Anna Frey Is Brock Purdy

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Anna Frey Is Brock Purdy refers to memes and discourse about TikToker and high school tennis player Anna Frey secretly being San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy due to their facial resemblance. Anna Frey memes became commonplace among football and NFL circles in January 2024, leading up to Super Bowl LVIII where the 49ers were set to compete. TikTok videos about the duo went viral during that timeframe, such as one in which Purdy seemed to acknowledge the meme after winning the NFC Championship.

Origin

Anna Frey's first viral appearance on TikTok was a video posted by TikToker^[1] @kitch_mimball on August 29th, 2023, in which he was interviewing his fellow high school students starting with Anna Frey. The video received roughly 12.6 million plays and 1.3 million likes in five months (shown below, left).

TikToker @kitch_mimball continued to post videos with Frey going into late 2023, culminating in a TikTok^[2] posted on November 15th, 2023, which received over 11.9 million plays and 1.1 million likes in two months (shown below, right).

In the comment section of the aforementioned TikTok,^[2] a TikToker named @zach_gagne3 posted a comment on November 18th, 2023, reading, "Anna look like brock purdy." The comment received roughly 31,600 likes in two months (shown below). It is currently the first known comparison between Frey and Purdy.

Spread

Going into late 2023, TikTokers started to spread the meme via spam comments on Frey's videos. In turn, video memes started to surface, such as one posted by TikToker^[3] @povertypurdy on December 27th, 2023, gaining over 1.3 million plays and 16,600 likes in a month (shown below, left).

On January 11th, 2024, TikToker^[4] @niner.gang.49 posted a fancam edit that combined Frey and Purdy, gaining over 6.6 million plays and 354,500 likes in 19 days (shown below, right).

On January 20th, 2024, Frey posted a video to her own TikTok,^[5] @annafrey07, in which she was wearing a Purdy jersey, gaining over 5.4 million plays and 271,500 likes in 10 days (shown below, left).

In turn, users on the app made fancam edits with the video, such as TikToker^[6] @skimelo.hq on January 24th, gaining over 1.6 million plays and 112,200 likes in six days (shown below, right).

During the same timeframe, image-based memes spread elsewhere on social media. For instance, on January 23rd, 2024, Instagram^[9] user @ghettogronk showed Frey as Purdy in an "AFC + NFC Championship QB matchups" meme that showed lookalikes, including Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff as Ryan Gosling (among others). The post gained roughly 218,000 likes in one week (shown below, left).

On January 28th, Instagram^[10] user @snagscentral posted a meme comparing Taylor Swift and Frey regarding Swift dating Kansas City Cheifs player Travis Kelce, gaining roughly 4,600 likes in two days (shown below, right).

Brock Purdy Acknowledges The Anna Frey Meme

On January 28th, 2024, TikToker^[7] @chubbapurdy posted a video that showed Brock Purdy on the field after the 49ers won the NFC Championship. In it, he said, "Anna Frey going to the Super Bowl," causing Purdy to smile. The video received over 867,400 plays and 68,300 likes in two days (shown below, left).

On January 29th, Frey dueted ^[8] the video, writing in text overlay, "patiently waiting for my super bowl invite." In less than a day, the duet received roughly 4.1 million plays and 413,500 likes (shown below, right).