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The synthesis of cyclic polymers has become popularized due to improved synthetic chemistry increasing access to architecturally well-defined polymers. Since their discovery, many studies have been performed describing their physical properties in solution and bulk, and as confined thin films. Also, their electronic, biomedical, and self-assembly behavior has been characterized for advanced biomedical and industrial applications. Herein, some of the ongoing shortcomings within the cyclic polymer field are addressed by a detailed analysis of cyclic polymers synthesized through: 1) the copper (I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC)“click” ring closure method, and; 2) the electrophilic zwitterionic ring expansion polymerization (eZREP).