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Venus Tummy is a slang term for a pouch of abdominal fat that becomes particularly visible when some women wear tight or form-fitting clothing, including skirts and dresses. Memes and posts appreciating Venus tummies as an attractive physical quality in women started going viral on social media as early as April 2022 on X / Twitter, garnering viral spread over the following years. The specific term "Venus Tummy" was coined as early as September 2025, and memes using the term garnered increased virality throughout 2025 as the idea of the Venus Tummy became the subject of debate, stoked partially by the viral Pouch GF post and an I Believe In Supremacy meme that uses the term. Critics of the Venus Tummy claim it is a sign of an unhealthy person. The term is purportedly derived from the Roman goddess of beauty, Venus, or the Greek version, Aphrodite, who is sometimes depicted in marble statues as having a stomach that fits the definition of a Venus Tummy.

Origin

In the early 2020s, memes celebrating the Roman goddess of beauty, Venus, and her body started going viral on social media. These memes use images of marble statues of Venus and Aphrodite (the Greek version of the goddess) in which she is depicted with stomach rolls or a slight belly and claim that her body is attractive.

One of the earliest known examples was posted on April 25th, 2020, by the Facebook^[1] page Classical Art Memes, garnering over 24,000 reactions and 44,000 shares in five years.

The exact term "Venus Tummy" was not used until as early as September 2025, but the exact origins are unclear.

Spread

Memes about the attractiveness of the so-called "Venus Tummy" became increasingly popularized over the following years, leading up to the coining of the term.

On May 24th, 2021, the meme by Classical Art Memes was reposted to the /r/trippinthroughtime^[2] subreddit with the title, "Stomach Rolls are awesome," garnering over 85,000 upvotes in four years.

On April 24th, 2022, X^[3] user @mewvore posted a drawing of a girl with a Venus Tummy, writing, "People wearing skirts please understand that this area right here is the single most attractive thing in human history," garnering over 370,000 likes and 52,000 reposts in three years.

On January 20th, 2023, X^[4] user @MrSAAerobics reposted the image with a more critical caption, writing, "ladies, what’s stopping you from removing this ball?" garnering over 5,400 likes and 24,000 reposts in two years, with many reposters arguing that the Venus Tummy is attractive.

The top comment under the post, by X^[5] user @AkilahObviously, reads, "Boys who tweet about women but can’t get women," garnering over 54,000 likes and ratioing the post. The poster responded to many commenters, claiming the Venus Tummy is a sign of poor health and that he supports healthy lifestyles.

On June 4th, X^[6] user @ExaRocket posted, "saw a woman built like this at the mall once and I walked into a rack of stuffed animals" in response to another user asking if men find women with Venus Tummies attractive, garnering over 110,000 likes in two years.

On October 14th, 2024, Redditor u/sds7 reposted a screenshot of @ExaRocket's reply to the /r/196^[7] subreddit, gaining over 6,000 upvotes in a year. That day, Redditor^[8] u/bell117 commented under the post with a "I Believe In X Supremacy" meme using several images of Venus Tummies, garnering over 365 upvotes in a year.

Variations of the meme garnered viral spread and were reposted many times over the following months.

On April 25th, 2025, the "Supremacy" meme was reposted to the /r/me_irl^[9] subreddit, garnering over 85,000 upvotes in five months.

On April 26th, it was reposted to the /r/PeterExplainsTheJoke^[10] subreddit, garnering over 53,000 upvotes in the same span of time.

On September 17th, another version of the meme, including a new photo example, was reposted by the Facebook^[11] page Relatable memes served with a side of cyanide, adding the term "Venus Tummy" to the meme, garnering over 6,000 reactions and 6,700 shares in two weeks. This is the earliest known use of the specific term "Venus Tummy," but it may not be the true origin.

On September 21st, 2025, X^[12] user @nxstypxet reposted the meme, garnering over 331,000 likes and 30,000 reposts in a week. On the same day, it was reposted to the /r/RoughRomanMemes^[13] subreddit, garnering over 12,000 upvotes in a week.

On September 26th, TikToker^[14] @marxiarts posted a video about the Venus Tummy, writing in the description, "He told me I have a Venus tummy 😭💕," garnering over 6 million views in four days.

On September 27th, 2025, X^[15] user @Bunni3Png quoted a post sharing the "Supremacy" meme, writing, "The fact that this is from a leak group chat for my content and now is being posted as 'Venus tummy like the goddess of fertility,'" garnering over 105,000 likes in three days. The post is taking claim for the top-most example of the Venus Tummy shown in the meme.

Various Examples

Related Memes

Zoe Kalotheos "My GF Has A Pouch Like Pic" Post

The Zoe Kalotheos "My GF Has A Pouch Like Pic" Post is a viral 4chan post in which an anonymous user shares a photo of two women, purportedly named Jessie Fox and Zoe Kalotheos, wearing tight dresses, circling Kalotheos' stomach with a red circle and writing, "My gf has a pouch like pic and it doesn't seem to go away no matter how hard she hits the gym. Is surgery my only hope?" The post was originally made in April 2023 and garnered viral spread in 2025, inspiring discourse and debates on social media. In September 2025, posts about Kalotheos losing weight went viral, with many arguing that she looked better before.

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