A man who disgusts the living daylights of his girlfriend after he does a double-take when a hot girl walks past him. Drake’s legendary contrasting expressions of disapproval and approval. A bearded elderly gentleman in an elegant black suit making a style statement. A blonde-haired woman yells at a white cat making faces in front of a plate of lettuce. 

To your mom or grandma, all of these would seem like puzzle pieces of different characters straight out of a telenovela, right? But you, being a part of the internet generation, you know exactly what they mean—memes – the caffeine that keeps the GENZ and millennials the will to keep going.

You must have come across some of these or maybe all of them. It is also possible that you have seen these memes enough times to be sick of it by now. Once you see a good meme, it is impossible to unsee it. They easily get into our heads, make us laugh and think. They make us relate to each other and help connect the world. If you are specifically a millennial or Gen Z, your head must be buzzing with the countless memes you have seen. They are like the bread and butter of our digital lives, whether they are political, branded, or just pure fun. 

Merriam-Webster defines a “meme” as “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture” or “an amusing or interesting item (such as a captioned picture or video) or genre of items that is spread widely online especially through social media.” 

While memes have an entirely different outlook today, it was never the case initially. 

Oddly enough, biologist, author, and renowned atheist, Richard Dawkins first coined the term meme in his famous book, ‘The Selfish Gene. He explains that memes are ideas, cultural phenomenons passed down from person to person, much like much in the same way parents pass down genes to their children.

Fast forward to present times; memes have come out of those brackets into becoming something larger than that- all thanks to the internet boom. These days, memes thrive on grumpy cats, goofy smiles, salt baes, and many more. 

The rise of meme culture has changed the way social media impacts its users forever. Memes have become those little nuggets of information that pass from person to person, creating laugh riots and at the same time communicating ideas of culture, social norms, and current affairs. 

The extensive scope of memes and their ever-multiplying popularity gave way to the beginning of meme generators. A “Meme Generator” is a web-based tool that allows users to quickly and easily create their visual image meme. Memes can duplicate and grow without being monotonous. This is the USP of these meme generators. In fact, meme generators paved the way for the widespread democratization of memes.

Memes have become a learning tool in academics, a cost-effective technique for branding and marketing, and sometimes news outlets feature memes.

Meme generator follows a simple working procedure. Here are seven meme generators that are free online:

Best meme generator apps

Rizzle’s Titan

Rizzle has recently launched a chain of features that became a hit one after the other. One such feature that became so popular among the Rizzle community is Titan. You can shrink yourself to become as small as an ant or magnify yourself to become as big as an elephant without taking hours of editing using several different apps. With the power to change the size of everything (yeah, we know how it sounds), Titan is the perfect meme generator, and you can use it to make the most fantastic video meme. Here is how:

• Firstly, download Rizzle
• Tap on the Record Screen
• Tap on (template-icon)
• Select the Titan template you would like to use
• Tap on (create now icon) and allow the template to download
• Tap on (record button icon) to start recording the video

Meme Maker 

Meme Maker is another excellent meme generator on the Google Play Store. You can download it on any Android device. With this app, you can make memes anywhere, anytime. Here is how

• Download and sign up to the app
• Select the resolution 
• Select the template. You can choose between images and GIFs
•  Enhance the template with filters. 
• Create your watermark. 

There is one catch, and it is that you have to pay to remove their watermark. You can either pay $1 per month and $10 per year to remove the watermark permanently or use Meme Maker for free with its watermark. 

Make a Meme

This one is for iOS users, and you can download Make a Meme from the Apple App Store and have it on your phone to access anytime. There is also a website version of this app, and its functionality is almost the same. But we never know when we might need a meme with the current generation, so always have your memes ready to generate. Here is how you can make a meme using this app:

• Select a template from the meme library template or upload a new one
• Add the text. You can adjust the font size and color. 
• You can add shadows and outlines to your text. 

Filmora Video Editor

Filmora is one of the best video editors out there, and it is free. It can transform video into art with a simple drag & drop interface and powerful editing tools. You can use Filmora for generating viral-worthy memes too. Here is how-

• Drag and drop to import images, GIFs, and videos.
• Change background to black or which (if necessary)
• Change text size and color, adjust the positioning. 
• Finally, just click export and share across different social media.

Meme Generator – Imgur

Everyone 90s kid knows Imgur. For those who don’t, it is an image sharing and image hosting site. It is very famous among Redditors; essentially, it is Reddit’s official image hosting platform. Imgur is now available for making memes, and it is trendy among meme makers. It is easy to generate a meme from Imgur, and here is how:

• Choose the template or search for a specific template. You can also upload an image to create an original meme. 
• Write a text and place it either on the top or bottom. 
• Click on Make this Meme once you finish the edits.
• Share it on social media or save it by creating an Imgur account. 

Kapwing Meme Generator

Kapwing is a paradise for any content creator. It has all the A-Zs of content creation tools from meme maker, subtitler, trimmer, looper, filters, and more. You can rely on Kapwing to help you with all the tools needed for content creation, from automating subtitles to adding free music. So, how to use Kapwing to generate memes? Here is how:

• Go to their website and choose a template or upload an image, or even paste an URL
• Add overlays, texts, custom images, and set the duration of the meme.
• Customize the image resolution or choose between the popular 9:16, 4:5, 1:1, 
• Once edited, export as video, GIFs, images, along with the audio(if added)

Conclusion

There are plenty of easily recognizable or trending meme templates available with most of the meme generators. You can add a one-liner or two-liner text over it. You can tweak that meme template a little and finally save or export it to your system.