TikTokers have been going viral with videos about the ‘March 2025 meme drought.’ Here’s everything you need to know about it.
The ‘March 2025 meme drought,’ also dubbed ‘The Great Meme Drought of 2025’ or ‘TikTok Great Depression March 2025,’ is a tongue-in-cheek trend where TikTok users ironically mourn the absence of fresh, viral memes in March 2025.
It began on March 10, when TikToker goofangel uploaded a video titled “TikTok Great Depression March 2025,” claiming that nine days into the month, there had been “no original memes.” The clip amassed over 883,000 views and 119,000 likes, sparking a wave of edits and memes riffing on the idea.
Origins and evolution of trend
Goofangel’s video specifically highlighted the resurgence of the ‘I call Patrick Subaru’ meme, originally from March 2021, noting that its return was indicative of the supposed drought.
This sparked a widespread discussion and creative response on TikTok, with users leaning into the irony. Many creators edited historical photos from the actual 1929 Great Depression to depict the “meme-less” struggle of March 2025.
For example, TikTok user de.novo12 posted a compilation of Great Depression-era images on March 13, with the caption, “How the great March meme drought will be described in the history books.”
Another creator, mrllime, shared an image overlaying faces of TikTok influencers with the text, “When mfs say they grew up poor but never had to live during the great meme depression.” This post earned more than 767,000 views and 141,000 likes.
The same day, content creator zachlath posted a viral video describing how he feels while “sending bro TikToks during the great meme drought of 2025,” racking up over 6.5 million views.
While many posts played into the absurdity of the “drought,” it’s worth noting that new memes did surface during March.
Popular trends like the ‘Nah she got you blushing twin’ meme and the ‘Dating a GM’ craze kept TikTok lively this month, proving that the “drought” was more a meta joke than reality.
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