A typical 4chan conversation
4chan is an imageboard website. Launched on October 1, 2003 by "moot," its boards are primarily used for the posting of pictures and discussion of manga and anime. Users generally post anonymously and the site has been linked to Internet subcultures and activism.
4chan users have been responsible for the formation or popularization of Internet memes. The site's random board is by far its most popular and notorious. These memes are often repeated throughout internet culture, including in Flash animation on Newgrounds and on the BBS.
Memes accredited to 4chan
- Lolcats
- Rickrolling
- Barrel Roll
- IMMA FIRIN MAH LAZER
- Chocolate Rain
- Pedobear
- "An hero"
- "So I herd u liek mudkipz"
- IT'S OVER 9000!!