the best year of my life and memes as a creative expression of humor, counter-culture, and art made it so much better.

@under a rock  Just like drugs it's bad for you


2016 was, and will always be the peak of memes, and sadly the end of many the great Internet personalities.


If I'm completely honest, 2016 was the greatest year for memes! A lot of the memes were revolutionary, and set the standard for memes we see today 5 years later. I still remember seeing We Are Number One and the "But-edits" for the first time, like it was yesterday. You could say, it changed my life.

Are shitpost status videos a remnant of these old memes? It looks very similar.


Coming back to this just under 3 years later reminds me of all the amazing memes that were in 2016, and we have truly regressed. I believe society and culture as a whole underwent a change in that year, and today, it's just different... and as great as that revolution was, it was a last hurrah, and memes and society are not the same today.

@Justin yeah dude i wrote this 2 years ago its not a big deal l9l


WATS DIS!?
QUALITY CONTENT ON YOUTUBE?!?!?!

For real Emperor of Lemons, this video is fucking GR8!

Why does google translate <br>BOI >3 to BOOKS >3???

Why does google translate
BOI >3 to BOOKS >3???

This right here.  THIS is how you know you've won the internet.

FrankJavCee I KNOW RIGHT? GOOD OL FRANKY JAVY MC-CEEE HAS FIGURED IT OUT BOIII


2016 and 2017 were like the biggest shift in internet and global culture in the history of the past 30 years aside from 2020.


I feel like I walked into a time capsule


2016: worst youtube rewind ever!

2018: Hold my beer

@BiscuitFever there isn't even a rewind lmfao


. . . I clicked on this video expecting another overdone joke, but I was completely thrown off by how you explained and reflected on both internet/meme culture and events in the 'real world'. You were really respectful towards different opinions, as well. This was really refreshing (and honestly surprising) to see — thank you for this!


2016: how it started<br>2020: how it’s going

2016: how it started
2020: how it’s going


watching this during the 2020 election and wishing we had memes this good this year :(


RIP Stefan Karl -  A wonderful guy, and a truly great memelord.


why is reddit taking over every meme now


After everything that’s going on in 2020 I gotta say, I miss 2016 a lot, it was such a fun year.

yup, i even miss the bad times back then


Fun fact, this is the first video of yours I’ve ever watched.


It's funny how 2016 was a good year for memes and drama, but not for music because popular music was ran by normies and the left, so it all just felt samey and depressed that year. Then 2019 was the polar opposite where dankness started invading music as well (Old Town Road) and it was the most explicitly political year of pop music too.

Either way, you were right on the money about a cultural change and meme change happening that year, but the normie left forces were not going down without a fight and that war is still going on.


HOLY SHIT THAT LAST THEORY ABOUT THE ELECTION FUCKING CHANGED ME


In 2007, You are a Pirate. In 2012, Cooking by the Book. In 2016, We are Number One.

Lazy town memes but every time one appears it gets faster

A random LazyTown episode but no cuz Stefán Karl died and I'm crying

by 2026 We'll have a new Lazy town meme every 12 hours

@Charles Simon Nope, none in 2019, maybe 2020?

@Hauntological Wittgensteinian still a couple months left, we'll see

lazy town memes but stefán karl stefánsson died of cancer

@Charles Simon its 2019 and still no sign of a recovery

Professer Dooda I thought "We are number one" was a 2017 meme

Professer Dooda And where is the Mine Song?

+HEHEHE IM A SUPAH STAR RAPPAH PARAPPA *2004 I think

In a decade, we might get a new lazy town meme every week, day, hell, even hour

lukepyung 1 then 2 in 2023, 3 in 2024 etc.

ItsBeboy Vlogs Mine Song didn't pick up much momentum though, and felt rather forced.

Charles Simon then 2021, then 2022, then 2022 1/2, then 2022 3/4, and so on.


2016 was five years ago…

Not an amazing year, but a time taken for granted. This was really the year where memes had a huge turning point in how they were presented.


Rip Stefan Carl Stefanson<br>He will always be number one..

Rip Stefan Carl Stefanson
He will always be number one..


This was a trip down memory lane. Thank you Emperor.


This was a nice trip down memory lane. God I wish I could go back to 2016.


A top 10 list that isn't boring as fuck. Good job.


i miss 2016, i don't care what anyone else says


Donald Trump: *Watches one if EmperorLemon's Videos
A U T I S M  H A S  B E C O M E  A N  E P I D E M I C

Donald Trump: *Watches one if EmperorLemon's Videos
*A U T I S M  H A S  B E C O M E  A N  E P I D E M I C*

Shoutouts to Simpleflips it means that it is a problem in the world that we need to focus more on and try to get more treatments for. Kind like the huge opioid epidemic


3 years later and I still miss 2016 and all of its twisted meme glory.


the number of sources pulled from is godly

Cyranek, I mean, he did say that he worked on it for way to long

Cyranek yo Behind the normie deleted your comment on his crash video lmao

Cyranek, you are a meme lord talking to this meme lord. <b>W H O A</b>

Cyranek, you are a meme lord talking to this meme lord. *W H O A*

Cyranek yeah your here help the Danica with air horn remixes

It was great on its content and its references as well :D


it's wild how Emp used the iceberg image before it got popular and meme-like, neat.

It was actually first used by 4chan in 2014 and then had a little popularity in tumblr the next year before it fizzled out before the meme making its comeback in 2020


Almost, wait 2 more years and we're gonna relive 2016 memes


2016 was the greatest meme year in history


Holy crap, 2017 almost over and 'to be continued' is still OK. It's not very funny, but still hasn't been normified.

Yeah giornos theme is normie as hell on tik tok

@i don't check my notifications a lot of JoJo memes have been normiefied, like Kono Dio da, the stand cries, and probably mkre

I dunno if it'll ever get normified. Prog and JoJo's are both very non-normie. Prog has never been the #1 genre as far as I know and normies will never go and play it in public or such. JoJo's has a lot of memes, but for all the ones that were overused, I can't really think of any that went normie. I could be misremembering, though.

@AOR Minx  Usually a meme dies when normies find it and make it cringy enough for there to be a consensus on it's death. An example would be a big normie page on twitter or instagram like Hoodclips reposting a bad/unfunny version of it.

A Mysterious Mustached Individual I'm new. How do they get normified? I thought when they get old is when they get normified.


Such a profoundly futurist video for its time.
How he predicted memes becoming more surreal and counter-culture.
A relic.


To be completely honest, I didn't get into memes or even consume memes until the end of 2015 to early 2016. Some of these memes were absolutely spot on. Trump has continued to embrace meme culture and meme/Internet culture will determine the 2020 and future elections.


This hurt the fuck out of me to watch.
How did you mix YTP and commentary so fucking well?
I love it. Also rip Robbie Rotten :(


I'm surprised "you reposted in the wrong-" wasn't here, although the music was used lol. So many good and (now nostalgic) funny memes in 2016. I'm glad I was around avidly for the time.


Going back for this video 5 years later really shows how the internet changed even emp has changed so much that you can’t even see his older video because of his new format. Memes like drama alert sjw that were events in 2016 are now part of 2022 like dream and mr beast becoming celebrity’s themselves. It fun to see how the online landscape has changed in so little time


Looking at this video now, I feel like modern meme culture peaked too early, (not that memes now are bad nowadays.)


Curt cobain's brain also reached incredible heights


2:41 He actually said he made a HARAMBE MEME BEFORE IT WAS COOL
Just let that sink in....

2:41 He actually said he made a *HARAMBE MEME BEFORE IT WAS COOL*
Just let that sink in....


It’s so hard to believe this was 4 years ago, Jesus I hate this world


Hey just wanted to say that these sorts of videos have made me think a lot, and I've become quite excited to start participating in the Internet and YouTube culture. Thank you for making this kind of content with this sort of awareness to it.


2016 was a golden age of memes. But like any Golden Age, it was quickly followed by a swift and catastrophic

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Its 2019 and 2016 memes are always superior


Knocks points off a meme for originating from an anime

Uses an anime game song midi a few minutes later in the video

*Knocks points off a meme for originating from an anime*

*Uses an anime game song midi a few minutes later in the video*

2016, when anime and weebs were laughing stocks of the internet. And look where we are today. Nearly everyone I come across the internet loves anime!

@Kevin i stick to older classic shows, some of the newer Anime have that "uwu" artsyle and "cringy" tropes. It's kinda overdone and oversaturated. Not to say, that Modern Anime can't be good sometimes, they just tend to have this repulsive culture around them.

Мбн Цринге Бох

For anyone curious stumbling onto this thread, the song is the impossible piano remix of "U.N. Owen Was Her?", the extra stage boss theme from Embodiment of Scarlet Devil.

All this discussing, and none of you guys could pull your heads out of your asses for long enough to consider that maybe Emp was making a joke about the whole anime thing?  I dunno, given how much he sources from anime in his videos, and how that statement was said once and never again, it sounds more like a joke than anything.

As we can see above my comment, though, butthurt was the end result of it, not laughter.  This is so sad.  Alexa, play Despacito.

That's just you Kevin, your playing with fire when you out people for still enjoying something - Over generalizing really. Imagine you and a friend enjoyed something together sometime ago; A third friend comes along and asks what you're discussing? Friend #2 mentions it and you Interject with... pfft no, that's lame! - Those people are weird
(Comes off as one trying to save face at potentially, the unintentional expense of another. (maybe not the best analogy but It's all I got on the spot))
I won't say your incorrect that a lot of stuff has become mass produced and kinda stale but to then imply by extension all of it is?
People should diversify though anyway, watch more then just anime or shitty TV Shows/Movies; find a balance but explore.

DerpyDosh But short answer is that it's impossible for him to hate all anime. Just the normie-friendly ones at best.

ALSO not to mention he used footage from Attack on Titan in this video when discussing Donald Trump. Hmmm.

Thing is he's referenced Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon in his previous videos, so he can't hate ALL anime, right? Maybe he just has a soft spot for those two because they would've aired on CN/Toonami when he was growing up.

