Meme Early Warning
A public-signal scanner for phrases, tags and internet jokes before they become mainstream. It rewards velocity and cross-surface spread, then penalizes heavy news saturation.
Scan setup
Static-site version: this uses public APIs that may rate-limit or block browser requests. Failed sources stay neutral instead of breaking the scan.
What counts as early?
Best signal: a phrase accelerates on social/tag surfaces or niche communities, appears across more than one source, but has low mainstream news saturation. If news coverage is already high, it may be peaking rather than early.
Source honesty
This cannot see closed platforms like TikTok, Instagram, X or private Discords without backend/API agreements. It is a public-signal scout, not a complete internet oracle.
Waiting
Run a scan to find rising phrases with low mainstream saturation.
Not scanned
Mainstream saturation is estimated from open news and reference/public-lookup signals.
Ranked candidates
Meme desk brief
No scan yet.