Little is known about the origins of the Angry Crying Wojak, but according to Know Your Meme, the earliest appearance was in a Wojak comic depicting different faces over the years of the 2010s.

Memes are images, often overlayed with variations of different kinds of text, that are copied and spread across the internet. They are used for humorous purposes, sometimes to convey a deeper message.

In December 2020, the face started being applied to memes after an X account, @RobloxManFacee, began photoshopping the face over different objects and characters.