Kevin but Emp be acting like all anime fans are weeaboo degenerates. Once upon a time, 4Chan was a board to discuss anime/manga

People always hated weebs, even 4chan did

Monzer you mean like We are number one? Lemon has recently been bitter about anime yet never gave a reason. I think he thinks it makes him look cool. I remember he used a Gurren Lagann sound bit in one of his older poops(B.U, Before Uncredibles)


I been watching a lot of your older commentary videos and I gotta say, your editing is addictive!! Keep up the good stuff dude!


Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc. (Instrumental)

You guys are all wrong, the best song is O Green World

Alex Herrick true true. Every planet we reach is dead is better in some ways, in my opinion.

Feel good inc is overrated. Not the best song on the album

Sparkledip Waiting for the Worms- Pink Floyd

Sparkledip finally someone knows good music


very high quality video. i appreciate the amount of effort dealt in creating this video. the creator of this .mp4 file uploaded on youtube should have many more subscribers than he currently does. keep up the amazing work my friend.


God this was three years ago, i remember watching this and thinking, “oh hell yeah he’s right good picks”


2016 was the peak of memes.

And also the cause of their downfall.

At least it was fun.


i watched this video back when it was released and let me tell you...<br>it aged, not aged badly, it just aged.

i watched this video back when it was released and let me tell you...
it aged, not aged badly, it just aged.


Man, your editing for these videos are what keep me clicking on these!  I like what you have to say for these kind as well.  Like fans badgering you about pointless things.


He didn’t overstate Harambe’s staying power


This was a million times better than Watchmojo's list. Only, I was hoping, "We are number one", to be #1


I hope this year, 2020 will be the next dank year, just like 2016

I miss 2016


Well researched, and proposed an interesting theory. I like it.

Also, how tf did you get your own subreddit? Nice man, usually those subreddits are shut down quickly.


Don’t forget the obvious 4:20 dank memes


"crawling in my crawl" has been my favorite for the last 2 years


I think 2016 was so bad that we needed a meme revolution so we could cover up our creeplin depression and anxiety. Thanks memes

xXDeviljungleXx the worse the year, the better the entertainment. The better the year the worse the entertainment.


27:07 I really appreciate (and we really must appreciate) that you didn't simply select the memes with the most viewed videos in Youtube, but you actually thought about all the significance that every individual meme could have to the meme history for now and after.
  Also I'm pleased that you haven't just talked about your decisions spontaneously, but you wrote them and selected them carefully.
 I appreciate (again, but must say it) your work and channel, bro. Keep doing quality stuff


I was in school, and I started looking at Pepe memes, and my science teacher got pissed off calling it a hate symbol. I just started laughing, and had to explain to him what it actually was. he still gave me an office referral.


2016 was like the final boss of a game and we're just end game now


I actually never get tired of the To be continued meme.  I watch the comps and I still laugh just about everytime.


The Dank Cult of Personality Midi starts at 14:34
Frankenstein Midi starts at 26:22


as a person seeing this in 2019 i can say this was a mistake


This video basically puts into speech my exact ideals and opinions. Great job on this one, man!


Seeing all this hate you get is just depressing.Even if its as a joke,it's not funny.
You went out and made so much research to make a good quality video about memes.
I've been subscribed for a really long time and i like they way your channel is going.My respect for you and your channel has grown immensly.Stay cool brother.

Gabe Newell explains a lot, superior overlord.

Gabe Newell I don't mean to be mean, but where exactly is all this hate? Scrolling through the comments, I don't see anything.


now im getting nostalgic for this time, i dont even remember most things that happened then and i was old enough to remember


Not in all my meme-ing have I even seen such an absurd meme density. Obligatory over 9000 joke aside, good on you sir for taking the time to clearly describe memes and their significance in a coherent and entertaining way.


LITTLE DID HE KNOW, 2017 WOULD BE THE ONE OF THE MOST CANCER YEAR OF THIS DECADE


Talking about a gorrila with gorrilaz playing in the background. Nice


Let's bring back 1337 language for shits and giggles


He even got Richie Jackson in at the end, Lemon truly knows the entire internet, inside-out.<br>Legend

He even got Richie Jackson in at the end, Lemon truly knows the entire internet, inside-out.
Legend


Haven’t watched emp in years
I’ve entered the downward spiral once again

Haven’t watched emp in years
*I’ve entered the downward spiral once again*


We need a top 10 dank memes of 2017 from emplemon not watchmojo


Woah, a quality top ten list? What world do I live in!


My boy how can you take memes seriously but make fun of anime?


Harambe is a normie's meme? Just you wait for Ugandan Knuckles...


I feel like the dank meme train is slowing down. We haven't had any fresh memes in a while.


12:56 Touhou, hmmm?  Never expect you'd use this song for YouTube Drama.  Good choice.


I listen to vaporwave on a daily, even in the car on the way to work. I just prefer it more, it's calming ad you're trying to weave through traffic.


I wanna go back to 2016

2016 was kind of like actually good


2016 will forever be the best year of my life (though 2017 was good too). Can't believe its already halfway thru 2018


I thought dat boi was an old meme. I distinctly remember saying "Oh shit, waddup" all the time in like 2010.


I love how Zipf's law explains most of the human behavior referenced in this video.


Holy shit, I never thought about how nutshack inspired all the but-edits we still see made to this day on youtube


Sir I must say lots of respect for changing the whole genre of your channel pretty much and still being so delicious


M E M E Kings On YT:
Emplemon
Cyranek
Grandaay
Internet Historian
Filthy Frank
(Send me to the meme dungeon for this)

Does Melon Mantano count? I don't remember him referencing memes, but I do remember him acting memey and being memed. I haven't watched his videos in a while, so I don't know how memey he acts or how much he gets memed now.


What do spirals and the twin towers have in common

They both go DOWNWARD


17:14 Emplemon: The worst YouTube rewind ever
YouTube 2017: hold my beer


I miss 2016 it was a great year for memes. 2018 is the worst year for meme as they're dying so quick.

Mid 2018 and 2019 was pretty much gangweed and cursed images,along with big chungus.Then the Chad meme got popular and it brought back a new format of rage comic.

@i don't check my notifications The only meme from this year that I liked was we live in a society, and that one only stayed funny because it needed a lot of context to find funny

I said this on another comment before re-finding this one (where I should have said it), but from what I remember, 2019 memes have sucked. Maybe I missed or forgot some really good ones but it's honestly been pretty dreadful which memes the normies have been drawn to and perpetuated. The most widely-spread memes this year are ones that just have one punchline and very little variety and flexibility in their delivery or context. Or even weirdness value in general- they've also been very bland and some have just not been funny in the first place.

I've also kinda just fallen off the internet to some extent so to be fair I haven't really been exposed to anything very dank.

Midnie_Alpha Bowsette was easily one of the worst memes of 2018. I’d honestly only rank it above Ugandan Knuckles and that’s being generous. The entire joke ran dry REALLY quick and all the meme did was turn the entire internet into fucking Deviantart for a couple weeks. 2018 was the worst year of memes this decade and Bowsette was part of the reason why

2019: The year of the Frankenstein Memes

I wish I appreciated 2016 memes as they came out. I kinda forgot that some of these were 2016 memes.

Most of the memes this year have just been normified fast and honestly I just can't remember any so far.

2018 at least had Steamed Hams.

I loved the tier list meme in theory, because it's one you can put a stupid amount of effort into which would be funny and kinda dank if it were a rarer meme, but everyone is doing it and just using "tier list about X thing" as the joke. But to be fair I shared a tier list of my waifus with my friends, so I'll shut up.

@midzurugi World record shortest lived meme.

AG Productions the meme that lasted less than a week the Ugandan knuckles meme


If only we knew what was to come in 2017.


I can believe you spent half an hour talking about memes, and,AND it literally sounded like a news article the way you said it sounded so smart like how the meme community has changed a whole genre. Like how do you explain a meme so smartly

News articles aren't very smart nowadays. This is way better.

This method has a means... they call it... critical...... thinking!


I have a dat boi sticker on my car. A 14 year old asked me what It was. I feel so irrelevant


Dude, you're REALLY into memes, like that stuff just runs like thick syrup through your veins. Thats's just awesome!!!!!


DUDE. This is absolutely fucking fantastic content.


2018 was quite alright for memes. I hope to see one.


Such good videos man wtf. U deserve millions of subs holy shit.


This video is like a meme time capsule I love it


This video reminds me of what 2016 was like


Thank you for reminding me that the show "The most extreme" exists. Now I gotta marathon every episode.


2016 was the roaring 20s
2017-19 is the great depression
Oh when will the meme recession end


Great job. This is a professionally made video.


"Chris Christie" <b>shows picture of gave newell</b>.      Why I love this channel

"Chris Christie" *shows picture of gave newell*.      Why I love this channel


This actually may be the best video that I have ever watched and it earned you a subscriber, in me.  I appreciate everything about it except that fact that Pokémon GO, which took the whole world by storm and ascended WELL beyond the meme community is not (we are) number one on this list, or even an honorable mention.

FedEx867 Pokemon go became normie and being normie downgrades it


ohh how the great memes have fallen. 2018-2019 last good memes


Pepe will always remain in our hearts. He is the master of dank.


Im starting to feel like a meme hipster, I find memes revolting and not "dank"


I fucking love this channel and how into memes this guy is


Fuck me the nostalgia. Reminds me of a simpler time. Of dank memes.


Memes are now catalogued as a form of art

Ironic memes
Dank memes
Surreal memes
Meta memes


It's thanks to The Nutshack that we got one of the best memes of the past decade, Steamed Hams.


A: I love this video, and everything about it.
B: I must learn the dance of the lemons, to watch the fire come out of the Emperor's CHRISTIAN CHANNEL

A: I love this video, and everything about it.
B: I must learn the dance of the lemons, to watch the fire come out of the Emperor's *CHRISTIAN CHANNEL*


God I love your work. YTP and whatnot is great... But damn you're doing great with memetic analytics.


i got goosebumps you did a fantastic job here


Legendary masterpieces that I refuse to forget


well made and researched, but the progressive rock analogy really connected with me and made so much sense and made me realise the connection between the two. 👌


So many clips from the wall and references to Pink Floyd I love it

In his newer videos he's used the wish you were here albym cover in almost every single one of his videos. His old channel banner used to have the dsotm album cover on it, except the prism was replaced with a poop. So yeah i think he's a fan.


