Bloggers and meme-fanatics alike will admit that very few things can convey emotion like an animated ... make and share GIFs with little concern for the repercussions, but companies — and ...

All were named “most popular in 2016” for that most zeitgeist-y of Internet memes: animated GIFs ... software supporting GIF without even needing to know that a company named CompuServe ...

The main difference between an animated gif and a meme is that memes tend to be static images that make a topical or pop culture reference and animated gifs are, more simply, moving images.