How To Make Money From Memes in 2024

Want to turn your memes into cash? Learn how to make money from memes! It’s quite easy, fun, and your jokes could be your next paycheck.

Ever since Facebook and Instagram active users increased, memes have become one of the fastest-growing and highly engaging content next to celebrity’s social media posts. Due to their humor and relevance to culture, people tend to watch and share with friends, and even put on their status.

In this generation of Internet and social media, there is a belief that sharing memes is a way to stay in touch with friends.

Meme page businesses create and post memes consistently to increase their followers and like to make sustainable income through shoutouts, and promoting products and brand deals. Yes! You heard it right. Brands are also reaching out to meme pages to promote

There are numerous articles on how to make money from memes. But, I will explain all the details in this article so you don’t have to search anywhere else.

What is a Meme?

Meme originally came from the Greek word “Mimema” which means “imitated”. Later on, introduced by Richard Dawkins in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene. Since then memes have evolved from humorous visual communication in the mid-late 90s to social media and Internet memes in the form of images or videos. Nowadays, viral content is the source for all meme creators. It often carries humorous or satirical content.

Things To Consider Before: How To Make Money From Memes

There are several things to consider before starting a meme page. You have to be very creative and able to create humorous content every single day. Otherwise, there is no chance to get success in this competitive theme page business. Mentioned below are the important abilities you should have.

Creativity

Creativity is the main factor in managing a successful meme page. You have to come up with hilarious and creative humor memes constantly to keep your audience engaged. It helps social media algorithms favor your posts, and boost audience reach.

If you are running out of creativity, another option is reposting memes and content from individuals that have viral and funny factors. This technique is still used by many popular meme pages, such as Pubity, Nugget, and Memezar. You have to repost by making some changes and adding video captions and subtitles.  

Many meme pages on Instagram are struggling to surpass 100k followers because of excessive reposting. So, it is necessary to keep balance, with 30% original meme and 70% repost content.

Social Media Management 

Similar to any other Instagram business account and pages, meme pages are also required to be managed properly to analyze and grow organically. Conducting a thorough analysis of high post-engagement periods and demographic data is crucial.

Posting at the right time gets more engagement. Therefore, knowing social media management gives you an edge over your competitors.

Editing Skills

All the posts are based on images and videos. So, having basic photo and video editing skills is essential. You’ve probably come across numerous memes featuring photo manipulation and video keyframe editing. 

These are the techniques of how meme creators make memes. Having basic graphic designing and video editing skills makes the post more unique and attractive. It’s not necessary to have professional-level photo and video editing skills.

Consistency

Competition in the meme page business is high, but one with consistency is preferred by the audience and favored by social media algorithms. This is not just for the meme page, every social media strategy prefers consistency and quality content to boost the account growth.

How To Start a Meme Page

Running a meme page is quite easy and convenient, and requires zero cost, right from the comfort of your home using your smartphone only. There is no need for a high-power laptop or powerful photo or video editing software. Mentioned below are the steps you can follow to create a perfect meme page.

Step 1: Decide Your Niche

Choosing a niche can be challenging because the niche you are interested in might not have revenue potential. Running a meme page is all about making consistent income from the page. So, choosing the right niche that aligns with your interest is very important. 

There are various niches you can choose from, such as general, lifestyle, girls, and boys related, coding, babies, introvert, Psychology memes, and more. You have to choose one that you have passion and interest in, so you don’t get bored with the topic quickly.

Step 2: Choose a Social Media Platform

Each social media platform has its unique audience, so selecting the right platform with more active users, especially youth, is preferred to maximize traffic. 

The majority of active social media users are aged between 16 to 35. For this reason, Instagram and Twitter are considered to be the best platforms to start a meme page. But I would suggest you start with Instagram. 

There are many post-scheduling tools you can also use to schedule and publish your post on multiple social media platforms at the same time.

Step 3: Create a Social Media Account 

Create your account with a separate email address if you plan to sell your account later on. There is also a risk of getting your account hacked. To ensure your account’s safety, I would suggest you enable two-factor authentication to avoid potential hackers. 

Step 4: Setup Business Email Address 

Running a meme page is quite similar to running a business, so having a business email address to receive inquiries is very useful. Meme pages are often flooded with direct messages, sometimes hard to filter potential promotion requests. This will solve all those problems and also save you time and energy. 

