These tiny furballs with big personalities and cheeks full of nutty snacks are perfect meme material.We’ve hopped onto the hamster wheel to gather 30 of the funniest hamster memes we could find.

Hamster memes have been around for 25 years, becoming what the CBC called ‘one more ingredient in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that is online culture.’ Phil West.

Celebrating 25 years of the World Wide Web, Ben Huh recalls some of its finest memes. Hamster dance was adorable, obnoxious, viral. Lolcats took over the internet in 2007.

According to Know Your Meme, the hamster first appeared on the internet back in January 2019, when TikTok user @beanboy22 posted a video of a hamster staring directly at the camera.

On February 23, 2024, TikTok user @iwasbella combined the catchphrase with the sad hamster meme that appeared on the internet earlier that same month.

A patient trader made headlines in the crypto community by turning an investment of under $10,000 into millions in just two months with a hamster-themed meme coin called Hammy (HAMMY).

Celebrating 25 years of the World Wide Web, Ben Huh recalls some of its finest memes. Hamster dance was adorable, obnoxious, viral. Lolcats took over the internet in 2007.