Know Your Meme

Know Your Meme

Book and Periodical Publishing

Brooklyn, New York 776 followers

A website dedicated to researching, documenting and explaining the origins, history and evolution of internet memes.

About us

Know Your Meme is an online encyclopedia and knowledge community dedicated to researching, documenting and explaining the origins, history and evolution of memes and internet culture at large. Founded in December of 2008, Know Your Meme's research is handled by its independent professional editorial staff and community members. The site grew to reach more than 16 million people every month and is considered the most authoritative source on news, history and origins of viral phenomena and internet memes. Know Your Meme's research and reporting has appeared in major news publications and outlets, including the New York Times, The Verge, Vice, BBC, Hollywood Reporter and TIME among others. Know Your Meme has also earned several recognitions and awards for its research including TIME Magazine's 50 Best Websites of 2009, the 2010 Streamy Award for Best Guest Star in a Web Series and the 2012 Webby Award for Best Cultural Blog. In 2014, Know Your Meme was inducted into the Web Archiving Program run by The American Folklife Center at the U.S. Library of Congress. Since 2016, Know Your Meme has been owned and operated by Literally Media.

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http://knowyourmeme.com
Industry
Book and Periodical Publishing
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
Type
Privately Held
Founded
2008
Specialties
memes, social media analysis, trend analysis, internet culture, viral media, media criticism, online research, and meme insights

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