Step 5: Optimize Profile

Although it is not necessary to optimize your profile to make it look fancy. However, optimization can yield significant differences. Adding contact information at the right place, writing a creative page description, and making highlights to distinguish your account from others. 

If you want to know exactly how others are doing it. You can check from similar accounts within your niche for reference.

Ways To Generate Revenue From Meme Page

Meme page business doesn’t seem so lucrative business, but there are many hidden ways could generate more than $500 every month. I am going to unveil the methods used by meme page creators to generate revenue. 

1. Paid promotion

For every social media page business, whether it is meme or theme pages. Their main source of revenue is the paid promotion. Many small business owners like e-commerce stores, dropshipping businesses,  affiliate marketers, mobile applications, and brands prefer affordable options to promote their products. So, a meme page is one of the best options due to its huge number of followers and high engagement rate. 

2. Paid Shoutout

Paid shoutouts (similar to paid promotion) are a very some of the ways to make money through meme pages. Many small influencers, Instagram models, and influencers want shoutout to increase their fan following through paid shoutouts. 

Not only that but also Onlyfans models. Yeah! you heard me right. They are the most frequent paid shoutout buyer on meme pages. You must have seen it many times when you were scrolling on Instagram.

3. Affiliate Marketing

You’ve probably come across the phrase “Link in Bio” frequently in reels and posts, encouraging you to download apps, games, or other promotions endorsed by influencers, themed pages, and meme accounts. 

The links give a commission to the promoter when someone buys products and services from that particular link, or when people complete the sign-up process from those links. 

Affiliate marketing is the most lucrative way to make money on social media. You can promote on your meme page bio section, using link-sharing tools such as Linktree and LinkinBio. There are many affiliate programs available to join, such as Clickbank, ShareASale, digistore24, Impact, and more.

4. E-commerce Store

Affiliate marketing enables you to earn commissions from sign-ups and sales without having to own a product. On the other hand, using an e-commerce store, you can sell T-shirts or any other merchandise on your page.

You can set up your website with Shopify and integrate with the POD platform (Print on Demand). They will handle everything from printing, packaging, and shipping when you get an order from your customer.

5. Brand Endorsement

Brand endorsement is very rare for meme pages. But still, I have seen a few popular meme pages endorsing brands on their page. If you have a strong fan following, there is a possibility of brands reaching out to you for endorsement. 

Keep in mind, that brands pay a handsome amount if you can close the deal. You can also reach out to brands offering your promotion service. If your account meets their criteria. Voila! You win a big bag!

6. Reach Out To Meme Page Owner For Work

There is an opportunity available for meme creators even if you don’t want to run a meme page. You can create memes as a sample and send them to meme page owners, asking for work. 

Another option is to create a gig as a meme creator on a freelancing platform like Fiverr. You will find many people offering such services on Fiverr. With a good number of reviews, it signals that there is a demand in the market for meme creators.

How To Reach Out To Brands For Promotion?

There are many ways you can reach out to brands, but direct outreach through the brand’s LinkedIn, business email, and social media is the best option. You don’t have to write fancy Email scripts. Try to focus more on a direct approach with your offer and details about your account. 

Start with a catchy and engaging introduction to grab attention. Then, explain who you are, what your meme page is about, how your account relates to the brand, and mention a positive aspect of the brand. 

Attach your account’s professional dashboard analytics screenshot, such as reach in 30 to 90 days, engagement rates, follower demographics, and age metrics. And if you have had previous collaborations with brands, share the experience along with the results.

My Final Thought On Meme Page

I have managed 2 meme pages, that garnered around 20k followers within one and a half months, and sold them at a very good price on Fameswap. Running a meme page business is more profitable than theme pages, with multiple revenue streams. 

But, it requires a lot of creativity to come up with funny and humorous content constantly to keep the followers engaged. If you have the mentioned three abilities: humor, entertainment, and creative mindset, you are good to go for starting a meme page! 

People often have doubts about whether they will succeed or not, especially compared to other big meme pages. Even if you don’t get your expected result, you can sell the page to many marketplaces like Fameswap, and Instasale, or directly reach out to meme page owners for a sale.

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