What Is ‘March 2025 Meme Drought’ on TikTok? Explained

TikTok users have been inundating the app with content related to the “2025 Meme Drought Prediction,” a topic that has ignited extensive debate and sparked numerous creative responses. The trend started with a single video, but it soon picked up speed, resulting in a deluge of edits, reactions, and memes being shared on social media.

Here’s how it all started, how users responded, and why it became impossible to ignore.

What is ‘March 2025 Meme Drought’?

The ‘March 2025 Meme Drought,’ also called ‘The Great Meme Drought of 2025’ or ‘TikTok Great Depression March 2025,’ is an ironic TikTok trend. In this, users humorously claimed that no new viral memes appeared in March 2025.

The trend started on March 10, 2025, when a user @goofangel posted a video titled “TikTok Great Depression March 2025.” He stated, “Nine days into March and we haven’t had a single original meme.” The video gained over 883,000 views and 119,000 likes, sparking a wave of related content.

@goofangel

#tiktok #brainrot #brainrotquiz #funny #unemployment

♬ original sound – goofangel

Goofangel’s video specifically referenced the resurgence of the ‘I Call Patrick Subaru’ meme, originally from March 2021, as evidence of the supposed drought. The trend quickly spread, with users creating posts mimicking historical events such as the 1929 Great Depression.

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.” The post earned over 5611 likes.

@de.novo12

Worst than a recession ?#march#marchmemedrought #fyp #funny

♬ original sound – maystxn

A different user posted a superimposed picture of popular TikTok personalities, accompanied by the caption, “When people claim they were raised in poverty yet never experienced the era of the Great Meme Drought.” This submission garnered 142 likes.

@mrllime

we need 2 bring ts trend/audio back fr #thegreatmemedepression #unemployed #brainrot #fyp #mrllime

♬ original sound – Luke????

On that particular day, TikTok user @zachlath posted a video named “What it’s like to post memes when there’s a severe lack of them in 2025.” This video garnered over 1.4 million likes.

@zachlath

Real (I sent this to him)#funny #meme #relateable #fyp #viral

♬ LET ME KNOW on melodica – sanilovesmusic

Contrary to what might appear to be sarcastic assertions, novel memes like ‘Nah she made you blush twin’ and ‘Dating a GM’ (Game Master) gained popularity during that period instead.

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2025-03-17 12:14