On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...

The March 2025 Meme Drought has left TikTokers panicking—to the point that the reaction has become a meme in its own right. "When I’m really old and have grandkids, I’m gonna tell my grandkids about ...

What makes this wave of videos particularly bizarre is its overlap with brainrot memes. As Vril posts have exploded in recent weeks—over 700,000 TikTok videos use the hashtag—there’s been a surge of ...

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. How much time gets wasted by people mindlessly scrolling on their phones? Economists are increasingly treating attention as a ...

They call it brainrot. Inane short-form videos just stimulating enough to keep you watching and scrolling, in a zombie-like manner, through whatever the algorithm presents next; not quite dull enough ...