Halloweenposting (Spookyposting)
Take any meme. Add a pumpkin. Change one word to "witch". Post.
Cooked. Ironic use only.
Halloweenposting (spookyposting) is the October habit of giving famous memes and GIFs a deliberately cheap Halloween makeover: jack-o'-lanterns, spiders, cobwebs and witches pasted on, and the caption rewritten with spooky words in Impact font. It started on X on October 4, 2024, with a Halloween edit of a Regular Show GIF, and it works the way Jollyposting does at Christmas. Know Your Meme added a new 2026 example on October 1, but there is little data on how big it is this year.
What does Halloweenposting (Spookyposting) mean?
Halloweenposting announces that it's spooky season by "Halloweenifying" whatever meme is lying around. The crudeness is the joke: the clip art should look pasted on, and the new caption should swap in one obvious Halloween word. It also covers jokes about starting Halloween too early, like asking someone to get coffee and go to Spirit Halloween.
Why did Halloweenposting (Spookyposting) take off?
It's a yearly excuse to remix memes everyone already knows, so it needs no setup. Know Your Meme compares it to Jollyposting, the same trick done with Christmas decorations.
Where did Halloweenposting (Spookyposting) come from?
- A user on X posts a Halloween edit of a Regular Show GIF and asks if everyone can just make Halloween versions of every GIF now. It passes 59,000 likes in three days.
- An edit that rewrites a well-known meme as "Don't Call Them Witches Bro" passes 72,000 likes in a day.
- Know Your Meme adds a 2026 spooky-season example to the entry: "Wanna get a coffee and go to Spirit Halloween?"
How to post Halloweenposting (Spookyposting) on TikTok
- Pick a meme or GIF everyone knows.
- Paste on Halloween clip art (pumpkins, cobwebs, a witch hat) and make it look rushed.
- Rewrite the caption in Impact font with one Halloween word swapped in, then post it as a reply or quote-post on X.
Questions about Halloweenposting (Spookyposting)
What is Halloweenposting?
Posting crude Halloween versions of popular memes and GIFs, with pumpkins, cobwebs and witches pasted on and spooky captions in Impact font.
Where did spookyposting come from?
From X in October 2024, when a user posted a Halloween edit of a Regular Show GIF and suggested making Halloween versions of every GIF. It passed 59,000 likes in three days.
Is Halloweenposting the same as Jollyposting?
It's the same idea for a different holiday. Jollyposting does it with Christmas decorations; Halloweenposting does it with pumpkins and witches.
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What changed on this page
Updated Oct 13, 2026
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