KYM-tan is the official moe anthropomorphized mascot of the Know Your Meme encyclopedia, designed to represent the site's mission of documenting internet phenomena. Created through community effort and character design contests, she typically appears as a scholarly or librarian-like figure obsessed with meme history and data. Her character design often incorporates the signature green and white color scheme of the KYM logo, sometimes including a magnifying glass or glasses to emphasize her role as a researcher. In meme culture, KYM-tan is frequently used in meta-commentary about the life cycle of memes, the act of documenting viral trends, or as a general personification of the broader internet culture community.