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What Does 'Ratio' Mean?

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[ SLANG ][ SOCIAL MEDIA ][ VERB ][ NOUN ]

On social media, a 'ratio' occurs when a reply to a post gets significantly more likes or engagement than the original post โ€” widely interpreted as the community signaling that the reply is more correct or popular. Used as a verb: 'getting ratioed' means your take was publicly rejected.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"She posted that pineapple belongs on pizza and got ratioed 10,000 to 200 within the hour."

LORE & ORIGIN

Born on Twitter around 2017 as users noticed that massively disliked posts often had replies that dwarfed the original in engagement. 'Ratio' became a self-contained threat ('ratio incoming') and a celebration ('he got ratioed into oblivion'), spreading to all platforms and eventually used as shorthand for any public rejection of an opinion.

FIRST SEEN
2017
PEAK POPULARITY
2019-2024 (Discourse Era)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
TREND STATUS
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CULTURE CATEGORY
[ SLANG ][ SOCIAL MEDIA ][ VERB ][ NOUN ]

TOP PLATFORMS

TikTok
52%
YouTube
20%
Twitter / X
14%
Reddit
9%
Others
5%

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