2 Week Minecraft Phase

About

2 Week Minecraft Phase is a concept used in a series of memes about going through a two-week phase in which you play Minecraft, after which you take an indefinite break from the game until the next two-week Minecraft phase. Memes about this shared experience first appeared online as early as December 2020 and were popularized throughout 2023 and 2024, also inspiring video essays about why the two-week phase appears to be a common experience among gamers.

Origin

The earliest known meme about embarking on a two-week Minecraft phase was posted by iFunny^[1] user repostingyourmemes_2016 on December 28th, 2020, garnering around eight smiles in four years (shown below). The meme may be a repost from an unknown source.

Spread

Memes about experiencing a two-week Minecraft phase, with the length of the phase sometimes varying, became increasingly popularized over the following years. On February 12th, 2021, TikToker^[2] @ryanlarge07 posted a video captioned, "POV: your Minecraft phase is lasting longer than two weeks," garnering over 1.5 million views in three years (shown below, left). On July 28th, TikToker^[3] @fiyafeeya posted a meme that gained over 2.9 million views in a year (shown below, right).

On December 16th, 2023, FunnyJunk^[4] user emphasizedn posted a meme about a two-week Minecraft phase that gained over 760 upvotes in seven months. It was reposted to iFunny^[5] on December 17th, garnering over 9,000 smiles in the same span of time.

On January 28th, 2024, YouTuber^[6] Jyn posted a video titled "Why your 2 Week Minecraft phase Sucks," garnering over 350,000 views in six months (shown below, left). On February 1st, a post was made to the /r/Minecraft^[7] subreddit asking users why they go through two-week phases and why "casual players get so bored of the game," garnering over 250 upvotes in five months.

On March 4th, YouTuber^[8] Grant Wisler posted a skit titled "If Life Was Like a 2-Week Minecraft Phase," garnering over 360,000 views in four months (shown below, right).

On March 27th, 2024, Redditor u/Wiggs0 posted a Green Goblin Talking to Mask meme about the two-week Minecraft phase to /r/videogames,^[9] garnering over 800 upvotes in four months (shown below). On May 1st, Instagram^[10] user dailymcdesign posted photos of a Minecraft world before and after a two-week phase, garnering over 30,000 likes in two months.

On July 10th, YouTuber^[11] niko posted a video titled "The 2 Week Minecraft Phase Explained" in which they dissect and examine the idea of the two-week Minecraft phase and try to find out why so many people seem to experience this phase, garnering over 796,000 views in three weeks (shown below).

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