When did 'KnowYourMeme' become a meme?

According to KnowYourMeme, the first recorded use of the video was when it was uploaded to YouTube. Posted in December 2019, it referred to the video as a meme despite there being no apparent earlier use of the video elsewhere.

What makes a meme a meme?

And these are the key components of what makes a meme a meme. While an outright definition of a meme is hard to nail down, the term is most often associated with an image or video that portrays a particular concept or idea that is then usually spread through online social platforms.

What was the first Internet meme?

He couldn’t know it at the time, but that term would later be used to describe an infinite number of permutations of different phrases, images, sounds, and videos, all spread via the internet in an effort to share ideas and thoughts quickly and succinctly. Most would consider the first internet meme to be the dancing baby.

Who coined the term'meme'?

The word meme was coined by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene Dawkins called memes "ideas that spread from brain to brain" The Oxford English Dictionary defines memes as images, videos or text that are copied and spread by internet users, often with variations Is it 'the first meme'?