Meme Maker

Lego-inspired meme design being made with PicMonkey's meme maker tools, like "Add photos" and "Edit text." Image of lego spaceman includes text "Trying not to be awkward." "Person: 'Nice weather.'" "Me: 'Thanks.'"

Garner all the laughs with PicMonkey's meme maker. Choose from dozens of meme templates, or make your own zeitgeist buster with professional photos, graphics, text, and easy-to-use tools. Your path to meme stardom begins here.

Lego-inspired meme design being made with PicMonkey's meme maker tools, like "Add photos" and "Edit text." Image of lego spaceman includes text "Trying not to be awkward." "Person: 'Nice weather.'" "Me: 'Thanks.'"

How to make a meme in PicMonkey

1. Choose template

Your meme making journey begins with choices. Grab one of our designer-made meme templates, or start from scratch with a blank canvas. You can always switcharoo later, yo.

2. Add images

Swap in your own photos, or pull some from our ginormous stock photos and videos library. Tweak your image's size, shape, color, and more with our effects and editing tools.

3. Customize your meme

Replace any text with your own words. Choose from hundreds of different fonts, and customize the text's color and size with effects like curve or outline. Add graphics for extra pizzazz.

4. Go viral!

Download your meme or share directly to social media from PicMonkey. Your work always autosaves to Hub, our cloud storage, if you need to return to it later.

Variety of stock photos available for use in PicMonkey: Happy white woman, funny dog, man covering one eye, shocked baby, asian woman.

Score laughs with meme-worthy stock photography

Know what kinda meme you want, but don't have the images to make it? We got you. Choose from millions (yes, millions) of authentic stock photos taken by some of the best photographers in the world. Oh, by the way—they're all included in your subscription.

Variety of stock photos available for use in PicMonkey: Happy white woman, funny dog, man covering one eye, shocked baby, asian woman.

Go viral with graphics

Boost your meme design with graphics, icons, or symbols. You'll find thousands in PicMonkey, all in a multitude of styles, shapes, and sizes. Select your faves and use them to create designs that are sure to get noticed.

Dozens of graphic examples available for use in PicMonkey.
Dozens of graphic examples available for use in PicMonkey.
Pink meme made in Picmonkey with lines that were drawn on and about to be animated

More reasons to use PicMonkey's meme maker tools

Juuuuust in case you need some more persuading:

PicMonkey Draw tool icon: Purple circle with white pencil inside of it.

Doodle on your meme designs with the Draw tool.

PicMonkey animation icon: Purple circle with white outline star and two dashes on side to signify movement.

Animate images, graphics, & text.

White star with three lines under it, placed in the middle of a solid purple circle.

Output designs as JPGs, PNGs, MP4s, or GIFs.

Ready to create?

Pink meme made in Picmonkey with lines that were drawn on and about to be animated

More meme-making resources

Animated PicMonkey Instagram post template, with animation menu open and "Float" animation applied.
How to Use Animation

Give your meme the gift of moves (and turn it into a GIF?)

Collage of different types of memes against blue background.
All the Meme Ideas

You need meme ideas. We have meme ideas. Perfect.

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GIF Maker

Memes...GIFs...we have the tools you need to make ‘em both!

Meme maker FAQs

Can I make a video meme?

Of course! Start with one of our meme templates, then just swap out the image for a video and write new text. Simple as that! When you're done, download your meme design as an MP4.

What text should I use in my memes?

Up to you. The "traditional" text used in memes is Impact, but meme creators often use a variety of sans-serif style fonts. Whatever you use, make sure it's readable and plays well with your images.

How do I make memes on my phone?

Download the PicMonkey mobile app. Upload your own photo or choose one from our stock photo library, then add text. When you're all done, just save your design to your camera roll. If you wanna share to Instagram, you can do so directly from the app!

Make next-level memes and so much more with a PicMonkey subscription