Type of site | Encyclopedia |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Literally Media Ltd. |
Created by | Rocketboom |
Editor | Don Caldwell |
URL | knowyourmeme |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | November 25, 2007 |
Current status | Online |
Know Your Meme (KYM) is a website and video series which uses wiki software to document various Internet memes and other online phenomena, such as viral videos, image macros, catchphrases, Internet celebrities and more. It also investigates new and changing memes through research, as it commercializes on the culture. Originally produced by Rocketboom, the website was acquired in March 2011 by Cheezburger Network, in turn acquired in 2016 by Literally Media.[1][2] Know Your Meme includes sections for confirmed, submitted, deadpooled (rejected or incompletely documented), researching, and popular memes.