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The Owner of This Account refers to a series of memes executed in the style of Instagram stories which disclose certain information about the owner of the account and are usually purposedly fake for humorous purposes. The trend gained popularity on Instagram in early September 2019.

Origin

The exact origin of "The Owner of This Account" is currently unconfirmed. On September 2nd, 2019, Instagram user toyotacorolla_1945 posted the earliest known meme based on the expression which gained 80 likes in nine days.^[1]

Spread

In the following days, toyotacorolla_1945 posted more memes executed in the same fashion (shown below, left and right).^[2][3] On September 4th, 2019, Instagram user arch1ve5 reposted one of the memes, with the post gaining over 1,600 likes in six days.^[4]

On September 5th, 2019, Instagram user niqqatry posted a "The Owner of This Account" meme, with the post accumulating over 3,100 likes in one day (shown below, left).^[5][6] In the following days, an edited version of niqqatry's meme with the words "with their dream girl" blacked out was shared by multiple users on Instagram. For example, a September 8th, 2019, post by Instagram user tippitytopgram gained over 14,900 likes in two days (shown below, right).^[7]

Additionally, more humorous posts beginning with the phrase "The owner of this account" were shared by multiple users on Instagram starting on September 5th.

Various Examples

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