As the way we communicate continues to evolve and expand, with various technological advances allowing us to traverse time and space itself, it’s becoming more and more likely that ultimately, in the near future, the human race will share information exclusively via looping silent videos, aka gifs.
The unavoidable gif singularity may be somewhat off, but at least for now, as leaders in the dissemination of advanced memery and gifoloy, we must turn our eyes to the past 12 months of gif-use, and pass a scientific eye over the data at hand.
Unfortunately none of us here know how to work a spreadsheet, so thankfully the brains trust over at Giphy have released this list of the most used gifs of 2016.
Covering the usual internet fare of cats, Minions, cats, pandas and small furry feline creatures, there’s also a noticeable motif of gifs that involve crying, drinking heavily and general despair, which… yep. Sounds like 2016.
Cop the full list of 25 below, with our favs embedded.
1. Illustrated Obama Mic Drop
4. Unamused Old Lady
6. Broad City
8. Hello Bear
10. Deal With it Cat
11. Hillary Clinton
12. Minions
14. Sup Seal
16. Slipping Penguin
18. Monkey Love
19. Rad Dogman
21. Pandas
22. B—h Better Have My Money
25. The Simpsons MWAH
You said it Carl. MWAH.
Images: Giphy.
