21 Best Memes 2021 – the Most Popular Memes of the Year

First on our list of best viral memes 2021 - is Bernie. He started the year and gave us a good laugh. The Bernie Sanders Meme - Who can forget the epic Bernie mitten memes that hit the internet after the Biden 2021 inauguration. Bernie, it did look cold.

Texas Winter Meme - Us Texans will never forget the winter of 2021. We suffered power outages for days, experienced our Texas government failing its citizens. Thanks, ERCOT and Abbott!

Who else spent what felt like most of the last few years on Zoom? Gotta find the humor in it all. This Zoom Meme was a must on the viral memes 2021 list.

The Texas Senator everyone can't help but not like, has been meme'd.

Our last day of work meme series has seen viral traffic in 2021 from all of the resignations. Do you know about the great resignation of 2021?

Have you checked Linked In lately and noticed how many of your friends are changing jobs? It's the 2021 Great Resignation.

In fact so many people are now quitting, when someone does stay at their jobs - employers are now doing stay interviews to find out what is making employees stay.

This hilarious 2021 Stimulus Check meme had to make our list. Will we ever see a government stimulus like this again? Chances are not in our lifetime. But we do need to keep encouraging our government officials to pass the Build Back Better bill to allow the Child Tax Credit to continue in 2022.

Next on our list of viral memes 2021 is this introvert meme. Anyone else realize that as soon as the world started opening back up that you really are a big ol' introvert?

Delta, Omicron or whatever the next variant is, we got a meme for it.

Many of our childhood memories include watching Blues Clues. Steve made a visit to the internet and gave us all the feels as he made us feel seen.

As the kids head back to school after spending time virtual, so many emotions with this 2021 back to school meme.

Next up for 2021 memes is this William Shatner meme when he went on Jeff Bezo's rocket, Blue Origin. Random fact: a documentary about Shatner's quick trip to space is currently in development.

Yellowstone series 4 returned in November. Beth Dutton and the rest of the Yellowstone cast, again bring us the ranch life drama that we didn't know we would be obsessed with but totally are.

Noodle the Pug has us asking every day, is it a Bones day? If you are obsessed with this TikTok sensation, don't miss more of these memes.

Adele wowed us with her first hit of her new album, 30. While the reviews for her latest record are mixed, Adele can do no wrong.

Of course, the #1 Netflix stream for 2021 would also be included on our viral memes 2021 list. That's right, Squid Games was recently named the #1 Netflix streamed show ever. In the first 4 weeks of launch, 1.65 billion hours were streamed! (see variety.com for full details)

Team Swifty would agree that Taylor Swift memes are a must on the viral 2021 memes list. Taylor relaunched "Taylor's version" of her Red album, sending all her fangirls and fanboys into hype mode. Let's not even get into the hilariousness of the Jake and the scarf scandal.

The people (and People magazine) has spoken. The 2021 sexiest man alive is Paul Rudd and by the amount of views of Paul Rudd memes received we know you love the Rudd.

With many still limiting groups, wishing someone a happy birthday virtually is now a standard. That's why we are adding this 2021 birthday meme to our viral meme 2021 list.

After waiting impatiently for years, 2021 is giving us a Matrix 4! That's right, releasing December 22, 2021 Neo returns. And let's be honest, to all the parents who sent their kids back to school this year - tell me how many notices you got the first 3 months of school. UGH.

To close out our favorite memes of 2021, we have to include these Christmas memes. Last year, being away from family and friend was tough for all of us. Let's celebrate family drama and all that Christmas brings!