
Starting in late January 2021, the catchphrase gained notable popularity in ironic meme communities on Reddit, such as /r/ComedyNecrophilia and /r/okbuddyretard, and on iFunny, often being used to replace dialogue lines in various comics and being combined with When The Imposter Is Sus meme. On January 23rd, Redditor AtbBerare posted another version of the meme, gaining over 2,200 upvotes in three weeks (shown below, right). The post received over 8,600 upvotes in /r/ComedyNecrophilia subreddit in one month (shown below). On January 16th, 2021, Redditor Transformers1_480 posted the earliest derivative meme reusing the caption, editing another cartoon by StoneToss. For example, on January 20th, 2021, iFunny user bamboosle posted a cropped version of the meme, gaining over 27,200 smiles in three weeks. In the following weeks, the image received viral spread online.


On January 16th, 2021, Redditor Lewdvik posted an edit of a panel from a cartoon by webcomic artist StoneToss (shown below, left), replacing one of the people in the comic with a white crewmate from Among Us and changing the the dialogue line to the single word "amogus." The post received over 4,600 upvotes in the /r/antifastonetoss subreddit in one month (shown below, right). On December 11th, 2020, Redditor star-platinum_ posted the earliest known meme that referred to the 2018 video game Among Us, which gained viral popularity during Autumn 2020, as "Amog Us." The post received over 680 upvotes but did not spawn a trend.
