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Rickroll: Back With a Vengeance

by Jamie Wilkinson | March 3, 2008

What was oldmeme is new again… rickroll is back (don’t click that).

We’ve noticed your Rickroll Shuts Up Baby video (76k views); we’ve noticed your dance remix MP3s. The RickrollDB blacklist has seen a surge in traffic & submissions over the last month, and they are largely being spotted on sites other than YouTube, which composed about 95% of the original blacklist. In the final sign of the rick-pocalypse, there’s whispers of a forthcoming FFFFFirefffffox extension that turns all YouTube embeds into rickrolls… Lord have mercy on your soul.

Peep the search trending; up about 100% in the last month (“rickroll” & “rick roll”) link
Google trends for rickrolling, March 3 2008

Random meme revival, or is this the rest of the curve picking up on Rickroll? Contrasting w/ 2 girls 1 cup search terms we figure there’s still huge growth potential for ol’ Rick, even post-Carson Daly (yellow & green are “2 girls 1 cup” and “2g1c” respectively; flatlines are “rickroll” and “rick roll”)

Graph of rickroll vs. 2g1c search trending; 2g1c appears infinitely larger

Saying “wtf is rickroll”? Watch the Know Your Meme introduction:


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3 comments on “Rickroll: Back With a Vengeance”

  1. Finch:
    4-11-2011 at 5:24 am #

    LMiGP2 Hey, that’s the greatest! So with ll this brain power AWHFY?

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