The most searched memes of 2021 revealed – Matt Hancock tops the list | UK news

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Google revealed the most popular meme searches in the UK in 2021.

Here are the top 10 memes people searched for this year using the search engine.

1. Matt Hancock

Matt Hancock resigned as health secretary when leaked television footage showed him kissing an aide, violating social distancing rules he had helped establish during the pandemic.

Memes he shared on social media mocked his passing.

2. Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders came in second after a photo of him at President Joe Biden’s inauguration made waves online, sparking thousands of photoshopped memes on social media.

In the photo, the former presidential candidate is shown wearing oversized gloves and a practical brown coat, sitting socially apart in a folding chair with legs and arms crossed.

Social media users took it to various places like popular TV shows, iconic artwork and photographs.

Some speculated that he looked like he didn’t want to be there, while others pointed out that his outfits defy traditions of formal dress at inauguration ceremonies.

3. 4 boys

Jimmy Phillips, Conor Hampage, Kevin Rooney and Alex Lacey became known as “The Four Lads in Jeans” after a photo went viral of them wearing leggings on a night in Birmingham.

They told Good Morning Britain that they were ridiculed for their outfits but hinted at future job opportunities lined up against the backdrop of their online fame.

4. hamster

In February, fans of singer Lana del Ray created a “cult” on TikTok that required potential group members to change their avatars to one of her smiling, according to Know Your Meme.

This trend spread and inspired a “hamster cult” parody, in which all members used the same image of the animal in their profiles.

5. Prince Philip

No subject seems too sensitive for the meme — not even the late Prince Philip, who died at the age of 99 in April.

6. She’s Coming Home

The chants of “football come home” gained momentum as England reached the Euro 2020 final this summer – the team’s first tournament final since the 1966 World Cup.

Named “Three Lions” by David Badel, Frank Skinner and The Lightning Seeds, the anthem was originally recorded for the Euro 96 tournament held in England.

7. Squid game

I’m watching a Squid game and I realize I need this guys phone, haven’t seen it charge once in 4 days pic.twitter.com/R4tGDhI4wh

– YT: AJ (Altered Jay) 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩 (teredAlteredJay) October 3, 2021

Squid became the most popular Netflix series launch with 111 million viewers in its first month, so it should come as no surprise that it spawned a string of memes.

Set in South Korea, the series sees people burdened with debt invited to play a series of challenges that could earn them 45.6 billion won (about £28 million).

8. Sea Huts

Nathan Evans, a 26-year-old Scottish postman and aspiring musician, shared a video of himself on TikTok singing a sea hut called “Soon May the Wellerman Come”.

The clip and its duet have been shared thousands of times by the likes of professional singers, nautical lovers – and even Kermit the Frog doll.

9. Homeschooling

With schools closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, parents have used memes to share their frustrations with managing their children’s education from home.

10. Doing the homework

Millions watched Line of Duty in lockdown, the series following the AC-12 anti-corruption police unit, which aired the season finale in May and prompted fans to share their reactions by creating memes.

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