These April Fools' memes will make this day of practical jokes a bit more bearable
40 April Fools’ Memes to Make You Laugh After Getting Pranked
Updated on Mar. 04, 2025
The funniest April Fools’ memes
Ah, April Fools’ Day. A day for pranksters and practical jokes galore, sometimes even at your own expense. True pranksters will execute some amazing April Fools’ pranks that have been brewing for weeks, bystanders will stifle their laughs, and the targets of the April Fools’ jokes will roll their eyes to hide their humiliation. But even if you’d like to hide from the pranksters gone wild on this cherished day, there’s no reason you can’t enjoy these hilarious April Fools’ memes.
With our roundup of funny memes, you’re sure to hear a giggle or two on April 1. What’s more, these April Fools’ Day memes are incredibly relatable—which means your family, friends and co-workers will love them too. So make sure to share them and spread the laughs!
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It gets them every time
Expect the unexpected … which is nothing.
Caught you!
Let’s see who’ll prank who first!
Best prank loading …
If there was an award for best prankster, we would win!
Trust nothing
It’s the perfect day to do your research.
Get ready!
It’s the most important day of the month (to those with a funny bone, anyway).
Smart strategy
They’ll never know it was real … but we do hope they like you back!
Not today, pranksters
We’re not falling for any pranks this year!
Keep your guard up
The day of funny April Fools’ memes and pranks approacheth.
Pranks for days
For me, every day is this holiday.
Stand guard
Nowhere is safe. Pranksters may have you calling one of these funny numbers for a good laugh.
Is it spring yet?
You thought a light jacket was enough? Think again.
So am I just a joke to you?
Mom and Dad swear this wasn’t on purpose, but you can get them back with an April Fools’ Day prank for parents.
It’s still April 1
Rent is still due? You’re kidding, right?
The king of pranks
The best day of the year for the most embarrassing man in the world who loves dad jokes.
In a nutshell
April Fools’ memes aren’t for the kindhearted.
The gift that keeps on giving
April Fools’ Day, Mom! We love a good family joke.
Watch out
Should I believe you?
What is fresh air?
April Fools! I’m staying home again.
So punny
I believe it does.
It’s finally true!
Who’s laughing now?
The ultimate prank
The joke of a pure genius.
So true
Have you met my family?
How many days are in March?
Anything is possible.
Asking for a friend
I’ll be hiding until April 2.
Trust no one
The only person you can truly depend on is yourself. But we all know these practical jokes stem from love, right? If you’ve done the pranking, smooth things over with that special someone by following up with these love memes.
The ultimate joke
Don’t go too crazy with the office pranks.
Let’s do better
The most evil kind of prank.
Making a list …
… and checking it twice!
Yay or neigh?
This April Fools’ meme is so a-mule-sing! Message someone “Happy Mules’ Day” as a text prank.
Come on
It happens to the best of us.
We saw that one coming
A scientist probably shouldn’t be pulling pranks anyway.
Bring it on
They’ll never know what hit them.
Why trust us
Reader’s Digest has been telling jokes for more than 100 years, curated and reviewed over the last 20 years by Senior Features Editor Andy Simmons, a humor editor formerly of National Lampoon and the author of Now That’s Funny. We’ve earned prestigious ASME awards for our humor—including comical quips, pranks, puns, cartoons, one-liners, knock-knock jokes, riddles, memes, tweets and stories in laugh-out-loud magazine columns such as “Life in These United States,” “All in a Day’s Work,” “Laughter Is the Best Medicine” and “Humor in Uniform,” as well as online collections such as short jokes, dad jokes and bad jokes so bad, they’re great. You can find a century of humor in our 2022 compendium, Reader’s Digest: Laughter, the Best Medicine. For this piece on April Fools’ memes, Emma Taubenfeld tapped her experience as a former assistant editor for Reader’s Digest—and writer of memes, social media captions and pickup lines. Read more about our team, our contributors and our editorial policies.
