The 61 Meme is a TikTok trend started in October 2025 where people perform a rapid hand gesture representing the number 61 while repeating "six, one" at the camera.

Where did the 61 Meme come from?

It was created by TikToker Spartan Swot (@spartanswotuae), who posted the first video on October 16, 2025.

What does the 61 Meme mean?

It's a forced meme meant to replace the 67 (6-7) hand gesture meme, following earlier attempts by the 41 Meme and 93 Meme to do the same thing.

How do you use the 61 Meme?

Film yourself doing a rapid hand gesture and repeating "six, one" with an intense stare, or spot the number 61 in everyday contexts and circle it for comedic effect.

Is the 61 Meme still popular?

The meme spread rapidly in mid-October 2025, with multiple videos earning hundreds of thousands of likes across TikTok and X. Its longevity as a forced meme format is less certain.

Why do people call it "Six Swan"?

Spartan Swot's rapid pronunciation of "six, one" sounded like "six swan" to many viewers, which became an unintentional alternate name.

What is the connection between 61 and 67?

The 67 meme (6-7) is a popular hand gesture trend on TikTok. The 61 Meme, along with the 41 and 93 memes, tried to position itself as a replacement for 67.

@blizziboitv is the TikTok creator behind the "41 Song," who posted a video acknowledging and joking about the new 61 Meme on October 19, 2025.

61 Meme

2025Video / forced memesemi-active

Published July 28, 2026

Also known as: 61 New Meme · Six Swan · 6-1

The 61 Meme is a forced meme from October 2025 where TikToker Spartan Swot (@spartanswotuae) recorded himself doing a sped-up version of the popular 67 hand gesture while repeating "six, one, six, one" in a bathroom. The clip kicked off a short-lived trend of number-replacement memes on TikTok and X, following earlier attempts like the 41 Meme and 93 Meme to dethrone the dominant 67 format. Some viewers misheard his rapid delivery as "six swan," which became a running joke in the comments.

Overview

The 61 Meme belongs to a string of number-based memes that tried to replace the 6-7 (67) meme, a hand gesture trend popular on TikTok in 20251. The format is simple: someone stares at the camera with an intense or blank expression, performs a rapid hand gesture representing the number 61, and repeats the words "six, one" over and over. The original video had a slightly unhinged energy, with the creator squatting up and down in a bathroom while wearing a Calvin Klein hoodie1. What set it apart from the earlier 41 and 93 attempts was the sheer speed of the gesture and the way the rapid-fire pronunciation blurred into what sounded like "six swan" to many listeners.

TikTok

Origin & Background

Platform

TikTok

Key People

Spartan Swot, @blizziboitv

Date

2025

On October 16, 2025, TikToker @spartanswotuae (known as Spartan Swot) posted a video of himself standing in a bathroom. He performed a fast variation of the 67 hand gesture while bobbing up and down and repeating "six, one, six, one." The text overlay on the video read "61 New Meme"1. The video picked up roughly 644,200 likes over the next four days, making it clear the format had legs even as a self-described forced meme.

How It Spread

Two days after the original post, on October 18, 2025, Spartan Swot followed up with a second video using the same premise but adding a wide-eyed, blank stare directly at the viewer. That follow-up pulled in around 515,500 likes in just two days1.

The meme jumped to other creators almost immediately. On October 17, TikToker @_justin.12_0 remixed the original clip into a phonk edit styled after SCP-067 meme videos, picking up roughly 20,600 likes in three days1.

By October 19, the trend had spread beyond TikTok. @blizziboitv, the creator behind the earlier "41 Song," posted a video joking about the new 61 format and earned over 12,600 likes in a single day1. On X (formerly Twitter), @seiyaposting reposted the original 61 video, where it collected more than 30,000 likes in a day. Also on X that same day, @blephin_ put up a video using the Red Circle Perpetrators format to highlight "61" appearing as a phone's battery percentage, gaining around 22,000 likes1.

The spread followed a familiar pattern for number-replacement memes: rapid initial adoption on TikTok, crossover to X within 48 hours, and remixing into existing meme formats like phonk edits and Red Circle videos.

How to Use This Meme

The 61 Meme format typically works like this:

Film yourself staring at the camera with an exaggerated or unsettling expression.

Perform a rapid hand gesture (usually a fast version of the 67 hand sign, modified to represent 61).

Repeat "six, one" quickly while squatting, nodding, or making some kind of repetitive movement.

Add "61 New Meme" or a similar text overlay.

Cultural Impact

The 61 Meme fits into a broader wave of number-replacement memes that swept TikTok in 2025, including the 41 Meme and 93 Meme1. All of them attempted to displace the entrenched 67 meme, and the rapid succession of these challengers became its own meta-joke about forced memes. The cross-pollination between creators (like @blizziboitv bridging the 41 and 61 communities) showed how interconnected these number meme scenes were.

Fun Facts

The meme's creator Spartan Swot appeared to be based in the UAE, going by his handle @spartanswotuae1.

The original video hit over 644,000 likes in four days, making it one of the faster-growing number meme launches of 20251.

The "six swan" mishearing was never intended but became one of the meme's most recognizable features1.

Derivatives & Variations

Six Swan mishearing:

Viewers who heard "six swan" instead of "six, one" turned the mishearing into its own running gag, with people posting swan imagery alongside the 61 format[1].

SCP-067 phonk edit:

@_justin.12_0's remix blended the 61 Meme with SCP-style horror aesthetics and phonk music, creating a crossover template[1].

Red Circle 61 spotting:

@blephin_'s format of circling the number 61 wherever it appears naturally (battery percentage, clocks, scores) spawned its own mini-trend on X[1].

Frequently Asked Questions

References (1)

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61 Meme - Know Your Memeencyclopedia