5:28 I cringed so hard that my computer broke.


I showed this video to my kids to show them my childhood


Pretty snobby of you to knock down Roundabout just for being from an anime. Taste is alright, but JoJo’s is about as dank as most internet memes


@Gabe Norman I hate these people who said "oMg 2016 iS tHE woRsT yEaR SksKsK" they are probably the type of people who likes the 2015 Instagram


Memes changed the way I thought.... now I'm a cringe god


Damn EmpLemon you triggered by old YouTube nostalgia when that Synthesia version of 'UN Owen was her' was playing in the background. Great video BTW.


That YTP/Vaporware comparison was spot on. Also, how come literally everything Filthy Frank related didn't make it into the list?


6:09 "Because in September of this year"
Published on Jan 2, 2017

.........She will not be permitted to such a move.

6:09 "Because in September of this year"
*Published on Jan 2, 2017*

.........She will not be permitted to such a move.


I like how the wall fits as perfect background music for this video, quite emblematic of the essence of it.


Why have I just now stumbled across this? This is a video about dank memes, and yet it is probably the single most well put together I've seen on this website


8:39 wait so how long did these iceberg charts lasted for

They’ve been around since 2014 I read them in 2014


It feels weird to look back to 2016 memes


Nigga I don't think you understand, but JoJo's Bizzare Adventure makes this meme even BETTER. JJBA is what got people back into progressive rock you never listened to in the first place.

The Ultimate Nugget Nagi this guy gets it

That's the beauty of Jojo, progressive rock and memes


Just you wait past emperor lemon. 2017 will be very different.


18:19 that looked like lost pause for a moment


video starts: my favorite cyriak's piece <3 instant recognition


This is so powerful i am holding back tears......


Think about it, though... America has a meme for a president. What a time to be alive.


12:56 best intro for a countdown segment ever.


if pepe is a hate symbol, then call me hitler because PEPE IS GREAT AND HAS BEEN SINCE HE WAS MADE


This was very insightful and I loved it. Hell it's even worth rewatching later.


*Planned to do useful stuff at work today...<br>watches amazing videos like this instead for 10 hours* new sub here

*Planned to do useful stuff at work today...
watches amazing videos like this instead for 10 hours* new sub here


You sure do love the Gorillaz...

And now I love you that much more


When you realise the best memes werent featured in youtube rewind


I'm pretty sure that memes changed the way I think,speak,and my lifestyle


Damn it only seemed like a month since 2016


I "watched" memes for 3 years without knowing what meme means


You show a lot of stuff from “The Wall”. Are you a Pink Floyd fan?


Almost two years ago he talked about the growing divide between the people who run YouTube and it's userbase, & now he is proven correct with Rewind 2018 becoming the most disliked video of all time.


last year was like a dank and angry war for the greater good of the internet


How dare you put dead memes on the gorillaz demon dayz album


Spongebob will always be the eternal dank meme


a simpler time. I was 11 years old and i thought pepe was hilarious


I actually just watched a 30 minute recap of the best memes of 2016, AN ENTIRE HALF HOUR...

And I couldn't be happier


We have reached our peak and it's only downhill from 2016


I love how you use gorillaz music when talking about harambe.


Memes. The DNA of the soul. <br>They are our culture. they are everyone we pass on.

Memes. The DNA of the soul.
They are our culture. they are everyone we pass on.


looks at the 2016 presidential election

oh shit did we do that


ליאל רובינוב

There were good memes in 2020. 2016 blew away 2020 by a land slide.

There weren't these grand cultural memes like in 2016. Just a lot of very niche memes.


I am simple good boy I hear gorillaz I like


woah anyone got me that jesus pepe from 7:25


the use of Roger Waters ideas are beautifully used in this video


This video is like a time machine to 2017


If trump is president bcuz of memes and and the first one was a small loan of a millon dollars you can plame pyrosinical


IS THAT A MOTHERFUCKING JOJOS REFERENCE!?!?!?


The triggered meme is overdone because of so many crybabies


umm that´s actually a downward helix there at the end


Go to del tacos! They got a new hint called FRE SHOVA CA DO


Honestly I think almost everything you said about Dat Boi applies to Nyan Cat.


I RECOGNIZE THE NUMBERS IN THE TOP 10 FROM ANIMAL PLANET


I freaked when you played Toads Turnpike:)


When roundabout Became a meme I was mad. Firat time I heard that was in RB3 and I'm only 11 ffs


Come on, obviously number one would have to be Damn Daniel!!!!


OMG!! If u listen closely on the harambe part u can hear gorillaz!!!!!


We are Number one was absolute normie garbage shit though


i love that demon days reference in the thumbnail.


that was a good video but my ears are bleeding


when number "thREEEEEEEEEEEE" happened i was sitting in the same room as my brother with headphones in and he said "i can hear your video what the fuck was that?"


I'm so triggered that u diddnt include the 😂👌🏿💯


oh at the end if you said, "but hey that's the internet for you and on the internet memes are kiiiiiinnnnggggg.". I would have died.


I feel like I've found the underground sewer gang of the internet.

Subscribed

Some Funny meme that will die in a few months


But nothing can be as grand as <b>GRAND DAD!!</b>

But nothing can be as grand as *GRAND DAD!!*

Perfect_Poop Hello, I am in fact the true GRAND DAD.


It bothers me, how many people bring up the Nutshack and We Are Number One without bringing up SiIvaGunner...


You know your a memer if you recognized all the memes at the beginning.

@Breeze Weezy do you want a blue waffle? yum yum

TheUnexpectedOne well jeez, some has the jimmys rustled.

Crimson King yeah same here, going for meme king

It took me a whole election cycle to earn my B.S. in Memeology.  Ain't no stoppin' now.  Onward to current year.


“Progressive rock, one of the greatest genres of music.” YES MY DUDE. Fucking subbed.


I once fell asleep watching one of your YTPs and I woke up on vapor wave. Looking through my history I found a shit ton of YTP and Vaporwave, not to mention a random condom commercial in the middle of it.


2016: worst rewind ever
2017: hold my beer

2016: worst rewind ever
2017: *hold my beer*


The election theory really made me feel troubled.


Is it okay that I know the entire We Are Number One song by heart?


This is some of the best content I've seen on YouTube for years.
Great job,
Unsubscribed.


Idc what other people say, U.N. Owen was her is still my favourite meme.


I want to reload the game from this save point


And then there is spongebob, the immortal meme, beyond our comprehension


(2:11) I love how every now and then you include clips from YTPs by Kortez3000/SantaWithTeeth. Keeping the legacy alive.


I saw gorillaz and hear the instrumental feel good inc

The Demon Days cover is literally in the thumbnail

A homestuck? Impossible! They died out in 2013!


So Nathaniel Bandy approves the number 1 spot


On #7 with the to be continued memes, I got my best friend because of Roundabout, we bonded for like a year whenever we goobered off on my laptop and watched to be continued memes

འཇིགས་མེད་ རྣམ་རྒྱལ


2017's drama completely destroyed 2016's


Nothing super fresh has happened with memes this year and it makes me sad


29:00 only for all of the memes to die due to overexposure. The end. 2017 will most likely be one of the most insane meme years in history due to how insane this year was. And then the cycle repeats. And then a famous person says something bad about a very popular meme and the cycle grows stronger. Now the year is 2025 and memes have become extremely popular as many memes quickly die and are created. By now either all memes are dead or the internet has become utter insanity. If option 2 happens then everyone has most likely lost their grip on reality and started worshiping memes. Now in 2030 there is a full meme cult and 4chan has become the most confusing thing on earth. All because of a small year meme culture has become a religion. Though that is just my theory. I'm just a anonymous person on the internet with one of the most cancerous names ever

Edit: changed this thing finally. My original name I was talking about was MLGdoge6464. Ya it was that bad.

The border between memes and normies trying to say something is a meme will continue to blur more and more

I'm gunna be scared when pepe becomes an obscure meme in the future...

I'm scared, because all that shit you said is happening.

Ur Boi "You could make a religion out of that" meme could become reality


I came here for memes<br>I left with many life lessons

I came here for memes
I left with many life lessons


Is there going to be a top 20 2017 dank memes


I'm pretty sure if we keep on going down Meme Town, we'll end up back in 2006.


Ay the end when we mix memes and music <br>It gets even more holy than the Bible

Ay the end when we mix memes and music
It gets even more holy than the Bible


Man, you got that part about YT rewind and the shift of internet humor so right... I thought i was the only one who noticed how the internet has gotten more critical, self-aware and edgier since 2016.


Sometimes you have to hold on to your old existence to keep your real existence meaningful because nothing is


google screaming ads.<br>first 2017 meme - we starting strong this year..

google screaming ads.
first 2017 meme - we starting strong this year..

4 months later and the great meme depression is in full swing


I like the new memes but I miss the old memes


Yeah, 2016 was my peak, and I was a fkin kid back then.

Nothing will ever come close.


Bro, that cult of personality cover is awesome. Dat Jericho theme too


The dank part really aged this video. now the boys go BASED. Can't wait to see what arbetrary word is gonna age this comment.


I can't be a Normie. I knew every Meme in this list.


memes changing the whole society. Now that's what i call a butterfly effect.


14:35 never heard that version of Cult of Personality.  A re-iteration?  great content. Thanx


We're all pawns controlled by something greater, MEMES the DNA of the soul.


You also know Cyriak? You know what's good...


i love the mario kart wii theme in the background


You just earned yourself a sub. OH oh wait is that Feel Good inc. I hear & "You reposted in the wrong neighborhood". I respect you.


2016 good year for memes, terrible for everyone else.


OH MY GOD. I got the "I mean really" reference.


Oh my god, the mike mozart reference. You meme you.


