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You Need to Nerd Out meme.

You Need to Nerd Out

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Updated Aug 04, 2025 at 03:40PM EDT by Zach.

Added Aug 04, 2025 at 12:31PM EDT by Phillip Hamilton.

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About

You Need to Nerd Out is a trend in which participants promote the idea of "nerding out" by showing a collage or compilation of the things that they are nerds for, including specific movies, shows, video games, hobbies and more. The trend was popularized on TikTok in late July 2025. Most examples of the trend use an audio that begins with YouTuber the zurkie show saying, "You need to nerd out," before transitioning to the song "Punkrocker" by Teddybears. As the trend spread, some versions on sites like X / Twitter and Instagram detached it from the audio.

Origin

On March 23rd, 2025, YouTuber[1] the zurkie show posted a video titled "stop being nonchalant with yourself" in which he encourages people to "nerd out" and be proud of their interests. The video gained over 11,100 views in five months. Around the 00:41 mark, he holds up a sign that reads "You need to nerd out."



On July 18th, TikToker[2] @taymzvsp posted a video that begins with the clip of zurkie holding up the sign and saying, "You need to nerd out," followed by the song "Punkrockers" by Teddybears over a compilation of clips from a variety of movies, TV shows and video games, garnering over 2.8 million views in a month.

@taymzvsp to be cringe is to be free #arcane #arcaneedit #timebomb #atsv #spidermanacrossthespiderverse #rdr2 #reddeadredemption2 #thelastofus #thelastofus2 #spiderman #tasm #superman #superman2025 #dc #marvel #lifeisstrange #lifeisstrange2 #sinners #lalaland #nerdout #multimedia #multimediaedit #fyp #viral tags : @𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘬𝘢𝘵⧗ @rita ✦ @eden 🐈‍⬛ @.alev_. ིᖭ༏ᖫྀ @❀*̥˚myls ᖭ༏ᖫ @ᴀɴᴅʀᴇᴀ @cali @julia ᖭི༏ᖫྀ @𝙡𝙚𝙭𝙮 ୭˚. ᵎᵎ @Trevor 🧟‍♂️ @✝️ Gaxsta @✭ @🍉 𝐋𝐈𝐗 ᖭི༏ᖫྀ @alexa ✦ @arin @blue @kate ᖭི༏ᖫྀ @kateᖭི༏ᖫྀ @leo 🌀🦌 @luree★ @mady🪷 @myra 🧟‍♀️ @s ✧ @ᖭི༏ᖫྀ @ᖭི༏ᖫྀ ♬ original sound – taymz ᖭི༏ᖫྀ


Spread

The trend continued to spread over the following weeks. On July 20th, 2025, TikToker[3] @mvsptn posted a similar edit that gained over 5.8 million views in two weeks.

@mvsptn YOU NEED TO NERD OUT!! #NerdSubjects #GeekCulture #ScienceNerds #MathWhizzes #ProgrammingPassion #TechEnthusiast #BookishNerd #HistoryBuff #FictionFanatic #STEMEducation #NerdyInterest #BrainyTopics #GamingGeeks #AnimeObsessed #PopCultureNerd #TriviaMasters #CreativeMinds #GeekCommunity #NerdLifeStudios#starwars #marvel #Formula1 #NerdLife #GeekCulture #NerdGoals #NerdAlert #NerdyVibes #NerdyThings #NerdCommunity #NerdService #NerdPower #FandomNerd #NerdLove #NerdSquad #NerdGames #NerdStyle #NerdFun #GeekyArt #NerdComics #NerdBro #NerdForever #NerdWatch ♬ original sound – madi


As the trend evolved, people began posting selfies or videos of themselves with the things they "nerd out" over shown around their bodies, or by more directly showing themselves nerding out.

For example, on July 23rd, TikToker[4] @bryahnabailey posted a version of the meme that gained over 2.7 million views in two weeks.


TikToker @bryahnabailey's version of the nerd out trend. The image shows things she nerds out about around her.

On July 27th, 2025, X[5] user @nadoot__ posted two images of herself participating in the trend, garnering over 3,900 likes in a week.


NANA FR PERSONAS Sudor Mount YOU NEED SPY FAMILY LIFE STRANGE Splaten S M Temper P3 OMARI PERSONA3 NEON GENESIS ANGELON SONIC THE HEDGEHOG JUJUTSU KAISEN POKEMOY TO NERD OUT THE DIGEND OF ELDA METAL GEAR SHREK FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST DARK SOULS Dangampa BEE PUPPYCAT CASTLE CRASHERS THE LAST OF US 遊書 CHAINSAW MAN Kirby DYLCHOLY STUDIO GHIBLI NieR Automata Animal Crossing

On August 1st, TikToker[6] @altheajolie posted a video parodying the trend, garnering over 1.1 million views in three days.

@altheajolie NERD OUT!!!! #nerdsunite ♬ original sound – taymz ᖭི༏ᖫྀ


Various Examples

@elli_is_abelli just be you, you are cooler that way anyways #fyp #relatable #befreebeyou #anime #videogames ♬ original sound – taymz ᖭི༏ᖫྀ

@riley.fine.shyts life is too short to be ashamed of the things you enjoy. #creatorsearchinsights #coolroom #beweird #beyourself #belive #lifeistooshort #ootdinspo #outfitinspo ♬ original sound – madi

@fitcheckeverydayyyy #foryoupage #fangirls #fangirl #superman #nerdout ♬ original sound – taymz ᖭི༏ᖫྀ

@mitsy270

take notes from a real nerd.😐☝️

♬ original sound – taymz ᖭི༏ᖫྀ


Search Interest

External References

[1] YouTube – the zurkie show

[2] TikTok – taymzvsp

[3] TikTok – mvsptn

[4] TikTok – bryahnabailey

[5] X – nadoot__

[6] TikTok – altheajolie


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