Understanding the Popularity of YOLO Memes and the YOLO Number

The acronym ‘YOLO’ to mean you only live once. has become a cultural phenomenon in US, frequently appearing in memes. The YOLO number is lighthearted idea around what makes a decision risk and reinforces the meme culture of YOLO. The majority of internet goes into STATUS as a “YOLO meme” answering to those spontaneous movement of people or funny situations in which they just let their body down with the truth on YOLO. Fans have even started to quantify their reckless existence with the calling it the ‘YOLO number’ after the meme YOLO. From a social media post to a committee basically about memes that depict the YOLO shield about carefree living, the civilisational evolution of this meme continues. The phrase ‘YOLO number’ has emerged as a tongue-in-cheek measure of one’s appetite for risk, along with self-reported YOLO numbers that appear in communities and forums where YOLO memes are prevalent. In an internet context, the YOLO meme and the so-called YOLO number are woven into the fabric of meme culture in America (probably) inspiring innumerable (bad) jokes and memes about living life to its fullest.