A meme pool is the sum total of all memes (transmittable units of cultural ideas, practices, symbols) present in a given human population.
[2] The meme pool is in essence the matrix of the whole of the culture of a population.
Examples of meme pools may include large Internet communities such as imageboards, online forums, and wikis.
More tangibly, large shopping malls, schools, and other social institutions may be included in the definition of a meme pool.
The term was coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene.