What is the viral 'look between two letters on your keyboard' challenge taking over social media? Here's all you need to know about the trend that's driving people insane

A new trend has exploded over social media telling people to look between certain letters on their keyboards - and it's already causing high levels of irritation. 

The idea behind the craze is to make a statement or pose a question on social media, which people can answer or understand by looking at the letter or letters that come between two other characters on their keyboard.

For example, U comes between Y and I so you might want to tell someone to look between them to tell them: 'All I want is U.'

The official Guinness World Records account jumped on the trend, posting on X that an applicant said they 'want to break the record for the longest time without sleep'.

Their response was: 'Look between T and U on your keyboard,' - which brings up the letter Y, often used as shorthand for 'why?' in online conversations. 

The trend has popped up on TikTok and X with users from America, the UK, South Africa and Nigeria posting about it. 

This couple, from Nigeria, took to X to post about the trend, with the letters spelling out 'JK', which stands for 'joking'

This man, from America, made fun of the trend in his car and mimicked the meme

The meme  originated from a meme posted almost May 2021 on 4Chan, an image-based site where anyone can post things anonymously. The letters between T and O are Y, U and I, which spell out Yui, the name of the cartoon in the anime series 

One post even racked up 36 million views, asking users to try and find the hidden word in their keyboard  - which spelled out JK (or Joke), the letters between H and L 

It originated from a meme posted anonymously in May 2021 on 4Chan, an image-based site. 

Someone posted a picture of a character from K-On and wrote: 'Look between t and o on your keyboard.'

The letters between T and O are Y, U and I, which spell out Yui, the name of the cartoon in the anime series.

But it has since spiralled from there, with people using the idea to spell out many other things and some are quite creative. 

People across platforms such as X, formerly known as Twitter, have jumped on the movement, cleverly sharing words and abbreviations they've come up with.

One post, which managed to rack up a whopping 36million views, said: 'Cheaters will tell you they love you and then their actions tell you to look between H and L on your keyboard.'

The letters spell out 'JK' which means 'just kidding'. The comments on the post were filled with people praising the poster for making them laugh, but others were confused by the trend and asked others what it meant.

Netflix said: 'Who should be going out together this weekend? Look between Y and O on your keyboard,' spelling out U and I.

Even the official X account jumped in on the fun, writing: 'Look between z and c on your keyboard, hi.' 

This man, from South Africa, also made fun of the meme that has divided the internet 

Users on X are divided, with some jumping on the bandwagon and others expressing how sick they were of seeing it on their pages

But others are sick of seeing it on their feed and, in protest, made their own memes joking about the trend.

One shared a video of Tony Soprano saying 'shut the f** up' and commented: 'On your keyboard look between… Me:' 

Another penned: 'Say "look between 2 letters on your keyboard" one more time mf,' along with a picture of Samuel L Jackson holding a gun to someone's head in the film Pulp Fiction.