Came in expected pure unadulterated meme slew. Got that and some wisdom. Unexpected the expected. I'll have to spread that one.


i wasnt fast enough to hear that fire coming out of emplemons ass


Your taste of music is incredible! I don't think I've ever heard Waiting for the Worms by Pink Floyd in a youtube video.


17:45  “things are getting a little WILD at caillou’s house!”


A bit disappointed how siIvagunner wasn't mentioned. It was the origin of 2 of these memes yet was only brought up at all when you were scrolling through the we are number one videos.


is to be continued a MOTHERFUCKING JOJO'S REFERENCE


9:28-9:52

Emperor Lemon, on your behalf, I shall take the time to find out exactly how much time that would take in a YouTube video for you. (Yes, I have no life.)

To finally answer that idea, I have found the following:

(If you don't want to read the whole thing, just scroll all the way to the bottom of my comment for the actual answer.)
A Single Nutshack Intro takes about 67 seconds,

Every "Nutshack" in the intro equates to 17 . This would mean that you would have 17 Smash mouth's "All Star", each of which takes about 237 seconds.

There is a total of 4 "All stars" in Smash Mouth's song, and each one of those is to be replaced with 1 Cyberchase theme (each taking as long as about 31 seconds)

Every syllable other than the ones included in "Cyberchase" makes a total of 93, meaning that there are 93 full "2001: a space odysseys" in each "Cyberchase" theme (With the film going up to about 8100 sec, normal theatrical release.)

I think that the Monolith appears about 3 times in 2001 a space odyssey, meaning that Bonzi Buddy reads the entire "Bee Movie" script about 3 times (Each reading taking about 4580 seconds.)

Every "Bee" in the film makes up about 148, which means that "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" plays about 148 times for every "Bee Movie" script reading (which takes as long as 5460 seconds.)

Every calling of "Paul Blart" in the film only makes up 9 (IKR?), which means that the John Cena Intro is played about 9 times in every viewing of that film. (Each intro making up about 91 seconds.)

The time for every John Cena in the "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" 'shell' (Yes, I'm calling it a Shell, its like a form of layer.) takes up about 6279 seconds in total.

All 9 John Cenas in each 148 Paul Blart: Mall Cops (From Bee Movie Script Shell) makes up 933,872 seconds.

In Total, 3 of those Bee Movie Shells takes up about 2,809,716 seconds.

All 93 filled shells of "2001: A space odyssey" in the Cyberchase intro, including the time used up by the Cyberchase intro, makes up 261,303,619 seconds.

Each of the 4 Cyberchase intros... 1,045,214,476 sec

A.S -> N.S = 17,768,646,159 sec17,768,646,159 seconds / 60 seconds = 296,144,102.65 minutes
296,144,102.65 minutes / 60 minutes = 4,935,735.0441666... hours
4,935,735.0441666... hours / 24 hours = 205,655.6268402777... days
205.655.6268402777... days / 365 days = 563.44007353007610350076... yearsY/D/H/M/S

Blah, blah, blah...

The entire video would take up about
563 years, 160 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes, and 39 seconds.

My life is futile.

To finally answer that idea, I have found the following:

(If you don't want to read the whole thing, just scroll all the way to the bottom of my comment for the actual answer.)
A Single Nutshack Intro takes about 67 seconds,

Every "Nutshack" in the intro equates to 17 . This would mean that you would have 17 Smash mouth's "All Star", each of which takes about 237 seconds.

There is a total of 4 "All stars" in Smash Mouth's song, and each one of those is to be replaced with 1 Cyberchase theme (each taking as long as about 31 seconds)

Every syllable other than the ones included in "Cyberchase" makes a total of 93, meaning that there are 93 full "2001: a space odysseys" in each "Cyberchase" theme (With the film going up to about 8100 sec, normal theatrical release.)

I think that the Monolith appears about 3 times in 2001 a space odyssey, meaning that Bonzi Buddy reads the entire "Bee Movie" script about 3 times (Each reading taking about 4580 seconds.)

Every "Bee" in the film makes up about 148, which means that "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" plays about 148 times for every "Bee Movie" script reading (which takes as long as 5460 seconds.)

Every calling of "Paul Blart" in the film only makes up 9 (IKR?), which means that the John Cena Intro is played about 9 times in every viewing of that film. (Each intro making up about 91 seconds.)

The time for every John Cena in the "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" 'shell' (Yes, I'm calling it a Shell, its like a form of *layer.)* takes up about 6279 seconds in total.

All 9 John Cenas in each 148 Paul Blart: Mall Cops (From Bee Movie Script Shell) makes up 933,872 seconds.

In Total, 3 of those Bee Movie Shells takes up about 2,809,716 seconds.

All 93 filled shells of "2001: A space odyssey" in the Cyberchase intro, including the time used up by the Cyberchase intro, makes up 261,303,619 seconds.

Each of the 4 Cyberchase intros... 1,045,214,476 sec

A.S -> N.S = 17,768,646,159 sec17,768,646,159 seconds / 60 seconds = 296,144,102.65 minutes
296,144,102.65 minutes / 60 minutes = 4,935,735.0441666... hours
4,935,735.0441666... hours / 24 hours = 205,655.6268402777... days
205.655.6268402777... days / 365 days = 563.44007353007610350076... yearsY/D/H/M/S

Blah, blah, blah...

The entire video would take up about
563 years, 160 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes, and 39 seconds.

My life is futile.


it's sad how i remember a bunch of memes this year but barley any for 17' and 18'


I saw a meme style of demon days and I was like “better not waste my time”


So Rewind's been on a downward spiral for years... good to know


Jo Emp, watching your videos high is the best... keep it up


I liked that you used Pink Floyd near the end, quite fitting...


Gotta give SiIvaGunner some credit for most of these memes. Love you SiIva!


im actually so impressed you remember the archfiend<br>damn he became entirely irrelevant after all the irate gamer crap

im actually so impressed you remember the archfiend
damn he became entirely irrelevant after all the irate gamer crap


And that Feel Good Inc instrumental in the background.. you, sir,  have good taste in music.


Will we be getting a list for 2017? I understand if you don't want to, but it's nice to have an answer.


Is it odd I remember the last town pirate meme from when I was little. Before I knew what a meme was?


This video was Minute Memes before Minute Memes, and it kinda holds up in its own unique way


Thanks again for calling the meme Roundabout instead of Jojo or To Be Continued... Yes kicks ass and Prog is godly


Viewer: Youtube rewind sucked this year<br>2018 youtube rewind: Hold my beer

Viewer: Youtube rewind sucked this year
2018 youtube rewind: Hold my beer


23:11 Is that why memes are dying so fast these days? Are they just quick fixes?


The moment the """AnTI DeFaMaTIOn LEaGuE""" labeled pepe the dank frog a hate simbol they have offically lost all their credibility

That frog was always a normie meme. Everything is normie.


Паскар Алексей


i will never understand ear rape :( my room mate works the night shift lol, and a closed door is not enough. and there is no way in hell i am watching a lemon video with earphones


Looks like Emperor Lemons back, And surprisingly no longer desperate. Make more videos like this, you'll get more subs, I promise.


the final minutes really tell why trump from no chance to president, he didnt need russia he just with a lettle post on twitter just got the entire world on his side.


He used a GORILLAZ song in the background when talking about HARAMBE. Fucking genius


For number 10, I see what you did for the music.


Let's be honest, this is the REAL Youtube Rewind of 2016 :3


Wot? I never knew memes were this significant?


This video has not aged well. To be more specific, the memes Haven't aged well.


I was waiting at the beginning for the NYYOOOOOM music to start


This video took me on a ride I was not prepared for...


holy shit your breakdown for #1 man was some true shit, it's crazy me and a buddy was saying the same shit all last year. I don't know anything about that kek shit but that pepe bullshit was definitely a dumb ass move. first you destroy BTM now this, I gotta give you a sub


I only clicked this for the Demon Days styled thumbnail


I fucking lost it at the star wars sjw intro


2016 is the best year of the last decade


I feel like the death of vine really fucked   <br> Up the memescape

I feel like the death of vine really fucked
 Up the memescape


Hey EmpLemon, for the next YTP Collab, please do a Boondocks Collab.


I can hear feel good inc in the background


Way to unleash the Madness. The Macho Man Madness. It all made sense after that.


my king Silvagunner spawned two of these.

Caden Flanagan emp and gilva is symonyns. emp, king are same person.

he's just mad cuz he can't spot all the jokes in the high quality rips

Well the Christmas Special isn't quite over.

more like High Quality R.I.P., amirite?!?!?!?!

...yeah, I know, too soon.

Caden Flanagan High Quality Rips my friend


Grandayy is keeping We Are Number One alive.


holy shit. i almost passed out laughing. Poor Pepe.


EmpLemon said in a later video that he regrets his number 6 choice because many poopers decided to switch to that kind of shitposting.


The unsung hero of this list? Siivagunner/Giivasunner. That channel gave birth to both The Nutshack and We Are Number One, with The Nutshack first appearing in mid-July, with the first "but-edits" appearing a few months later. Same with We Are Number One. The first use of Robbie Rotten and his memes come up 3 months ago in September when his first "but-edits" came to rise this past month. So one channel, Siivagunner/Giivasunner is responsible for two of the spots on your list.

Considering that SiIvagunner is the central hub for a bunch of connected memes altogether (like seriously who the freak makes 2 ARGS about memes!) I say that make him qualify as a meme...he portrays himself as an idea rather than a person, that very aspect of him sets him apart from most "creators"...he has an internal "fictional logic" that all memes have...being fiction.

I guess that makes sense right? Its not the same as saying "leafy is a meme" because the reality is that its the things leafy says that are memes and not leafy itself.

SiIva...is an idea, a consistent idea...a parody of another channel who "uploads high quality rips"...I HARDLY say that's the same thing as saying something funny and then it goes viral! :/

Considering that SiIvagunner is the central hub for a bunch of connected memes altogether (like seriously who the freak makes 2 ARGS about memes!) I say that make him qualify as a meme...he portrays himself as an idea rather than a person, that very aspect of him sets him apart from most "creators"...he has an internal "fictional logic" that all memes have...being fiction.

