Swole Doge

About

Swole Doge, also known as Chad Doge refers to a popular edit of Doge which imagines the character having an extremely muscular human body. The edit gained significant popularity in memes in major Doge meme pages on Facebook, Instagram and Reddit starting in July 2019.

Origin

On July 7th, 2019, Redditor purnya232^[6] posted the first instance of Swole Doge in the /r/dogelore subreddit. The post received more than 7,400 points (99% upvoted) and 160 comments in less than six months (shown below).

Spread

On July 8th, 2019, Facebook page Doge Dad posted a cropped version of the image. The post gained over 120 likes in two months (shown below).^[1]

In the following days, Doge Dad posted multiple How Could You Tell memes and other memes based on the image (examples shown below).^[2][3]

Starting on the same day, Instagram page yourfriend doge posted a number of memes based on the character (examples shown below). For example, a July 10th, 2019, post by yourfrienddoge gained over 11,100 likes in two months.^[4] On July 11th, 2019, the image was featured on dogetemplates Instagram page.^[5]

In the following months, more memes featuring the character were posted by Doge meme pages on Instagram and Facebook, as well as in /r/dogelore subreddit.

Related Memes

Swole Doge vs. Cheems

Swole Doge vs. Cheems refers to a comparison format in which representatives of the same group from two historical eras are presented as Swole Doge and Cheems and are compared to each other. Originating from a viral Reddit meme, the format gained popularity on Reddit and Facebook starting in mid-May 2020.

Various Examples

Templates

Search Interest

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