Best Of 2021: The 21 Memes That Defined A Very Strange Year

Mel Judson
December 3, 2021 773 votes 146 voters
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Vote up the year's best memes.

Anakin Skywalker, a dead-pan Zendaya, and a beach that turns you old. The memes that defined our year were as wild and disparate as the year itself. Here are the top 21 memes that helped us process a very strange time in our lives. Be sure to vote up the ones that you think made the biggest impact.

  • 1
    113 VOTES

    Bernie At The Inauguration

    Bernie, masked and mittened up, at the Presidential inauguration was everyone who's ever been ready to go home. 

    113 votes
  • 2
    89 VOTES

    The Ship Stuck In The Suez Canal

    The Ship Stuck In The Suez Canal
    Photo: @deebashadnia / Twitter

    When the Ever Given got stuck in the Suez Canal the supply chain may have slowed down, but the meme chain spun into high gear. 

    89 votes
  • 3
    49 VOTES

    Hela And Taika Waititi

    Hela And Taika Waititi
    Photo: u/Greedy-Assist3616 / Reddit

    We're not exactly sure why a behind-the-scenes pic from Thor: Ragnarok became a popular meme template, but we're not complaining.

    49 votes
  • 4
    66 VOTES

    The Met Gala

    The Met Gala
    Photo: @Hello06726251 / Twitter

    The Met Gala never fails to bring out the celebrities and meme opportunities. And Kim Kardashian's all black look inspired countless memes but this Xenomorph-centric one is one of the best. 

    66 votes
  • 5
    65 VOTES

    iCarly's Decade Spanning 'Interesting'

    iCarly's Decade Spanning 'Interesting'
    Photo: u/bobhim / Reddit

    The iCarly revival on Paramount Plus not only brought us the reboot of our dreams, but they got meta and recreated an image which became a meme on it's own. And then THAT recreated when juxtaposed with the original meme became it's OWN meme. Confused? Welcome to the world of memes!

    65 votes
  • 6
    71 VOTES

    Kathyrn Hahn's 'WandaVision Wink'

    As the first MCU Disney+ show, WandaVision arrived with expectations sky high and it delivered, on both the critical and meme-generation fronts. No one captivated people more than Kathryn Hahn's Agatha Harkness, immortalized here in the wink heard around the world.

    71 votes