I guess that makes sense right? Its not the same as saying "leafy is a meme" because the reality is that its the things leafy *says* that are memes and not leafy itself.

SiIva...is an idea, a consistent idea...a parody of another channel who "uploads high quality rips"...I HARDLY say that's the same thing as saying something funny and then it goes viral! :/

Luke Darga the spiritual successor of Kajetokun

Sssh, keep your voice down! The normies might find it!

Wasn't Robbie kinda a meme several years prior? You Are a Pirate and the Robbie/Hopping Guy in pajamas pic were pre-We Are Number One Robbie/Don't Show Your Kids memes.

Sivagunna isn't a meme himself... he is the creator.

And then there's Rebeltaxi who brought it up in the first place, in a countdown dedicated to terrible cartoon intros, apparently Silvagunner was a fan of his at the time, and that must've set it off.


I knew my boi wouldn't leave me out of the complimation


Praise the dank memes and Pepe the legendary meme frog


"Unexpected the expected." Ooh, I like that.


the part where he said "no its not harambe' i was totally thinking harambe


Boi I did not fucking expect number one, I fucking love this video


I have seen many commenting about how he actually knows about memes and I agree. Watch Mojo was trying so hard to be relevant (just like Clinton) by making a top 10 memes and they failed so badly. I am glad that I could find a proper top 10 of memes because of how important memes have become during 2016


I miss 2016 so much, and honestly I don't just think it's nostalgia, it was an absolute blast

Oh hey look a verified youtuber who is saying the exact same shit everyone else is saying I better go and like this comment beacuse if the cheakmark

People who says 2016 was the worst year has now idea!


You didn’t include the one persona that should have been on this list, the man who was undoubtedly the the pinnacle of internet trolling. The one creator who brought everyone together. I won’t say his name for risk of over saturation, but he is no longer with us.


Stop! you're making us miss the dank! The dank!


21:45 he forgot Better Nerf Greninja was a meme


I sent my mom a pepe recently and she unironicly told me it's a racist hate symbol. I then had to explain to her that the idea of pepe being a hate symbol is a meme in of itself and tried to explain the complex history of a frog. She reads CNN.


I have been watching YouTube since iphone 3 was selling. I've seen great videos, bad videos, and quality content. But this, this is different.

This is the best video I have ever seen and probably will ever see on this site.

Your a miracle worker EmpLemon.

TheSourceOfTheNile pamtri = 420/69 channel

Well this video was also some normie content. If you want to jump off the deep end of memes, check out pamtri's channel.

+TheSourceOfTheNile literally normie content

Then you haven't seen shit. I've been on here since 2006, and let me tell you that it gets much better. I'd suggest watching all of the Important Videos playlist to get an idea on just a few of the good videos here on this site.


I liked the video before I watched because I knew that I was going to like it


This is my favourite video on all of YouTube


U.N. Owen Was Her? I thought you hated anime, EMP?


Fuck this is a good video.

Shame it took 4 YEARS TO HIT MY FUCKING RECOMMENDED!


God I gotta quit watching these videos while I'm driving


I like how you played a Gorillaz song while talking about harambe.


Alex68dash 2018 had less memes than 2017 IIRC but the memes were more dank. We also got Steamed Hams which was better than anything from 2016.

Edit: maybe it being better than anything from 2016 was an overstatement, but Steamed Hams is still a pretty great meme even in retrospect, and "died" peacefully, which is getting rarer and rarer for memes.


Woah EmpLemon had a premonition with this video he predicted the h3h3 keemstar beef in a very subtle way it starts at 12:55


Because L was proven to not exist in Mario64, and/or  your comment.

We are Number one AND nutshack both started from SiIvagunner

He had Nutshack... but wasn't that meme influenced by SiIvaGunner?

Wilford Brimley Probabaly. SiIvaGunner has its own community, but it would be cool to mention that community.


Extra T H I C C For top 10 dank memes 2017


rick and morty
feel good inc. instrumental
memes
dank asf

you got me.
you got im
S U B B E D

*rick and morty*
*feel good inc. instrumental*
*memes*
*dank asf*

you got me.
you got im
*S U B B E D*


U.N Owen was her? for a song in there was great, loved it


i never liked top 10 vids, but this one is special


once 26:14 hit Flashbacks of youtube poops,dank memes and other stuff hit me


This is way too intelligent and well made than it has any right to be. Unsurprisingly, this video doesn't have enough views. Number on the list is incredibly important.


>claims that he hasn't become a worse YTPer<br>>doesn't make a top ten youtube poop list at the end of the year, instead makes a top ten dank meme list

>claims that he hasn't become a worse YTPer
>doesn't make a top ten youtube poop list at the end of the year, instead makes a top ten dank meme list


13:05
Hold on, is that motherfucking T o u h o u  M u s i c ?


I Predict That One Day, EVERYTHING will be meta


There's been an awakening..... in my pants!


Harambe Appears
Plays Feel Good Inc.
This is why I subbed

*Harambe Appears*
*Plays Feel Good Inc.*
This is why I subbed

Ashy Vlogs <b>I T S M A K I N G M E W A N T T O D I E</b>

Ashy Vlogs *I T S M A K I N G M E W A N T T O D I E*


I once thought I could be a memester, but I now realise that I classify as nothing more than a normie who tries to act as if he could possibly fit in with the true memesters, who he calls his friends. I would go to great lengths to understand, the true memes, however, i dont care enough xdddddd


Bit behind here, but I completely agree with what you put as No.1.


lol dat boi didn't even get through to round 2 on meme of the year on reddit


Apparently, Hillary's favorite memes are minion memes, the final form of normieness.


this video....it's....it's...

SO BEAUTIFUL


Honorable mention: Gorillaz Demon Days Cover.


Pink Floyd and memes at the same time<br>.... Majestic

Pink Floyd and memes at the same time
.... Majestic


Omg cult of personality is such a great song :)


I didn't know emp liked gorillaz so much.


Man, I can't wait for the 2017 Top Ten, when we talk about the WHOH.
I wonder when the next Dank-Cano god Kek will strike again...
(Can you imagine if Clinton abused a different meme? Like CDi Link or somethin'? Man, that'd be weird... just randomly "YOU SHOULD BE ALL LIKE, "I CAN'T WAIT TO BOMB DODONG-POLLS"! BOMB THOSE POLLS WITH VOTES!".
... I feel like I'm dying from the inside out just imagining it...

I think we can actually make a religion out've this... Kekkians, with the Most Dank god Kek. High Priest EmpLemon. All non-believers are normies n' plebs. Looking for the dankest diviners to procure more dank memery. The equivalent of a "Holy Book" will be a wiki article, chronicling only the dankest memes!


That last part of the video... Do The Patriots still exist, to foster their MEMES?!


lol randomly got this in the recommended 5 years later.


I love your use of pink floyd songs in your videos


did i just hear black midi at 12:58?
emplemon get that sick taste in music


I used to be a normie till you A S C E N D E D me


26:23 hahaha nice music, almost didnt notice it


Great video, but no SiIvaGunner?  That, while not very mainstream, was an essential part of memes.  They're responsible for the popularity of the nutshack and we are number one, and many other influences.  Other than that, amazing work as always.

Jonah Zgo I completely agree with you. SiIva was the one who may not have produced the most popular memes, but the most HIGH QUALITY memes. And he isn't even done yet. Maybe he'll be on "Top 10 DANK MEMES Of 2017" and will finally get the credit he deserves. Or at least one of his memes will be on there. I'm hoping we will see Grand Dad on this channel soon.


looking back at this is surreal, did not expect things to change so fast @.@

Dr Kreuzer It was a simpler, and better time. Everything is shitty now.


You deserve a like for the Gorillaz references


17:04 Really? And I thought 009 Sound System use to be Youtube's National Anthem.


Was Trump so popular because he became a meme or he became a meme because he was so popular?

Scott Gennon you just made blast my morning OJ out of my nose. That was the funniest shit i have heard in months, Trump honest. My God man, you are either a comedic genius or the most sweet, naive child I have stumbled across. The man is a life long con artist who has been a party to over 3,500 litigations and is a text book demagogue. Just because somebody is telling you what you want to hear doesn't mean they are being genuine or honest, in fact it generally means the exact opposite.

He became a meme because of the things he said and his acceptance of memes, boosting his popularity and creating a positive feedback loop of both things you mentioned.

The main reason he was so popular was because the media stuck his name in every story for a year.


It's a frog riding a god damn unicycle it dosen't get much more random than that


I'm so fucking lazy I'm watching this on my phone instead of walking across the room to my PC or grabbing my laptop and returning to my bed I'm done with living


People thought 2017 rewind was bad

Now we’ve got the 2018 rewind shoots myself

People thought 2017 rewind was bad

Now we’ve got the 2018 rewind *shoots myself*


Dude emp this vids a fuckin masterpiece man


10/10 Dat Boi was explained better than Behind The Meme.


I was trying to watch a  P O O P  but this one guy keeps stealing my  M E M E S


the demon days parody art work made me wHEEezE


Wow that McMangos thing. That shit is OLD. Going back to the days of YTPnews


All I see in his intro is Filthy Frank with a shotgun in his mouth


Last year I cast off the decades of being a normie and bettered myself. I still like mainstream but I recognize that it is shit in comparison.


Hector⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻


I AM OFFICALY RUNNING FOR FISH GOD ( ??? )) made me laugh


The Meme Anti Christ scares the shit outta me.


Since when did emp lemon use touhou music?


SiIvaGunner for EmpLemon Dank Meme Hall of Fame 2K18


11:56 I was like 5 years old when I watched that video for the first time, I don't even remember what it was called


Dat boy never really caught on that well


Throw in 2001: A Space Odyssey and it is a meme.


Gorillaz started playing when talking about a Gorilla. Nice.


16:26 and Chris Jericho's List of Jericho....


You used songs from MarioKart, which triggered nostalgia of the menu and characters, and I would always choose the Mario B-Wing....  thank you!!


Every meme behind the meme touches becomes normified


someone PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE remix the ad break song!


the nutshack theme but the first nutshack is replaced with siivagunner dying for the 84th time


The nutshack woulda done way better on adult swim.


