# Iconoclastic Memes Red Guy Blue Guy Visual Memes Seed Ideas Through Images By Katie Cordrey | Published 2010-03-22 | Pop Culture Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/red-guy-blue-guy References: [knowyourmeme](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/red-guy-blue-guy) & [breakfastscienceboard](http://breakfastscienceboard.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=55487&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=aa8b9f2f4b6f74538298e3731e2f32b8) Red Guy Blue Guy symbols started appearing in the Autumn of 2009 and have become ubiquitous, visually spreading memes to the amusement and sometimes horror of viewers. The [red and blue colors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/is-my-blue-your-blue) are said to be drawn from U.S. politics: red for conservative and blue for liberal ideals. But, not all of the images stay true to that general guide--while many of the [visual memes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/memedeck) are amusing, some cross into hate speech. It is the nature of memes to be [viral](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/i-can-fix-him), so it is no wonder that the Red Guy Blue Guy symbols have become common on the Internet. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.8/10 - Popularity: 53% | Activity: 22% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Pop Culture](https://www.trendhunter.com/popculture) > [Internet](https://www.trendhunter.com/internet) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Visual Memes:** Opportunity to create and share captivating visual memes that spread widely online, providing entertainment and humor. - **Meme Virality:** Leveraging the inherent virality of memes to reach a wide online audience and promote ideas, products, or brands. - **Social Media Culture:** Exploring the influence of memes on shaping social media culture and the way people communicate and express themselves online. ### Where This Applies - **Advertising and Marketing:** Expanding marketing strategies by incorporating creative and relatable visual memes to capture online users' attention and promote products or services. - **Internet Technology:** Developing innovative platforms, tools, or apps that enable the creation, sharing, and tracking of memes to enhance online engagement and user experience. - **Content Creation and Entertainment:** Creating meme-related content, such as videos, podcasts, or websites, to entertain and engage audiences within the fast-paced meme culture of the internet. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Lighthearted Meme Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meme-app.md) - [Meme-Style AI Models](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pepeai.md) - [Meme Discovery Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-meme-co.md) - [Meme Search Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/meme-search.md) - [AI Meme Creators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pictomeme.md) - [Sweet Viral Doughnuts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brainrot-doughnuts.md) - [QSR Meme Costumes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/spirit-halloween-chipotle.md) - [AI Meme Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/memedeck.md) - [Green Album Image Generators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brat-generator.md)