# Kia KN Car search meme

> A tweet claimed 30,000 monthly searches for KN car and prompted logo redesign jokes.

- Owner: null
- Kind: Meme & format
- Sector: Auto & mobility
- Seed date: 2022-11-17
- Peak date: Week of Nov 21, 2022
- Date basis: Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.
- Spread Score: 44 (Notable, provisional), v1.2
- Mechanics: Response chain, Controversy, Platform jump, Press loop, Catchphrase

## Summary

Older Reddit badge-identification questions and one commenter’s Google discovery preceded the numerical tweet. The Drive linked such questions while testing search results; Korean coverage relayed the story. A marketer later proposed films, parody and a K-pop response.

## Timeline

- 2021-01-06 — Kia (Open web) — Kia unveiled its new logo with a drone fireworks display over Incheon.
- 2022-11-17 — @Shwinnabego (X) — Ashwinn posted a logo comparison and a search-tool screenshot estimating monthly searches for KN car.
- 2022-11-18 — @Shwinnabego (X) — Ashwinn suggested the confusion could count as success for a brand seeking to reinvent itself.

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Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Kia KN Car search meme.” Case HIS-00791. Spread Score v1.2: 44/100. Updated 2026-10-15. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-00791