Top 10 Most Iconic Internet Memes of All Time

Charlie Schmidt's 1984 video of his cat Fatso playing a keyboard, uploaded to YouTube in 2007, became the standard ending to any video fail. Play him off.

An 8-bit cat with a Pop-Tart body flying through space leaving a rainbow trail, set to an impossibly catchy loop. Watched 100 million times and counting.

Shiba Inu Kabosu staring sideways at the camera in 2010. With Comic Sans much wow and very coin, Doge became a currency, a brand, and an entire dialect.

Kyle Craven's 2012 yearbook photo captured the universal experience of everything going slightly but inevitably wrong at the worst possible moment.

Sammy Griner's 2007 beach photo of a toddler triumphantly clenching a fist full of sand. Used to celebrate any small victory, from parking spots to life-changing news.

The grinning, smug face drawn by Carlos Ramirez in 2008 that became the universal symbol of internet trolling and u mad bro culture.

KC Green's 2013 comic dog, calmly drinking coffee while surrounded by flames. The defining image of modern anxiety: aware of the chaos, choosing peace anyway.

The 2017 stock photo turned global template. A man ignores his girlfriend to stare at another woman. Used for every preference, comparison, and cultural betrayal since.

Two stills from Drake's Hotline Bling video, the dismissive grimace and the approving point, became the internet's go-to binary comparison format.