Most Searched Meme Templates — September 2026

The most searched meme templates on Google in September 2026 (US): This Is Fine, First Time?, Crying Cat and more, plus the biggest risers.

Which meme templates are people actually looking for? This report ranks 20 meme templates by how often they were searched on Google in the United States in September 2026. The most searched was This Is Fine with about 40,500 searches.

Most searched meme templates in September 2026

#MemeUS searchesvs last month
1This Is Fine40,500+22%
2First Time?33,100+22%
3Crying Cat27,1000%
4Always Has Been18,100+22%
5Mocking SpongeBob14,8000%
6I Am Once Again Asking14,8000%
7Stonks12,100+22%
8Grumpy Cat12,1000%
9You Guys Are Getting Paid?12,100+22%
10Trade Offer9,900+22%
11Distracted Boyfriend8,100+84%
12They Don't Know8,1000%
13Best I Can Do Is8,100+23%
14Change My Mind6,600+22%
15One Does Not Simply4,400-19%
16They're the Same Picture4,400+22%
17Drake Hotline Bling3,600+50%
18Keep Your Secrets3,600-18%
19Evil Kermit3,6000%
20We Are Not the Same3,6000%

Biggest risers

Templates with at least 500 searches that grew the most compared with the month before.

MemeUS searchesvs last month
They Had Us In The First Half1,300+120%
Distracted Boyfriend8,100+84%
Drake Hotline Bling3,600+50%
Waiting Skeleton1,300+30%
IQ Bell Curve / Midwit1,300+30%
Two Buttons / Daily Struggle2,400+26%
If I Had One!3,600+24%
Panik Kalm Panik1,600+23%
Best I Can Do Is8,100+23%
I Don't Want to Play With You Anymore1,600+23%

Cooling off

MemeUS searchesvs last month
I'm Something of a Scientist Myself390-46%
If I Had a Nickel590-33%
One Does Not Simply4,400-19%
All The Things1,300-19%
Shut Up and Take My Money1,300-19%

Seasonal and topic memes

MemeUS searchesvs last month
Friday Memes74,0000%
Monday Memes49,500-18%
Birthday Memes40,5000%
Work Memes22,200-18%
Christmas Memes3,600+89%
Thanksgiving Memes1,600+122%
Black Friday Memes390+22%

About this data

Search volumes are monthly Google searches in the United States for "[template name] meme", from DataForSEO keyword data, for the 99 templates and topics Memegician covers with guides. Figures are estimates and are rounded by the data provider.

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