What is the name for those images with quotes in them?

Googling for picture quotes results in many images like this one:

Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up

It's not about motivation, it can be any type, like this one:

Walking my fish, like a boss

I believe there is a better word for this, but I can't remember it.


Solution 1:

These images are one type of meme aka Internet meme

EDIT: perhaps as mentioned in Tim Ward's comment that is not specific enough as not limited to 'quotation images'

Anyway quoting http://www.macmillandictionary.com/buzzword/entries/meme.html

noun [countable] a concept or idea that spreads very quickly via the Internet

...

a piece of information that spreads very rapidly across a large number of Internet users. It's a bit like the online equivalent of an inside joke, a fashionable, attention-grabbing concept that a large number of Internet users become aware of. A meme often takes the form of a hyperlink, propagated via e-mail, blogs, social networking, instant messaging, etc. like a kind of virtual Chinese whisper. A meme might be a joke or quotation, a rumour or simple fact, an image, piece of video, or even a particular website – virtually any titbit that can be passed from one person to another via electronic communication. A key facet of a meme is that it is voluntary, a communication which spreads from one place to the next without any kind of compulsion or automation. ...

Solution 2:

The first picture is an example of a inspirational quote. It fits in the broader category of motivational posters.

The second picture is an example of an Internet meme (a portmanteau of "mime" and "gene", coined by Richard Dawkins). Specifically, a meme that involves an animal is sometimes called an advice animal.

Solution 3:

At this point, the strongest contender for what to call them without using "meme" is "image macro." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_macro

Solution 4:

Commonplace clips perhaps. By sharing the ones we like on Facebook and such we are, effectively, making collections of 'commonplaces' (striking or notable passages, noted, for reference or use, in a book of common places, OED) for ourselves and our friends.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book