Troubled Plankton, a Brazilian nickname that has angered Portugal and Tennis Shark, are among the most popular memes on Google in 2025. The list, released on Thursday (4), also includes characters from Italian Brain Rot and the obscure (adult) meme 67.
The survey, which is conducted annually, shows the main trends in the search engine and is based on the search terms that recorded an increase in interest throughout this year compared to the previous year.
Check out the 10 hottest memes of 2025 below:
tenth. Dexter memes
“I know, but I can’t prove it” is the phrase that sums up this perfect meme for those who don’t trust everything and everyone (even without proof, just convictions). The protagonist is actor Eric King and his character Detective Doakes, from the series “Dexter”, whose suspicions take time to be confirmed and, however, remain true.
With posts in several languages, the meme is widely used on X, formerly Twitter, and on TikTok as a reaction to topics ranging from serious news to complete paranoia.
Ninth. Crocodile Grenade Launcher
A character from Italian Brain Rot — a series of nonsense memes that’s half “Commedia Dell’arte” and half a bad acid trip — a local Internet genre popular among teenagers, the Bombardier alligator is a hybrid between a military aircraft and a reptile, as its name suggests.
The oldest video found was posted on TikTok in February 2025, according to the group Know Your Meme, and surpassed 5 million views in just one month. The images, generated by artificial intelligence, show Bombardero while a voice with a strong Italian accent describes him as “a crocodile that bombs children in Gaza and Palestine, does not believe in God and loves bombs.”
His legend grew and Bombardino was incorporated into the stories of other Italian brain rot figures (one of whom is on this same list, a little later). He also had a brother, Bombini Goscinny.
Eighth. for me
The monkey lying comfortably is the origin of this meme that simply expresses “I don’t care.” Throughout this year, the piece has gained several editions, such as with Lady Gaga on the sands of Copacabana and the dog Silvera at UFSM.
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It was used amid the trade war sparked by Donald Trump, and was also the subject of a series of memes this year, when a Mandarin version appeared.
Seventh. prince
Uber Eats Indian delivery man transports worlds, backgrounds and eras so orders can reach any corner of the planet. This is the idea of the Amir meme, another AI-generated fictional character that makes up this list.
Amir’s first appearance was on TikTok, in a video on the messaging app, in which the delivery boy must return to the ice age within five minutes.
Fake in-app conversations, layered over Minecraft gaming videos, are very popular on the Bytedance platform. Therefore, Amir had the recipe for success from the beginning.
Sixth. Tralalero Tralala
At first, it was just a widespread sound – a bright song with a chorus of “tralalero tralala”. But the meme grew and Trallalero Trallala became the main character of Italian Brain Rot, and its chaotic and absurd AI videos featuring equally chaotic and absurd characters.
Tralalero Tralala is a friendly shark wearing Nike sneakers. He is the lover of another character from the brain rot world, Bellerina Cappuccina, who is married to Tong Sahor. There are a series of videos depicting a love triangle.
He had children: tralaleritos who say tralalá.
From a viral recipe to an economically impactful national fever, Strawberry Love – bonbons with the fruit and a caramelized white apple – dominated luxury desserts this July, so much so that it needs almost no introduction.
The horror of dentists, the passion of little ants, all in one of the biggest memes of 2025.
Fourth. I arrived in Brazil
Who discovered Brazil? Pedro Alvarez Cabral. When he arrived, what did he say? I have arrived, Brazil!
The hilarious exchange between the mother and daughter has gone viral, becoming a trend on social media – shared by influencers and celebrities – and a catchphrase in the real world.
the third. Plankton groaned
First of all, it is better to see and listen:
Initially a character from the cartoon SpongeBob, the first appearance of this meme dates back to 2010, on the DeviantArt forum. This first version of Plankton, a digital art, shows him with his mouth dark and his eyes closed in a strange, far-from-calm way. He has become a character in “creepypastas,” a horror film genre native to the Internet.
At the end of 2024, the image was added to the moaning sound on TikTok and became the third most popular meme on Google in 2025.
the second. 6-7
Probably one of the first 100% alpha generation, the 6-7 meme has seen a gradual rise. It’s based on the song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by rapper Skrilla, the music video for which went viral in January of this year.
Then, on Tiktok, @matvii_grinblat used the chorus repeating numbers to describe the height of basketball player Lamelo Ball, bringing the meme into the world of sports.
The same phenomenon appeared with the so-called “6-7 kid,” a boy who watched a basketball game and shouted “six seven” at the camera.
From then on, the teens begin to imitate the boy from 6 to 7 by shouting out sequences of numbers whose meaning is pure speculation (a street, a police code, which we don’t know and which Skrilla never revealed). This fad has caught on a lot abroad, especially in English-speaking countries, where there has been an abundance of reports explaining why babies scream from 6 to 7 and whether or not it’s alarming.
the first. Brazilian Guiana
In the world of Brazilian memes, Portugal has been declared as the 27th state of Brazil, Brazilian Guiana, “a little piece of Brazil in Europe”.
What started as a prank sparked angry criticism from Portuguese netizens, especially TikTok user @nokasgalaxy. An angry reaction was what was needed for the joke to become the top-attracting meme on Google in 2025.
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