Humancore
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About
Humancore, sometimes called Humanity core is an Instagram Reels meme aesthetic that originated in late 2024 and gained popularity in 2025. It consists of short clips spliced together featuring people doing whimsical and silly things, fails, and harmless pranks. The edits are usually accompanied by upbeat pop songs, most commonly from the late 2000s and early 2010s, with featured artists including Katy Perry and MGMT. Humancore edits tend to feature "feel-good" captions about enjoying life and exhibit the whimsical nature of humans. The aesthetic shares similarities with other -core trends such as hopecore and more generally with wholesome memes.
Origin
One of the earliest examples of humancore was posted on November 1st, 2024 by Instagram user @retiredsuicidebomber[1] with the hallmark fail videos and prank clips.
Humancore began to gain traction with the November 15th, 2024 post by Instagram user @retiredsuicidebomber that garnered over 2.3 million views, captioned "I love the internet" to Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) by Katy Perry. The term "humancore" also appears to have been coined by the user as the caption to their post on November 22th, 2024.
Spread
The aesthetic subsequently became increasingly popularised through the end of 2024 into 2025 initially by regular Friday posts by @retiredsuicidebomber continuing to use Katy Perry's Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) and later spreading to other creator, with videos receiving millions of views on Instagram Reels. Some humancore edits also exhibit features of hopecore such as this March 30th, 2025 post featuring Kids by MGMT with 1.9 million views in two weeks.
A video by Instagram user @pear.baby42[2] on April 12th, 2025, features Mamma Mia by ABBA and garnered over half a million views in under a day.
A humancore edit uploaded by Instagram user @simple.soul8268[3] on January 26th, 2025, captions it "Earth core" instead with the video having received over 1.7 million views.
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References
[1] https://www.instagram.com/retiredsuicidebomber/
fn2. https://www.instagram.com/pear.baby42
fn3. https://www.instagram.com/simple.soul8268
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