The Funniest TikTok Ban Memes from the Shortest-Lived Hysteria in Internet History

Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor

Jan 20, 2025 10:00 AM EST

The last two days for TikTok users (and all over social media, actually) have been a crazy ride. We went from accepting the ban we have been dreading for weeks, to saying tearful goodbyes, to a weird 12-hour silence, to a new kind of chaos once the ban was lifted.

Right before the ban, TikTok itself was flooded with content that no one knew what to make of – TikTokers confessing to their deepest darkest secrets, crying influencers, even the Duolingo account revealing who was under that giant mascot all these years. Americans were ready to say goodbye, while excited Europeans and even Canadians were more than ready to take over the app (yeah, we know what you've been saying about us in those 12 hours we've been gone).

We should have known these things would never last.

So TikTok was returned to our hands after 12 hours, and we are not really sure what to do anymore. Do we delete the Rednote app? Do we unsubscribe from all the TikTokers we subscribed to on YouTube? Do we just continue doomscrolling on our beloved app like nothing ever happened?

Well, if there's one thing we are good at, is making jokes about awkwardly dramatic situations, and this 48-hour hysteria fits the bill. Whether you are thrilled that the app is back, or actually think we were better off without it, you will enjoy these funny memes about this short-lived TikTok ban. Let's just hope we won't have to find more of these in 90 days.
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Before you keep on scrolling, if we're being completely honest with you, we thought we would have plenty of time to collect hilarious memes about the ban. So that we could share them all with you after we had a chance to let it sink in. But in reality, we should have bit a lot quicker.
After the ban was lifted, more memes emerged, this time about how short it actually was, which resulted in a combined collection of memes post-ban and post-unban. You can try to guess which was posted when, and we genuinely hope you enjoy them all!
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Still not over Vine

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