Why can't I listen to the Fire Coming Out Of EmpLemon's Ass?


nice touch adding gorillaz music on the harambe bit


Good use of the song un.owen was here, really fits the "playfully chaotic bullshit" that utube drama is.


1 should have been the dancing baby meme.


Pepe is considered a hate symbol because he represents free speech


I feel like nowadays more popular memes are originating from normies whereas in 2016, the normies took over and killed quality memes.  Maybe I’m looking at the past with rose tinted goggles but 2016 may have been the best year for memes of all time.


"Could you shoot yourself?" "It's only Kurt Cobain."


Listening to him talking about the 2016 Rewind like it’s the worst thing ever makes my laugh to myself. If only the future could’ve been foreseen.


3:25 i can't believe deez nuts made it as a candidate

Sheait yeah but i mean he got 10% votes, i think that's kinda crazy for a meme


"Hillary killed pokemon go"

What a fucking relief


I am so triggered that grand dad wasnt number 1


Anyone elses get put into a weird trance when watching this?


Nice touch putting gorillaz with harambo


Dat boi is like that dancing baby gif from ages ago.


Im so confused. When I try to use picture in picture on this video, it says I cant use it for Music. Oh boi I love this song.


If a video of 2017 memes happens, I think Trump might be on there again.


21:43 Wait..... is that what I think I hear in the background...... no way..... THATS THE FREAKING MARIO KART WII SONG! God I miss that game, I haven't played that in years! You just took me on a HUGE nostalgia trip because of one song EmpLemon, thank you you meme overlord

I know this post is a couple of years old but MKWii is still very alive and godly pls play CTGP


<b>T H E  B E S T  T E E T H  I N  T H E  G A M E</b>

*T H E  B E S T  T E E T H  I N  T H E  G A M E*


dafuq i wasnt even aware Nutshack was from my country lmao<br>well, it was broadcasted in a Filipino Music Channel (Myx TV) so thats why i missed it entirely

dafuq i wasnt even aware Nutshack was from my country lmao
well, it was broadcasted in a Filipino Music Channel (Myx TV) so thats why i missed it entirely


you should do your own rewind at some point


Nut shack edits is how I found out this great show :P


19:44 BEHIND THE  CANCER REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE


It all started when they killed that Gorilla.


And not a year has passed since where we haven't blamed a year for our problems


Hold on, you're saying roundabout loses some points because it came from an anime. Jojo is one of the most meme heavy anime's around at the moment, if anything i feel like that would bring it up a few points. But im assuming you're not very big on anime so that's fair


I am officially running for fish god
I lost it

*I am officially running for fish god*
I lost it


My favorite memes are dat boi and dance till you're dead


Around minute 22:00 I wanted to play mario kart so badly!


I am officially running for fish god<br>ok, can we like legally change the term for president into "fish god"

I am officially running for fish god
ok, can we like legally change the term for president into "fish god"


but jojo is the most meme anime that was ever made!
you can just take a random line from that show
and it would become a meme like
"GOOD BYE JOJOOO!"

HELL SPOON agreed, so many good memes in that series

I am not nice <br>nah, he is full on MANime.

I am not nice
nah, he is full on MANime.

Dio Brando is just a meme in vampire form.


Nostalgia is fucking killing me right now.


Lmao was he right on the YouTube rewind stuff


Don't eat peaches while watching this. I made a messy


I lip-synced roundabout at school once and got 3rd place in a lip-sync battle<br>Edit: the teachers got 30 points-i got 23- and they sung YMCA and it was dumb,

I lip-synced roundabout at school once and got 3rd place in a lip-sync battle
Edit: the teachers got 30 points-i got 23- and they sung YMCA and it was dumb,


You better do one on 2017, this has been a great year for memes.


Which YTP did you pull that segment with "What does that mean?" from?


wow i never looked at memes this way before. thanks for showing me the truth.


Nice Feel Good Inc, Are you a fan of Gorrilaz? Because i am.


DecliningShip 420 Hammer, Hammer, Hammer, Hammer!

DecliningShip 420 YES SHIT THERE ARE GORILLAZ FANS HERE TOO!!!! Also, is it me or did the thumbnail kinda look like thee Demon Days album but like Meme Days?? XD

Guess why it was playing over Harambe...<br>As much as I love Gorillaz, holy shit.

Guess why it was playing over Harambe...
As much as I love Gorillaz, holy shit.

Compressed Wizard I didn't even check the discription until you told me

DecliningShip 420 Me Me Me I love the gorillaz


either all these memes are going to last (we are number on and big smoke and trump) a bunch died instantly


WOw I knew the lyrics to that gorillaz song but completely forgot where it was from


What's funny is when he was talking about we are number one behind the meme was in there the most normie person ever


U must’ve went crazy when Punk came back


Make a best 10 memes of 2017 and 2018 soon


11:42 well would out look at that, it's icarly. I forgot how the show was properly named. It's been so long


Dissing anime is a super normie thing to do

@Cri_C Sorry, I forgot to add 'current', but it doesn't really matter since I don't enjoy Jojo or even anime anymore.

@LaserFace23 Sorry that it took me a year to respond. For the record: I don't really enjoy Jojo anymore. I followed Jojo when there was so much hype for it, but now I realize I only liked Jojo because of hype. I disown everything I have said, except for the last part. I meant to say that the 'shit' I referred to was 8/a/ being less anime-centric, except that the site doesn't exist anymore so it doesn't really matter. Nowadays, I can't physically bring myself to like or even watch (most) anime but I still have a soft spot for old shonen and Miyazaki.

@Kevin i love jojo but...the ONLY anime that has substance? You serious? Cowboy Bebop, Berserk, Akira, Trigun etc.

Kevin lmao, okay, look, I love JoJo to death, in all its forms, but let's not pretend it's the exception to the rule of "all anime is shit" just because it "has substance".
It's a fucking show about metrosexual men going on adventures with their imaginary friends and making those friends punch each other. We're not exactly dealing with an artwork that dissects modern society, or looks into what it means to be human, or examines how technology and real life become intertwined (all of these topics have been covered by shows and movies within the anime medium to sometimes amazing levels of quality).
It's just a damn good series with interesting, creative, and well-thought-out fight sequences that has a lovable, never-too-serious tone. If you think a bunch of JoJo fans spamming "Mudamudamudamudamuda" and "IS THIS A JOJO REFERENCE??!!11!1??" is indicative of "having substance", I suggest you try either expanding your horizons or just accept that you like the show because it's good, not because its deep.
All this said, I cannot fucking wait for Part 5's anime, Sex Pistols is my favorite stand and I'm so excited to see it in action.

TheD736 I can agree. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is practically the only anime that has some level of substance.<br>It's no wonder why a tries to disassociate themselves with anime further and further as the years go by. It's just shit.

TheD736 I can agree. Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is practically the only anime that has some level of substance.
It's no wonder why a tries to disassociate themselves with anime further and further as the years go by. It's just shit.

The unofficial name for Jojos bizarre adventure is "The only good one" because it's the only one I can stand to watch

Rick sanchez The handsome scientist <b>Part 5 Never</b>

Rick sanchez The handsome scientist *Part 5 Never*

Hirohiko Araki meem'd before meems were cool. Surely a duwang sent from heaven.


Lmao did you seriously play Gorillaz while talking about harambe


Feel Good Inc in the background... without copyright?


holy fuck i litterly just watched arrival and then watched this and oh my now my mind is doing things.


Buckle your fuckle is my new pickup line


If you think about it a dank meme is the most powerful thing on earth considering Donald trump is president


Dat boi appeared, was instantly destroyed by the normies then he died.


Normies have ruined the triggered meme at my old school :c


Prog rock/metal is Cosco guac levels of dank


Dude, put a fast lights warning in the start of this vídeo - this might trigger convulsions.

Nice vid tho.


GORILLAZ AND CULT OF PERSONALITY... ASCENDED


I like this but I feel like it's a big disrespect to make Vaporwave a '2016 meme' when it got big and then died again in 2014-2015


"stuff like this doesn't just go away, some serious seeds have been planted for a revolution" and then the Adpocalypse happened and the japaense suicide forest video was hated just as much as the 2018 YouTube rewind.


And 7 Grand Dad?

Well......its not a dank meme but its enojable.

i don't think it was originally in 2016 XD<br>but if it was it should have been #7 :P

i don't think it was originally in 2016 XD
but if it was it should have been #7 :P

We don't mix Vinesauce/Silvagunner with Dank Memes.


You used the mariokart wii menu theme? Noice


YouTube recommending this in 2020 cuz why not

I mean it got me to click so


idubbz didn't really come up out of nowhere in 2016 he has been making quality content for years and hes always had a dedicated fanbase... he only became well known because of the drama yes but he still had a cult following before so he shouldn't really be disregarded like that. Been with him since like 2,000 subs, im proud of him tbh. he doesn't deserve to be put under the same tree as fucking leafy.


Too bad Stefán Karl died just about a month ago.... ):


they didn't exclude H3. H3 just couldn't work it in their schedule so they had to miss. I mean i know thats not the point your making and i do agree with you. Just sayin lol


When I saw the world explosion first thing I thought was budokai 3


but, hey thats the internet for you, and on the internet MEMES ARE KING


In regards to "Mature content has had a seed sown and it will continue to grow," the ad loss seems to have effectively destroyed it.


Personally the Undertale community is a meme itself


Question, what is the image at 8:39 from?


Ha! He played gorillaz when he was talking harambe


Where are Bee Movie and All Star memes in the honorable mentions?


Now that I've actually focused on your voice, you kinda sound like a gayer version of Leafy and MrEnter combined

EmpLemon  Ok, that'll be fine. I kinda like your voice

Oh no you just made me really insecure, I guess Bonzi Buddy will have to narrate my videos from now on.


Your last point is interesting, but something that's actually been around in various forms for a while.  Have you ever looked into something called "linguistic philosophy"?  A basic example would be how, if you've ever read Plato, and how he thinks there are actual, tangible "forms" for every abstract concept like justice, is actually explained by how the Greek language over-incorporated the usage of...well, "the", in their language.  So you wouldn't describe an apple as "red", you would say the apple has the aspect of "the red".  It's fascinating how something as innocuous as that heavily influences entire fields of thought.


