The term is quite over used in my opinion, it is very often used in hyperbole. Whether it is in terms of popularity and driving traffic to a website or a threat said to break the Internet, it doesn’t seem to live up to the meaning of the term.
The term is quite over used in my opinion, it is very often used in hyperbole. Whether it is in terms of popularity and driving traffic to a website or a threat said to break the Internet, it doesn’t seem to live up to the meaning of the term.
The original answer is Kim Kardashian.
The phrase was popularized by appearing on the cover of the Winter 2014 issue of Paper magazine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_(magazine)#Breaktheinternet
you can see the cover here:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/11/kim-kardashian-paper-magazine-nude-covers