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---
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: Meme ID
    dtype: int64
  - name: Archived URL
    dtype: string
  - name: Base Meme Name
    dtype: string
  - name: Meme Page URL
    dtype: string
  - name: MD5 Hash
    dtype: string
  - name: File Size (In Bytes)
    dtype: int64
  - name: Alternate Text
    dtype: string
  - name: Display Name
    dtype: string
  - name: Upper Text
    dtype: string
  - name: Lower Text
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 21358616
    num_examples: 57687
  download_size: 10157337
  dataset_size: 21358616
license: odc-by
task_categories:
- text-to-image
- image-to-text
language:
- en
- ru
- es
tags:
- meme
- library of congress
- government meme dataset
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
thumbnail: https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/60bccec062080d33f875cd0c/5dfPWMwTxq-XfN0tIzeDZ.png
---
# Dataset Card for "LoC-meme-generator"

This is an official meme dataset from the [library of congress](https://lccn.loc.gov/2018655320).


![image/png](https://cdn-uploads.huggingface.co/production/uploads/60bccec062080d33f875cd0c/5dfPWMwTxq-XfN0tIzeDZ.png)


---

# Meme Dataset Exploratory Data Analysis Report

> courtesy of chatGPT data analysis


## Basic Dataset Information
- **Number of Entries**: 57685
- **Number of Columns**: 10
- **Columns**:
- Meme ID
- Archived URL
- Base Meme Name
- Meme Page URL
- MD5 Hash
- File Size (In Bytes)
- Alternate Text
- Display Name
- Upper Text
- Lower Text

## File Size Summary
{
    "count": 57685.0,
    "mean": 51045.948513478375,
    "std": 11030.275842112662,
    "min": 0.0,
    "25%": 43371.0,
    "50%": 51154.0,
    "75%": 58668.0,
    "max": 161623.0
}

## Top 10 Most Common Base Meme Names
{
    "Y U No": 766,
    "Futurama Fry": 663,
    "Insanity Wolf": 612,
    "Philosoraptor": 531,
    "The Most Interesting Man In The World": 511,
    "Success Kid": 510,
    "Foul Bachelor Frog": 469,
    "Socially Awkward Penguin": 446,
    "Advice Yoda Gives": 420,
    "Joseph Ducreux": 415
}

---

# Original Dataset Card

**Meme Generator** allows users to create and share image macros—images featuring text superimposed on pictures or artwork—in the style of popular internet memes. The site functions as a searchable collection of user-created images, where meme images, also known as image macros, are commonly used for online communication utilizing a range of templated text overlays.

## Names

- **Library of Congress**, collector
- **American Folklife Center**, sponsor

## Created / Published

2012-2018.

## Headings

- Memes
- Visual communication

## Genre

Data sets

## Notes

- The collection includes a dataset created on May 5, 2018, from crawls of the Library of Congress's Web Cultures Web Archive. This dataset, `memes-5-17`, encompasses data for 57,652 memes. The Meme Generator dataset includes a total of 86,310 meme images which represent 57,652 unique memes. 
  - *Cite as*: Meme Generator dataset, 2018-05-17.
- Meme Generator archived web site (AFC 9999/999), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Library of Congress Web Archiving Team; Accession; 2012-2018.

## Medium

- Archived website, textual datasets, images
- 57,652 items (`.csv`)

## Repository

Library of Congress Archive of Folk Culture  
American Folklife Center  
101 Independence Ave. S.E.,  
Washington, DC USA 20540-4610  
[http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home](http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/folklife.home)

### Online Electronic Resource

## Digital Id

- [https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0010226/](https://www.loc.gov/item/lcwaN0010226/)
- [https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2018655320](https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/gdcdatasets.2018655320)