How to get a backlink from Know Your Meme?
Know Your Meme only makes sense as a backlink source when your page is a useful primary source, reference, or documentation page for an internet-culture topic. Do not use it as a general profile link: the site’s rules prohibit advertising and promotional spam, and weak submissions can be ignored, edited, or removed.
Method: submit a meme entry with neutral supporting references
- Create or sign in to a free Know Your Meme account.
- Open the new meme submission page. If you are logged out, Know Your Meme redirects this URL to the login page.
- Pick a meme, trend, or internet-culture event where your page is genuinely useful evidence: an original source, timeline reference, data page, creator page, interview, archive, or other non-sales material.
- Write the entry around the meme research first. Add your URL only where it supports the surrounding claim or belongs in Additional References.
- Publish the submission and expect review. A low-effort or self-promotional entry may stay in Submissions or Deadpool instead of becoming a confirmed encyclopedia entry.
- After publication, inspect the live entry before reporting the link. Link handling can vary by surface, and the safer expectation is citation/referral value rather than guaranteed dofollow SEO value.
A public Doge entry shows how external pages appear in Know Your Meme’s Additional References area. In raw HTML, sampled reference anchors were direct outbound links without nofollow, while tag and navigation links on the same pages commonly use rel="nofollow"; because this is a moderated citation surface, this provider is still marked nofollow.
Link quality notes
Know Your Meme’s root domain is strong, but a new user-submitted entry starts with far less page-level authority. The real upside is that a useful entry can be internally discoverable through submission, status, tag, and topic pages, and an accepted reference can send niche referral traffic from people researching the meme.
What not to do
Do not create a meme entry just to host a brand link, add sales pages as sources, or repeat the same URL across unrelated entries. Know Your Meme’s site rules call advertising and promotional material spam, so the defensible route is a relevant citation that improves the entry.
Backlink signals
Editorial estimates for comparing this provider.
- Dofollow linksUsually nofollowWe set this after checking whether the recommended backlink method on this provider typically outputs a dofollow link in the page HTML. If attributes vary by page type, we use the realistic default for that path and explain the nuance in the guide.
- No. We set this after checking whether the recommended backlink method on this provider typically outputs a dofollow link in the page HTML. If attributes vary by page type, we use the realistic default for that path and explain the nuance in the guide.
- Backlink valueEditorial estimateBacklink value is our 0-100 editorial estimate of how much authority a page you create here would actually carry. We score the page you would end up with - not the provider homepage - from how strongly the platform links to and indexes that page type, how much editorial review stands behind it, and what comparable pages are worth in practice. Most new pages anywhere are worth little; a few platforms hand a fresh page real strength straight away. It is a comparison estimate, not a measurement, and it will not match any third-party tool.
- 6/100. Backlink value is our 0-100 editorial estimate of how much authority a page you create here would actually carry. We score the page you would end up with - not the provider homepage - from how strongly the platform links to and indexes that page type, how much editorial review stands behind it, and what comparable pages are worth in practice. Most new pages anywhere are worth little; a few platforms hand a fresh page real strength straight away. It is a comparison estimate, not a measurement, and it will not match any third-party tool.
- Spam ratingLower is betterWe use spam score when we have a defensible value for the relevant domain or surface, otherwise a conservative Backlink Badger editorial estimate from platform quality and spam patterns. Treat it as an approximate comparison guide, not a guarantee of how search engines evaluate the site.
- 2/100. We use spam score when we have a defensible value for the relevant domain or surface, otherwise a conservative Backlink Badger editorial estimate from platform quality and spam patterns. Treat it as an approximate comparison guide, not a guarantee of how search engines evaluate the site.
- Acquisition difficultyLower is easierBacklink Badger assigns this 0–100 score from editorial review of signup friction, content requirements, approval gates, and account trust for the recommended path. It is an approximate comparison estimate, not a measured difficulty metric.
- 70/100. Backlink Badger assigns this 0–100 score from editorial review of signup friction, content requirements, approval gates, and account trust for the recommended path. It is an approximate comparison estimate, not a measured difficulty metric.
- Time estimateTypical setupWe estimate the minimum minutes a prepared user needs to sign up, set up, and publish or submit the backlink, including obvious waiting steps we can reasonably predict. This Backlink Badger estimate is approximate - your first attempt or extra verification may take longer.
- ~60 min. We estimate the minimum minutes a prepared user needs to sign up, set up, and publish or submit the backlink, including obvious waiting steps we can reasonably predict. This Backlink Badger estimate is approximate - your first attempt or extra verification may take longer.
- Free optionNo required spendWe mark Yes when the recommended backlink path can be completed without paying the provider for access, placement, or a required plan. If only paid tiers unlock the link, or payment is commonly required in practice, we mark No.
- Yes. We mark Yes when the recommended backlink path can be completed without paying the provider for access, placement, or a required plan. If only paid tiers unlock the link, or payment is commonly required in practice, we mark No.
Provider overview
Know Your Meme is a moderated internet-culture encyclopedia where signed-in users can submit meme entries and supporting references. The backlink path is a neutral source or additional-reference link that genuinely documents a meme, not a promotional profile or directory listing.
Minimum requirements to get a backlink from Know Your Meme
- Know Your Meme account
- Meme or internet-culture evidence
- Neutral source URL
- Non-promotional contribution
Key challenges to get a backlink from Know Your Meme
- Editorial fit: Links need to support meme research; advertisements and promotional material are explicitly prohibited by the site rules.
- Moderation risk: New submissions can remain in Submissions or Deadpool, and weak entries may never become confirmed pages.
- Mixed link value: Sampled public reference links render as direct anchors without
nofollow, but Know Your Meme is a contributor-edited citation surface, so treat it as source visibility rather than a guaranteed clean dofollow placement.