About

The Egyptian Trend or Egypt Trend is an animation meme trend in which a character is shown next to an Egyptian pyramid, both are covered by a wall of hieroglyphics, and then an ancient Egyptian-themed version of the character dancing is revealed. The trend, which is set to the song "Screwbot Factory 2" from Rhythm Heaven, was started on TikTok in late March 2025 by TikToker @isetekh and was further popularized throughout early April 2025 on TikTok and YouTube Shorts. It is often used to show thirst traps of given characters. The trend has notably been compared to Ankha Zone.

Origin

On March 24th, 2025, TikToker^[1] @isetekh posted an animation set to "Screwbot Factory 2" from Rhythm Heaven^[2] that gained over 4.9 million views in two weeks. In the animation, a hieroglyphics-style drawing of their Sonic the Hedgehog OC Setekh is shown on-screen. A wall of hieroglyphics covers the drawing, and then, as the beat drops, the image transitions to a more detailed drawing of Setekh doing an Egyptian dance that has been compared to the Ankha Zone dance. This is the earliest known version of the meme.

Spread

The meme garnered viral spread over the following days on both TikTok and YouTube Shorts, inspiring further animations. On March 29th, 2025, TikToker^[3] @amy_yayxd posted a template for the meme that gained over 8 million views in 10 days.

That same day, TikToker^[4] @sygi.x posted a version of the meme featuring a Suguru Geto thirst trap that gained over 7.2 million views in the same span of time.

On April 1st, 2025, YouTuber^[5] RAND0M_Alexandra posted a version of the meme made in collaboration with Serinity_.Dear. in which their OCs combine, garnering over 740,000 views in a week.

On April 3rd, TikToker^[6] @sandeaterq posted a version of the meme featuring someone dressed as Light from Death Note, garnering over 550,000 views in five days. It was reposted by X^[7] user @sillaydotto on April 4th, who wrote, "I hate that egyptian trend but this one genuinely made me laugh," garnering over 44,000 likes in four days.

On April 5th, 2025, TikToker^[8] @izontknoo posted a version of the meme featuring James Charles that garnered over 2.2 million views in three days.

On April 6th, X^[9] user @L9ngkkk posted a piece of artwork resembling the trend depicting a thirst-trapping Catnap, garnering over 6,700 likes in two days.

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