Gooner Timeline
The Gooner Timeline is an exploitable image macro that charts women who went viral online largely because people found them attractive. First posted on X in July 2025, the format gets regularly updated as new viral figures emerge.
Overview
The Gooner Timeline is an exploitable meme format that presents a chronological chart of women who achieved viral fame online, with the implication being that their popularity stemmed from people thirsting over them. The format plays on gooner culture, which refers to people who obsessively consume attractive content online1.
The timeline typically appears as a horizontal chart with profile images or photos of various women positioned along a dated axis. Each entry represents someone who went viral primarily because users found them attractive rather than for any particular talent or accomplishment1. Featured subjects range from podcast hosts like Dasha Nekrasova of Red Scare to viral figures like Gio Scotti and various women from other popular memes.
As an exploitable format, the Gooner Timeline invites users to add new entries whenever another woman fits the pattern. This keeps the meme constantly evolving, with updated versions appearing whenever a new viral moment occurs that matches the theme4.
How It Spread
How to Use This Meme
To create a Gooner Timeline entry, users typically identify a woman who recently went viral where the primary driver of attention was her appearance. The new subject gets added to the existing timeline with their photo and approximate date of virality. Some creators make entirely new timelines focused on specific regions, platforms, or time periods. The format works best when the added figure clearly fits the pattern of going viral for thirst rather than any specific achievement or content.