Sad Hamster (Hampter)
Sad Hamster (Hampter) Sad Hamster, also called Hamster With Big Eyes or Hampter, is an edited photo of a grey hamster with comically oversized, teary eyes, usually paired with the 'world's smallest violin' tune. It became one of the breakout TikTok reaction memes of 2024.
Origin
The image is a digitally edited photo of a hamster named Alto, owned by Instagram user monyo_melo, with the eyes enlarged to make the animal look on the verge of tears. On February 8, 2024 TikToker afekix posted a video of the crying hamster set to 'Woe Is Me!,' the Richard Myhill composition famous from SpongeBob SquarePants.
Spread
The clip pulled over 6 million likes within a month and became a dominant reaction format across TikTok, used to express feeling overwhelmed, out of one's depth or quietly devastated. It folded into the earlier 'Hampter' hamster-meme lineage and generated endless variations.
Legacy
Sad Hamster became the definitive 'I'm baby' reaction of early 2024, a compact way to signal helpless sadness. On Solana it was tokenized as HAMMY during the same window, joining the wave of TikTok-born meme coins.
The Chain Trail
MemePedia tracks 1 Sad Hamster (Hampter) memecoin across Solana.
Key facts
- An edited photo of a hamster named Alto (Instagram user monyo_melo) with enlarged teary eyes.
- Popularized by TikToker afekix on February 8, 2024.
- Soundtracked by 'Woe Is Me!,' the SpongeBob 'smallest violin' tune by Richard Myhill.
- Also known as Hamster With Big Eyes and tied to the earlier 'Hampter' meme.
- Used as a reaction for feeling overwhelmed or sad.
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The tokens that claim Sad Hamster (Hampter)
Every token we can tie to this meme, and which contract appeared first. The original is marked OG; the rest arrived to ride the name.
| # | Coin | Price | 24h | Market Cap | Liquidity | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  SAD HAMSTER $HAMMY | $0.000220 | +0.87% | $220.23K | $89.42K | Mar 8, 2024 |
Combined live market cap for Sad Hamster (Hampter): $220.23K across 1 coin. Market data is live from DexScreener; figures are not investment advice.
The on-chain receipts for $HAMMY, pulled straight from the chain.
On-chain report
via helius · updated 1d agoHeld by the top 10 wallets.
- 1. 5Q54…e4j120.15%
- 2. 6rBY…TCeo2.80%
- 3. Fe7S…FA8s2.37%
- 4. 8zSe…Z7Ja2.31%
- 5. 35mb…HYBF2.00%
- 6. HtvE…H2Mf1.98%
- 7. Et6D…FbNu1.97%
- 8. Gn7J…JwiL1.78%
- 9. Enb1…eJ2P1.70%
- 10. 7aZe…YU9q1.68%
- Top 10 wallets hold 38.7% of supply — moderately concentrated.
- Deployment predates the scanned history — earliest date is a lower bound.
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