Joseph Joestar is a meme queen,and Jojo's is a meme generator

Lispy Queer How dare you. You said Joseph Joestar instead of Speedwagon.

Archn Scythe How dare you. You said Joseph Joestar instead of Johnathan Joestar.


robby rotten should of been..... number 1 lol

completely agree Dat boi should not even be a meme.

It was his net, Mr. Krabs! He was Number One!

zillo15 It probably would be if you knew how to use 'of' and 'have' correctly


Simpler times baby.

Idek what memes are doing now shits off the rails


Excuse me, we are number one should be NUMBER ONE


Can you please for the love of Cthulhu level out and balance your Daaaaaaaammmmnn audio?!


the legend 27 and we are number one best combination


I just wanna say, every normie and their brother(s) use "triggered" vocally today.


I will admit I am a normie
But I subscribed to you to help me
Seriously I hate being this


I guess there will be no commercials today


God damn I loved all the Trump WWE clips


Am I the only one who noticed that a gorillaz song was playing in harambe part


“Pokémon GO do the polls!”

cue loud-ass music

“Pokémon GO do the polls!”

*cue loud-ass music*


Not gonna lie, I thought sanic was going to be here


Do not lie to us, you watch anime, you like anime, everyone does.

Icebrand Music I have now come back stronger with the power of Jojokes.

プレミア well I have Seen a few Pokemon. Does that count?


This is the last year we all had hope, after 2016 we all slowly lost our faith and lost motivation. Please send help


you didn't even talk about SilvaGunner ONCE

That analogy was not nessesary, I've been around SiIva since the beggining, I didn't need the history lesson...

What I want to know is WHY Emp hates anime so much...? :/

Lemme explain. So, if you've been following the CCC on Siiva, you know the channel has been taken over by a being known as the Voice, who wants to use his power to destroy all "weeb shit" with the exclusion of Jojo, his favorite show. Emp basically has the same stance anime-wise on it, except even Jojo isn't sacred to him.

+Pokemario Fan I actually don't...care to enlighten me? :O

@Alienrun I say he didn't mention it cause of the channels copious amounts of weeb shit, and we all know emps stance on anime...

You people do realize that SiIvagunner singlehandedly started the "Nutshack" AND the "We are number one" memes right?!

Starting 2 memes on the list deserves AT LEAST an honerable mention lol :P (He also has the world record of being the first to make a f**king ARG surrounding memes lol)

Seriously, what's your beef with ol Siiva?

It's because there's weeb shit, isn't it?

He showed in in the We Are Number One montage, so he does recognize its importance


Dat Boi, may be dead, but i use it proudly a year after


27:15 Song: Waiting for the worms- Pink Floyd


#7 Roundabout

Is that a motherfucking JOJO refereNCE

#7 Roundabout

Is that a motherfucking *JOJO* refereNCE


But I don't <b>want</b> the president to be a meme. I want the president to be a president. If we judge potential presidents by memeability, we'd have elected Kermit the Frog president.

But I don't *want* the president to be a meme. I want the president to be a president. If we judge potential presidents by memeability, we'd have elected Kermit the Frog president.

That reminds me of another point I wanted to bring up about this video. Memes are neat things. They're mainly for laughs and silly things. As mentioned in this video, memes <b>can</b> have positive consequences, like helping fund Stefan Karl's cancer treatment. But they can also have very negative consequences, like getting Trump into office. A possible positive result I think memes will make in the near future, however, is that if and when Trump screws up severely (or big league), memes will spawn into existence with the intent to mock him, taking away his power and reducing him to nothing more than a joke.

That reminds me of another point I wanted to bring up about this video. Memes are neat things. They're mainly for laughs and silly things. As mentioned in this video, memes *can* have positive consequences, like helping fund Stefan Karl's cancer treatment. But they can also have very negative consequences, like getting Trump into office. A possible positive result I think memes will make in the near future, however, is that if and when Trump screws up severely (or big league), memes will spawn into existence with the intent to mock him, taking away his power and reducing him to nothing more than a joke.


can you put subtitles for this one? please tank you


Jojo's bizarre adventure is slowly taking over the memescape

This must be the work of an Enemy Stand!


u have 2 do 2017 even tho its memes aren't very good


5:41 there's photos of Hillary playing on a gameboy out there tho


imao the danish musical number from south park during the clinton part, nice


Movies, Films, and Motion Pictures Podcast

It was mainly due to a lot of celebrities dying unexpectedly along with the 2016 election which candidates the us public didn't really like

Pretty alright year of the 2010s in my opinion


7 million years of human evolution and here we are


what you said about prog rock was too true.

I'll embrace the endless potential of the connection... but first I required help from my dad to discover prog rock at an incredibly young age. no seriously I don't know ANYONE my age who knows prog


21.08.2018
Hah, that date is so sad and so happy cuz it's date of the meme day TwT
Edit: Well, at least Magnús Scheving is still alive


Btw jojo is praticly a time capsule of the 80s


I'm from the future. <br>2020 is a damn mém


Oh yeah Mr Krabs, sum Gorillaz ( my fav band ) playing in the background 😁😇👌👍👌💥


No honorable mention for Grand Dad? Is that sexual harassment?


Why do I here rainbow road music in the background


Damn i thought it was going to be the idubbz shit in number 1 but im not disappointed!


8:02 its youtube  video inside a youtube video


JoJo's is not just a simple A N I M E

It is actual art. Not even fucking kidding..


I'm from the future!<br>YouTube rewind 2017 is just pure cancer, yt rewind 2016 doesn't even get close.

I'm from the future!
YouTube rewind 2017 is just pure cancer, yt rewind 2016 doesn't even get close.


No SHOKK?
U N S U B B E D

jk
Also he made Reposted in the Wrong Neighborhood.


DID LEONARDO DECRAPIO  REALLY GET AN OSKER


Sure it's not cause people love a blood bath?


Did Trump say "Im running for FISH GOD"?


Am I going to get a virus from this video?


GREATAUNDERA IS THE MOST ANTI-DRAMA CHANEL EVEA


It's so annoying to me that a word which used to refer to serious mental episodes that stemmed from traumatic experiences has turned into meaning... "offended".


And this is how MKultra's final products looks


No.1 dank meme of january 2017 is let it grow from the Lorax

Clone Trooper that was a forced meme by mrmrmangohead

Clone Trooper I'm declaring the YouTube recommended videos as the freshest meme


Hey I understand it now, he put gorillaz music because he was talking about harambe wow brain capacity increased


HOLY SHIT. IS THAT A MOTHERFUCKING JOJO'S REFERENCE


emp lemon you do know pepe becoming a hate symbol was a plot by the mysterious hacker group 4 chan to steal pepe back from the normies


Every time i try showing my Weeb friends this (show) aham ahem. They dont get it, and hate the way you clip thinggs together. When i see it i see  masterpiece


Ok but when’s black sabbath^3 comin’ out lmao


so glad wearing headphones watching your videos.....noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot


V A P O R W A V E  I S  C O M P L E T E L Y  M A I N S T R E A M


Ralph the movie maker <Creator of the nutshack3


And still dank memes still rule on the top.


Does anyone remember thelegend27? That was weird


thx for putting gorillaz in the background

Mr. Shooty I thought I was the only one who thought that!


Love all the Gorillaz despite the fact it's not about Gorillaz


this comment may be late but this was probably one of the best vidoes I've ever seen


You need to visit a doctor, to teach him how to heal people right


What show were those green numbers he used to count down from???


downward spiral ? I only see top quality content right here

Karl Heinrich Marks hes just losing the poop subs

Karl Heinrich Marks <b>DOWNRIGHT SPIRAL</b>


Buckle Your Fuckles

I lold so hard I got a few strange looks
edit
MEME ANTICHRIST

WEEEEEZ


Playing a Gorillaz song while talking about a gorilla


I like how you say <b>AniME</b> its funny cause i know you watch some

I like how you say *AniME* its funny cause i know you watch some


Top 10 Videos That Aged Like Shit<br>NUMBER WUUUUUUUUUUN

Top 10 Videos That Aged Like Shit
NUMBER WUUUUUUUUUUN


alright delayed reaction and honestly I'm not even sure if it was a 2016 meme, but CADBortion/loss?


!!ATTENTION VIEWER!!    You have scrolled down to the 2020 doomsday comment thread. Lol you thought 2018 was bad


9:27 -9:52 is there actually a video that does that?


But hey thats just a theory, a game theory


okay how the actual fuck did Big Smoke not make the list


TRUMP RODE THE FUCKING MEME WAVE TO PRESIDENCY

WE INADVERTENTLY MEMED THIS MAN INTO OFFICE


The kahoot but ( insert text here) one is great


is feel good inc playing in the backround


great guy better opinon and some good shit u just got a new subscriber


jack Lennon im never going to rule it out.


Honestly if this election taught me anything is that no one should take politics that seriously. I have my political opinions and want to elect who I think will do best for the country, but at the same time it's pretty temporary and 95% of the time won't mean much in the grand scheme of things.

Also Gary Johnson 2020.

Also I think we need more dank meme/prog rock combos. We have To Be Continued and a video entitled "All Star but the time signatures are from The Dance of Eternity". We can only go up from here.


Memes are the bane of humor. And wtf does "dank" mean, would be nice if you at least defined it for those of us that are out of the loop, because we don't glom mindlessly onto the trendy repetitive beaten-to-death humor known as memes.


Normies in my school have forsaken Triggered and now say they're activated or turned on. Which is just stupid.


Last time I was this early, Leafy didn't get roasted by Roger from American Dad

you mean the person that looks like roger with steve's face? you normie


after watching this video you sealed the deal.

I'm unsubscribing


they succ

i had to i'm sorry i actually don't feel strongly about 2018 memes, other than steamed hams, but they were better than 2017's.


I detected a behind the normie in number 3


I just noticed that "Dank Souls" image at 18:32. I approve.

