About
Among Drip refers to a viral 3D render of three crewmates from the 2018 video game Among Us wearing Nike Jordan shoes. In December 2020, memes based on the render gained significant popularity online as an ironic Among Us meme, similar to When the Imposter Is Sus.
Origin
On October 6th, 2020, creator collective Artifact Studios posted a 3D render of three Among Us crewmates wearing Nike Jordan sneakers (shown below). The render, created by the studio co-founder Chris Le (@clegfx), received over 880 retweets and 2,400 likes on Twitter and 10,300 likes on Instagram in two months.
On October 15th, 2020, Twitter user @yumenaii posted the earliest found meme based on the image, referencing I Will Beat You to Death meme (shown below, left). The post received over 140 likes in two months. Starting on October 22nd, 2020, a deep-fried version of the image captioned “Why don’t you get among some bitches” gained viral spread, with multiple posts on Instagram, Twitter and iFunny (original author unknown; shown below, right) in late October.
Spread
Prior to recognition and viral popularity of “Among Drip” in early December 2020, the render has seen moderate used a source material for memes. On November 6th, 2020, Twitter user @edmendozaart posted a fan art referencing the “Why don’t you get among some bitches” edit that gained 40 retweets and over 130 likes in one month (shown below, left). On November 24th, 2020, Twitter user @dairyorange posted a You Can Only Choose One meme that received over 500 retweets and 2,600 likes in one month (shown below, right).
On December 5th, 2020, Twitter user @Temsik_Park posted an Undertale fan art of Among Drip, gaining over 630 retweets and 3,900 likes and marking the earliest viral fan art within the trend (shown below, left). On December 11th, 2020, Twitter user @johnamthe posted a Sephiroth Impaling Mario edit that received over 680 retweets and 5,800 likes in four days (shown below, right), indicating the start of the viral spread of the meme on Twitter.
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Search Interest
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External References
Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/among-drip