# Scientists Reveal the Hi Scientists Reveal the Hi, also known as Scientists Reveal the Secret, is an exploitable image macro styled as a BBC News thumbnail showing an orange cat on a couch under the caption 'Scientists reveal the hi.' Instagram user cheemsitz posted the original dog-and-'secret' version in July 2025, and edits replacing the subject with an orange cat and the word 'secret' with 'hi' circulated through 2026. By October 2026, TikTok and Instagram accounts were posting color-inverted and face-replaced variants that drew tens of thousands of likes. ## Origin On July 16, 2025, Instagram user cheemsitz posted the original Scientists Reveal the Secret version, a BBC News-style thumbnail of a dog sitting on a couch captioned 'Scientists reveal the secret'[1]. The post collected over 100,000 likes over the next year. The following day, Redditor TyphlosionGod reposted the image to /r/comedyheaven, where it drew more than 3,800 upvotes[2]. On July 18, 2025, Redditor Alicyndaquil posted a comment edit on the same thread that replaced the dog with an orange cat, locking in the format most later variants would use[3]. Nearly a year later, on May 28, 2026, Redditor matthweewhttam posted an edit to /r/xertunposting that changed 'secret' to 'hi,' producing the title variant and collecting over 1,100 upvotes within five months[4]. - **Platform:** Instagram (original) / Reddit (cat and 'hi' edits) / TikTok (viral spread) - **Creator:** cheemsitz (original dog version); Alicyndaquil (orange cat edit); matthweewhttam ('hi' caption edit) - **Date:** 2025 ## Overview Scientists Reveal the Hi runs on the deadpan clash between a news-style headline promising a scientific revelation and an orange cat on a couch captioned only 'hi.' Users edit the base photo as a template: they replace the animal's face, invert the image colors, or write a different short word like 'bye' in place of 'hi'[7]. The visual design mimics a BBC News thumbnail, so stacking serious presentation against nonsense is the whole gag[5]. Both the orange cat edit and the 'hi' caption edit originated on Reddit before migrating to TikTok and Instagram in 2026, where accounts like @_bella_141 posted animation edits based on the still image[6]. Later variants include a seal face replacement by Instagram user Owen_Kung[8] and a color-inverted 'bye' version by Instagram user pooods[7]. ## How to Use A typical post keeps the BBC News layout intact: an orange cat sitting on a couch, a bold caption below the image, and the headline reading either 'Scientists reveal the hi' or a short word substitution like 'bye.' Common edits replace the cat's face with another animal, distort the image with color inversion, or animate the still photo for TikTok. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Scientists Reveal the Hi? It is an exploitable image macro styled as a BBC News thumbnail showing an orange cat on a couch under the caption 'Scientists reveal the hi'[5]. ### Where did Scientists Reveal the Hi come from? The format began with a dog-and-'secret' version posted by Instagram user cheemsitz on July 16, 2025[1], and was edited by Redditor Alicyndaquil the next day to use an orange cat[3]. The 'hi' caption variant was posted by Redditor matthweewhttam on May 28, 2026[4]. ### What does Scientists Reveal the Hi mean? The joke works on deadpan absurdity: a news-style headline promises a scientific revelation, and the 'reveal' is just a cat on a couch saying hi[5]. ### How do you use Scientists Reveal the Hi? People edit the base cat image, often altering the cat's face, inverting the colors, or changing the word 'hi' to a different short word like 'bye'[7]. ### Is Scientists Reveal the Hi still popular? As of October 2026, new edits were still appearing on Instagram and TikTok, including a seal-faced version by Owen_Kung posted on October 14, 2026[8]. ## References 1. [https://www.instagram.com/p/DMLiHlNPudv/?hl=en]() 2. [https://www.reddit.com/r/comedyheaven/comments/1m2qrak/finally/]() 3. [https://www.reddit.com/r/comedyheaven/comments/1m2qrak/comment/n3sih9k/]() 4. [https://www.reddit.com/r/xertunposting/comments/1tq5jb0/hi/]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/scientists-reveal-the-hi]() 6. [https://www.tiktok.com/@._bella_141/video/7672239822450265374]() 7. [https://www.instagram.com/p/DeakfuYBCl9/]() 8. [https://www.instagram.com/p/DefV-SqNR5c/]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/scientists-reveal-the-hi Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library