On the internet, a picture can say a thousand words, especially if that picture is a series of pictures animated into a loop.
A well-placed, perfectly-timed reaction GIF can help you win the day on Twitter or WhatsApp without typing a single character.
Now GIPHY, the collators world’s largest repository of animated gif files, has revealed the most-used images of 2017.
Top of the pile was the adorable knitting gnome designed by Anna Hrachovec, which racked up an incredible 340 million views.
It is followed by the incredulous, disbelieving blinking white dude, who kind of sums up 2017 in general really.
This waving pug comes in at third, the weird Fall Out Boy llama is fourth, while a sack celebration by the NFL’s Junior Gallete’s rounds out the top 5.
Other notable gifs in the top 10 include Bryan Cranston dropping an F-Bomb, Gal Gadot doing a happy dance in her Wonder Woman clobber.
Eddie Murphy’s “Think” gesture is way down at 17, while Steve and Nancy from Stranger Things 2 dancing at the party is in at 18, despite only being around for about 5 weeks.
Donald Trump staring at the solar eclipse, Lady Gaga’s infamous Super Bowl jump and Taylor Swift roundhouse kicking a dude through also crack the top 25.
What’s your go-to GIF? Share it with us @TrustedReviews on Twitter.
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