Where is thismeme clip from?
Upload the meme clip or a screenshot of it. We search several of its frames across the web and list every page carrying the same footage: the original upload, the reposts and the articles about the meme. The match count is free; opening every link costs $0.90, no subscription.
- Upload the meme, a screen recording, or a screenshot.
- Different captions and crops of the same clip still match.
- Widely shared clips are the ones the web has indexed best.
A link checks the first ~5 seconds. To check the whole video, upload the file.
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Strip away the captions, keep the footage.
Give us any version
The captioned repost you saw is fine. So is a screenshot of the key moment.
We match the footage
Frames are compared with Google's web image index. Caption bars and crops change little of what we match on.
Find the first context
Matches include the original upload and articles about the meme. Open them to see where — and when — it started.
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Straight answers.
Popular memes usually show dozens of matches in the free scan.
Find a meme's source free →Where is this meme from?
Upload the clip or a screenshot of the key moment. We search several of its frames and return the pages that carry the same footage, usually the original upload, reposts and a Know Your Meme or news article about it. Open them and compare dates; the earliest is normally the source.
Is there a free way to find where a meme video is from?
Partly. The scan is free: you see how many pages carry the footage and the title of the top match before paying anything. Opening every link costs $0.90. The other free route is screenshotting one frame and searching it in Google Lens, one frame at a time.
Does Google Lens or reverse image search work for videos?
Only one frame at a time. You pause, screenshot, search, and repeat, and Lens shows a sample of visually similar pages rather than every page with that frame. We take the whole clip, pick several distinctive frames and search each of them.
How accurate is it?
Each match says whether it is exact or only visually similar and how many frames agree. An exact match on several frames is the same footage. A match on one frame may just share a face, a logo or a stock shot, and is listed separately so you do not pay for it by mistake.
Does it work if the meme has different captions or is cropped?
Usually. We match on the picture, and a caption bar or a moderate crop covers only part of it. Heavy edits, mirroring and tiny cutouts match less reliably. Memes made from a film or a show work especially well, because those stills are among the most indexed images on the web.
What can't it find?
Anything that is not on a public, indexed page: private accounts, deleted posts, Discord servers and group chats. A meme with no video behind it, such as a drawing or an AI clip, returns only the reposts. If you pasted a link, only the first ~5 seconds were searched; upload the file to cover the whole clip.
Can it tell me who made the meme?
It shows where the footage appears. The meme's first poster is sometimes among the matches, but captioned versions are reposted so widely that the first one is often impossible to establish.
What happens to the video I upload?
It is used for the search and deleted one hour after the scan. Results from a search made without an account are kept for 30 days and are not linked to anyone. Nobody is notified.