If you spend any time on the internet, I think you can agree with me when I say: Cats are everywhere. They might not be man’s best friend, but the world wide web sure seems to love them. On blogs, forums, social media sites – they have made their way to almost every corner of the internet – and they don’t seem to be going away anytime soon.
Like any other animal, cats have always had a online presence. But the launch and viral spread of sites like LOLcat and I Can Has Cheezberger? just sent the online community into a feline frenzy. Pictures of adorable cats with horrible grammar, who doesn’t love that?
Here are five of the internet’s most famous cats:
Grumpy Cat, known for her permanently grumpy-face;
Henri, Le Chat Noir, the world’s first feline existentialist philosopher;
Lil Bub, the adorable magic space cat;
Colonel Meow, world’s angriest cat (rest peacefully in kitty heaven);
Maru, the box-loving cat from Japan;
Of course other animals have their fair share of fame on the internet too, but nothing can compare to the millions of hits, views, likes, shares, and retweets cat videos and pictures receive. Why do you guys think the internet loves cats so much? Is it because they’re cute? Is is their aloofness and general “I-don’t-care” nature?
Or is it all just a cat conspiracy?
“The reason for the continued and overwhelming popularity of cats on the internet is because the Internet is actually an enormous social experiment in which we humans are merely unwitting pawns.” – Matt Smith
I could watch funny cats on the internet all day ahah.
Maru’s my favorite!!
I agree I can also watch cat videos online all day. They are just so cute and funny. Grumpy Cat is my all time favorite.
Cat videos are the best. I am guilty of watching hours and hours of cat videos and laughing till I’m on the brink of tears! Best way (in moderation) to take a break from school assignments.
I love Maru too! Cats and boxes will never fail to be cute.
The Cat memes on Ifunny are hysterical I can help but laugh on the ferry on my way into class
For every funny moment in life, there’s an appropriate cat meme to compliment it!
I find that when I do my cat blog it comes very easily. Cats are incredibly expressive. Once you get to know them, you can imagine what their feeling and saying. Coupled with their total disregard of any sense of rules that we may impose, the public embraces and roots for the rebel cat.
They really are expressive, that’s true. I can always imagine what my cat is thinking when she’s doing her little random things around the apartment. The fact that they just couldn’t care less about what is going on around them just makes it all the more funny.
If I read you correctly, it sounds like you have just one cat. If so, I’ll tell you, multiple cats add to the fun, because they feed off each other. Then after that you move into my world. I have 18. Which becomes another world of entertainment. You wrote a good article and its quite true. I launched Cats at the Bar only 7 months ago and it has been well received on a number of different sites.
Yes, I only have one cat at the moment – it’s all my tiny new york apartment can handle. I can’t imagine having 18 cats, but I’m sure they provide the best source of entertainment and company all throughout your day.
I will check out Cats at the Bar, do you feature your cats there?
Ha ha! It is only about my cats. I hope you like it. Its mostly humor and a bit bizarre at times. I lived in NY for a few years, way back when. 104th & River Side (I think, had too much fun in those days.) 🙂