In the anime community online, headpat holds the status of an appropriate way of expressing affection towards underage anime characters (also known as loli). The video received over 1.4 million views in three years. For example, on August 17th, 2017, YouTube user Loliconics posted a compilation video of various anime characters being patted on the head. In late 2010s, headpat established itself as a meme in the anime / manga community online, with the trend developing simultaneously on Twitter, in anime-related groups on Facebook, on Reddit in /r/headpats, /r/animemes and /r/anime_irl and in other online communities. On 4chan's /a/, during 2015, the use of the words "head pat" and "headpat" has more than doubled from 300 and 350 recorded uses prior to December 31st, 2014, to over 600 and over 800 recorded uses prior to December 31st, 2015. Created on April 25th, 2014 and on July 30th, 2015, the subreddit and the group collected images of female anime and manga characters being patted on the head (example images shown below).
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Head pat gradually achieved meme status between 20, with the Facebook group The Church of Head-Pat-Tology and /r/headpats subreddit being two of the notable drivers behind the spread of the meme. While it's impossible to identify when the head pat was first featured in manga and anime, the gesture has a long history of being used in these media as a way to express wholesome affection between two characters.
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