Doge
Meme & format · 2010 · Niche
A rescue dog's photograph became the basis of a Comic Sans meme that spread in 2013.
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How it worksNumbers
- Seed to milestone
- 3.9 years
- Feb 12 ’10 to Dec 31 ’13
- Platforms
- 5
- Started on Open web
- Origin
- Organic
- Culture (no sector)
Mechanics
How it spread
Trace the originKabosu’s photograph became part of Doge’s caption culture. Shiba Confessions pairs Shibas with Comic Sans and solicits credited image submissions. Reddit communities and later platform features carried the adaptable voice into new contexts.
Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
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February 2010
Atsuko Sato seed · Feb 12 ’10
Sato published photographs of Kabosu, including the sideways-glancing image.[1]
September 2012
Shiba Confessions platform jump · Sep 2012
Shiba Confessions began pairing Shiba photographs with Comic Sans captions on Tumblr.[2]
January 2013
r/Doge platform jump · Jan 8 ’13
The Doge subreddit was created to share captioned Shiba images and videos.[3]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
- Added: 8 events, 5 sources · Score 17
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