WAGMI

/wag-mee/

initialism · interjection

WAGMI means “We’re All Gonna Make It,” a rallying expression of shared confidence, encouragement, or solidarity.

#internet slang
#crypto culture
#online encouragement
#initialisms

Meaning

WAGMI is short for “We’re All Gonna Make It.” People use it to encourage a group, express confidence that they will succeed together, or signal solidarity. In crypto discussions it can be a rallying slogan about a community or investment, but it can also sound like promotional optimism; it is not a promise that an investment will succeed.[1][2][3]

1. A supportive rallying phrase: the speaker is expressing confidence that a group can get through a challenge or succeed together.
2. In crypto and investing conversations, a slogan of collective confidence about a community or market. Depending on context, it may be sincere encouragement, joking bravado, or promotional hype.

A forum post with a cartoon frog beside green text about seeing a short man walking hand in hand with a taller woman, ending, “Congrats to that guy / We’re all gonna make it.” — This post uses “We’re all gonna make it” as a playful, supportive sign-off celebrating a stranger. It shows how the phrase can express encouragement and solidarity outside financial or crypto discussions. Source

Examples

“Long week, but we kept showing up. WAGMI.”

“The launch is delayed, not dead. WAGMI.”

“Everyone in the chat is holding through the dip: WAGMI, apparently.”

Origin and spread

Know Your Meme traces WAGMI’s popularization to online fitness communities, including 4chan’s /fit/, and to bodybuilder and online personality Aziz “Zyzz” Shavershian, whose motivational message helped circulate the phrase. It documents the expression in later crypto and meme-stock contexts. VICE recounts a possible route through overlapping gaming, fitness, and crypto communities, but this is not a proven single path or evidence of a coiner. In crypto, WAGMI can remain supportive while also serving as market-promotional optimism.[1][2][3]

How to use it

WAGMI is informal and works best when the shared goal or group is clear. In investment talk, read it as encouragement or rhetoric, not evidence that a trade is safe or likely to pay off; a crypto advisor quoted by VICE warns that this kind of optimism can encourage irresponsible behavior.

A forum post with a cartoon face and text describing investing in Dogecoin, losing 75%, finding a crypto community, and ending, “we are all gonna make it robots.” — Here the phrase closes a story about a crypto investment loss and finding an online community. It illustrates how WAGMI can pair optimism about shared success with the risks and self-aware humor of crypto participation. Source

Encouragement and hype can overlap

VICE quotes one crypto participant describing WAGMI as collective consciousness and interconnectedness, while a crypto advisor calls it “toxic positivity” and warns that it can encourage irresponsible behavior. Those are individual interpretations, not a single agreed meaning.[2]

Not a guarantee

A WAGMI post can express group confidence, but the phrase cannot tell you whether a coin, trade, or project will succeed. CoinMarketCap also cautions readers that its article is informational, not financial advice.[2][3]

Questions people ask

Where was WAGMI popularized?

The sources associate WAGMI’s popularization with Zyzz and online fitness communities, including 4chan’s /fit/. They describe its later spread into finance and crypto spaces, but do not establish its original coiner or first use.[1][2]

What is the difference between WAGMI and NGMI?

WAGMI means “We’re All Gonna Make It” and voices shared confidence. NGMI means “Not Gonna Make It” and is used as its negative counterpart, including to criticize a trader’s choices or prospects.[1][3]

Sources

1. Know Your Meme — WAGMI / NGMISupports: meaning, origin.
2. VICE — The Tragic True Story Behind ‘WAGMI,’ Crypto's Most Positive CatchphraseSupports: meaning, origin.
3. CoinMarketCap — WAGMI and NGMI: What Do They Mean?Supports: meaning, origin.