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How Much Aura Did Bro Gain? refers to a series of memes, including Accuracy Reenactments, based on a video of a man walking at graduation, looking at the camera, smiling, touching his nose and then touching his shoulder. The video was taken by photographer and Instagram user @filmedbyjackson and was posted to Instagram with the added caption, "How much aura did bro gain," on May 12th, 2026. The video became the subject of memes over the following weeks, largely on TikTok.

Origin

On May 12th, 2026, Instagram^[1] user and photographer FilmedByJackson posted a video of someone walking at their graduation. The person then notices the camera and makes a sign at them, first touching their nose and then touching their shoulder. An on-screen caption is displayed reading, "How much aura did bro gain?" The video garnered over 135,000 likes and 5.4 million views in a month.

Spread

On May 19th, 2026, TikToker^[2] @bigyellowbird3892773 posted a video in which he recreates the clip of the graduate, garnering over 2.4 million views in three weeks.

On May 26th, TikToker^[3] @aleyooo posted a video where he mockingly recreates the original, garnering over 6 million views in two weeks.

On June 4th, 2026, TikToker^[4] @slobani posted a video inspired by the original, in which he takes his diploma and then does a dance off the stage, captioning the video, "How much aura did I get?" garnering over 3.4 million views in four days.

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