After nonstop saying of the meme for the past year, 6-7 has found itself in a decline in popularity. 6-7 is an internet meme and trend that started in early 2025 because of the rap song “Doot Doot (67)” by Skrilla. The prime number meme has no fixed meaning, but generations young and old have gone crazy over it to the point where In-N-Out banned the number from the ordering system, Google had it as an easter egg in the search engine, adult animated show South Park featured it in the episode “Twisted Christian,” and it even got crowned “2025 Word of the Year.”
The reason why it’s popular is mainly because of the mentioned song, the height of a NBA basketball player, young NBA fan Maverick Trevillian being filmed doing the gesture, and (in the words of Skyline Junior Luke Derum) “it’s such a common number to pop up.” He said, “It can be counting; 6 and 7 comes out everywhere, and they’re consecutive numbers, so it’s hard not to be seen in the world.”
In addition, memes in general have a major effect on society as they can be informative and funny at the same time. Skyline psychology teacher Cade Robertson said, “Not only they are a word but they also have a picture to go with it.” He added, “Your ability to gather that image and reading at the same time, a meme can be interpreted way faster than reading an article.”
But just like any other meme, 6-7 isn’t trending anymore, because the joke is no longer deemed funny; they become too popular or a funnier meme comes in. “The younger kids like my little sister started saying it,” Derum said. “She’s in middle school, so since younger kids do it, it doesn’t seem cool to do or as funny anymore.” Even though it was popular for months, at the end of the day, it’s just a meme. Society can be very unpredictable, but they will still remember 6-7 even though it’s no longer trendy. As Robertson remarked, “People will still remember it, because it had a staying moment, but it may not be widely used as much anymore.”