PS: hit me up at "cksupreme" on steam for some DS1 or 3 jolly cooperation/pvp.


Stephan carl has since passed. We will miss you robbie rotten


Hello 2016 this is 2018 rewind got worse


I consider your downward spiral a dank meme.


holly fucking ballz. u played "Feel Good Inc. for harambe's appearence.


I like all the Pink Floyd Movie stock footage, it's cool with a k


Feel so sorry fir Pepe that's why his so sad now 😭


What's the lab clip you used on the start?


what about you reposted in the wrong neighbourhood


U.N. Owen Was Her? Fa-father? Is that you?


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TheGuy12211221 you are geting <b>"Closer"</b> !

TheGuy12211221 you are geting *"Closer"* !


The reason you put dat boi so  high seems soo backward


Why does everything have to be a meme these days?

LPH When you think about it nothing matters, the universe is so big and their could be other parallel universes that earth is not even a speck of dust in reality. Our existence as a species is small we haven't even lived longer than the dinosaurs. Memes are a escape from the crushing truth to give meaning to something that has no meaning. Our lives are worthless until we give it meaning the stars and planets are just big balls of rock and gas until we give it meaning like earth our home. Their is millions of planets like earth so it's not special but we give it meaning. So thats why memes are everywhere especially nowadays it helps us cope with the crazy world we live in.


If you've been living under THE ROCK. THE PEOPLE'S HOME.


Hey I would just like to say that vaporwave has existed as a meme since the early 2010s but some people who weren't involved with the original meme rediscovered it in 2016 (including me)


Pepe isn't supporting white supremacy...

He's supporting green supremacy. Praise Kek

Pepe isn't supporting white supremacy...

He's supporting green supremacy. Praise *_Kek_*


NORMIES STOP KILLING AND TALKING OUR MEMES.


I remember those times... a war we almost won but than america came and defeated us a 3rd time...atleast now Trump rules america...but pepe the frog is really equal to those symbols...he was technically superior...wish that pendulum coukd swing back right...

Ⰸⰰ Ⰴⱁⰿ Ⱄⱂⱃⰵⰿⱀⰻ


I don't get it? Why do people not like your videos? I love them.

meta527II bruh I supported Hillary but just because he explains for half an hour how trumpf won the election using memes is fine honestly and emp is right you never insult and dehumanize pepe for political game my dude.

Some Funny meme that will die in a few months Well he m$&@#%bates to Trump on a daily basis

meta527II that is literally the entire joke of his channel, and it isn't a bad thing if he's a Trump supporter, everyone's weird in their own way.

The style change caused a massive gap in his fanbase. To some, they love it, to others, it's season 8 SpongeBob.

Because one of those videos aren't Frying Dory.

Me too!! Whether it is older ytps, or his downward spiral world tour, I LOVE IT!!!

Arthur The Aardvark <br>Actually...It was horrible

Arthur The Aardvark
Actually...It was horrible

agreed. people are too harsh on emp just because he changed his style


Pokémon Go to the polls

E N D M E

Edit: Pokémon Let's Go! Pikachu and Pokémon Let's Go! Eevee might revive Pokémon Go

*Pokémon Go to the polls*

*E N D M E*

Edit: Pokémon Let's Go! Pikachu and Pokémon Let's Go! Eevee might revive Pokémon Go


what's the Cyriak - Because used at the start of the video


Right wing subreddits are weird too.<br>Can't be in the middle.

Right wing subreddits are weird too.
Can't be in the middle.


we are number one is not

n u m b e r   o n e?

we are number one is not

*n u m b e r   o n e?*


How dare you diss jojo roundabout meme is 10000000 times better because its from the legendary anime Jojo bizarre Adventure


Ohohoho, EmpLemon

You should NOT undercut the memetic potential of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

@i don't check my notifications popularity boost would be an understatement

EasyBakeCoven wait im out of the jojo memes in the last few months, what happened<br>did jojo just get a big popularity boost from part 5? i remember that happening with part 4 as well

EasyBakeCoven wait im out of the jojo memes in the last few months, what happened
did jojo just get a big popularity boost from part 5? i remember that happening with part 4 as well

<b>It must be the work of an enemy stand</b>


Jojo is the darkest anime show your respect


6:02 HOLY FUCKING SHIT WHAT IS TJAT SONG PLEASE GIVE IT TO ME I REMEBER PLAYING A GAME ON NEWGROUNDS WITH IT AND LOVED IT PLEASE IF YOU KNOW THE SONG NAME you know just reply me the name. thanks

Reimagining :the game:, the third in the series, from :the game: (2008), Replaying :the game: (2009), and the one I pointed out.


i miss dat boi. fucking normos taking his away from me.


The internet has gone to shit. He didn't put kek on this list


You guys are gonna flip your shit when I tell you about 2097


<b>DUCK AND COVER, HERE COMES THE NORMIES</b>

*DUCK AND COVER, HERE COMES THE NORMIES*


The Macintosh Plus video got [Deleted] a little while ago.


It is a shame that you don't like anime, Dear Emp. JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (the anime from which the while To Be Continued meme originated) is especially a Litteram gold  mine of dank memes (just look it up on KYM). Plus, it's a literal love letter to rock and roll, metal, jazz and music in general.

FEBUARY 7, 1889<br>JONATHAN JOESTAR DIED

While I do like how JOJO has a shrine of dank memes, its a real shame how uneducated fools steal what they see, with out even knowing what its is!

+ekmad except Jojo and fist of the North Star. The rest is trash.

Gabe Newell you have no right to criticize someones memes when you think Gabe Newell is still funny. " HL3 CONFIRMED RITE GUYS XDDDDDD"

+Eduardo Tedeschi I just realized that your profile picture is kaz lol.

@Eduardo Tedeschi Didnt mean to insult you.Just pointed things out.<br>Plus i dont have a problem with SU.I thinks it's a great show.Its the fanbase that gives me stage 5 cancer

@Eduardo Tedeschi Didnt mean to insult you.Just pointed things out.
Plus i dont have a problem with SU.I thinks it's a great show.Its the fanbase that gives me stage 5 cancer

Gabe Newell Ok, first of all i am not a "fanatic" as you say and i do not like being called that way. I like anime but i don't base my whole existence on it like many other people do, and i would never force anyone (let alone Emp, one of my favourite youtubers) to like it or offend people that don't like it.
Second: yes, i do like Steven Universe. I think it's a good show with good characters and a good story and i enjoy watching it. Nothing more, nothing less. You don't like it? Fine, i won't judge you.  But you can't judge me neither just because of that and because of the past errors that the SU fandom has made.
I apologise for this long answer and for any grammatical errors in it: english is not my mother language. Good day sir.

Eduardo Tedeschi Anime fanatic. CHECKED
Seven Universe profile picture. CHECKED
Boy we have ourselves a rare specimen.

I am not nice Apparently he hates anime in general. Oh well, nobody is perfect! 😆

This guy really hates Jojo? No dignity.<br>chew

This guy really hates Jojo? No dignity.
chew


my favorite memes of 2016
spongegar
dat boi
harambe
TheLegend27
we are nunber one
hey whats up guys its scarce here


27:15 SUOMI!!!😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥

27:15 SUOMI!!!😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌👌👌🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥


if number 1 isn't shrek i'm going to dislike the video
edit: at least i'm not as triggered as i thought i would be with the number 1 spot, but shrek isn't anywhere on this list? ANYWHERE? he is literally THE meme god.

if number 1 isn't shrek i'm going to dislike the video
edit: at least i'm not as triggered as i thought i would be with the number 1 spot, but shrek isn't anywhere on this list? ANYWHERE? he is literally _THE_ meme god.


The nutshack meme was good by the way. the cartoon was total shit.


I LOVE THIS CHANNEL
-A RICK AND MORTY FAN
-LOVES MEMES
-KNOWS ABOUT THE KIRBY TV SHOW
-IS DANK IN GENERAL

*I LOVE THIS CHANNEL*
-A RICK AND MORTY FAN
-LOVES MEMES
-KNOWS ABOUT THE KIRBY TV SHOW
-IS DANK IN GENERAL

What do you mean he knows about Kirby: Right Back At Ya?!


I voted for president based off memes! I am smart


I was expecting another shitty, shallow, watchmojo-formula list of unfunny dead memes and instead received an in-depth analysis of today's society


Stop taking memes so f***ing seriously! Jeez!


Lol hes a normie himself just useing thoughs memes for a cover up


How do normies kill a meme? Sure, just because they can't treat them right and it's lame when they do it doesn't mean the meme has to be dead, it can still live on for you and your fellow memers. To me, this is a mindset of "It's Popular, Now it Sucks" or "It's Mainstream, Now It Sucks", which I think is bull. It can still mean something to you and still be enjoyable even though outsiders found out about it. They always find out about them anyway, even if it's years later after the meme has truly died out of old age and overuse. Because, at least in my opinion, what kills a meme is repetition and oversaturation, regardless of whether or not normies find out about it. (I am going to get a lot of hate for this question and my "unpopular opinion" but I am prepared for a shitstorm from commenters in response to this. How dare I have a different opinion, after all!)

By "normifying" a meme, you release it into an audience that cannot use a meme properly. This opens up oversaturation and repetition of said meme. Ugandan Knuckles got waaaaay oversaturated and used poorly all over the internet. Memes stay fresh in small groups, like 4chan or in small YouTube communities. Sometimes Reddit can keep a meme alive, and sometimes the way it spreads memes around can kill it quickly. When you see a meme on 9gag or iFunny, it's already dead.

MarissaOfUnderground unless it's the "autism" meme. Then we could destroy it.


The Nutshack meme might actually work in 2018 because of how long it's been gone.


T h e <b>DaAaNnNNCcCCccE</b> o f t h e l e m o n

T h e *DaAaNnNNCcCCccE* o f t h e l e m o n


I hate how he acts like progressive rock is some sort of underground music genre, while it was super popular back at a time and is still popular today (probably more than modern rock)


Trump confirmed the pronunciation in the White House Laurel/Yanny video.

Admittedly pretty good for a lefty meme.

LeGr8stMeme that's 2017 do t get ahead of yourself.