10 Most Famous Cats On The Internet, Part 2
The fun continues with the next five most famous cats on the internet!
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Happy Cat is possibly the most famous cat on the internet, yet most people have never heard of him.If it weren't for this gray British Shorthair cat named Frank, there would be no LOLcats, and possibly no Cheezburger network.You could even postulate that if it weren't for Happy Cat, the internet wouldn't be such a cat-loving place at all.Oh, the humanity!
In 2003, a forum user on the humor site Something Awful uploaded an image of Frank, who was the mascot for a Russian cat food company called, "Happy Cat."A few years later, in 2007, an unknown web user took the Happy Cat image and added a simple line of text to the top of the picture, creating what we now think of as a traditional meme.The caption?"I can haz cheezburger?"
Next thing you know, LOLcats were born.A site called I Can Has Cheezburger (ICHC) sprang into existence and took the Happy Cat meme and ran with it.These days, ICHC is one of the most visited humor sites online and has branched off into non-LOLcat-related territory too.All because of Frank, the Happy Cat.More »
This image originally appeared on a Korean humor community website in 2005, and quickly spread throughout the Korean web.Eventually it made its way state-side and was incorporated into the LOLcat series.Made popular on sites like 4chan, Digg, and Facebook, web users often use Serious Cat at the start of a serious comment thread, paired with a caption like, "I r Serious Cat.This is serious."More »
Lil Bub is a female cat who was born with a multitude of genetic deformities.She is a "perma-kitten," meaning she will never grow larger than a kitten, and she also has a form of dwarfism so her legs are very short.She has extra toes and no teeth, which causes her tongue to stick out a lot.As freakish as all of these traits sound, she is perfectly healthy, and possibly the cutest stinking cat in existence.When her owner started uploading videos of Lil Bub onto YouTube, the internet fell instantly in love.
Thanks to social media and a favorable article on BuzzFeed, Lil Bub's online fan base grew at an astounding rate.To date, she has over 110,000 likes on her Facebook page, her own online retail store, and a popular YouTube channel.More »
Henri is a tuxedo cat who stars in a series of art house YouTube videos that were created by his owner, Seattle resident William Braden.Henri is just a stage name; his real name is Henry, and he's an 8 year-old rescue cat.Braden created the first in his film noir series as a class project for the Seattle Film Institute.The videos are shot in black and white, with a voice over narrative in French, with English subtitles.
In his videos, Henri explores his existential crisis, bemoaning his fate of being a house cat and exploring his contempt for human (and animal) kind.Due to the surprise success of the Henri series, his owner can now support himself from sales of Henri merchandise, they recently published a book called, "Henri, le Chat Noir: The Existential Musings of an Angst-Filled Cat, and cat and owner have toured the country doing interviews.More »
Maru might be the most important cat on the internet, or at least on YouTube.Maru is a male Japanese cat whose owner, "mugumogu," started uploading videos of Maru doing cute cat-things on YouTube back in 2007.Each of Maru's YouTube videos has been viewed over 100,000 times, and his channel is the ninth most popular YouTube channel in Japan.
Missed the first 5 most famous cats?Click here to see part 1 of the 10 Most Famous Cats On The Internet.More »
Missed the first 5 most famous cats?Click here to see part 1 of the 10 Most Famous Cats On The Internet.
1. Happy Cat
Happy Cat is possibly the most famous cat on the internet, yet most people have never heard of him.If it weren't for this gray British Shorthair cat named Frank, there would be no LOLcats, and possibly no Cheezburger network.You could even postulate that if it weren't for Happy Cat, the internet wouldn't be such a cat-loving place at all.Oh, the humanity!
In 2003, a forum user on the humor site Something Awful uploaded an image of Frank, who was the mascot for a Russian cat food company called, "Happy Cat."A few years later, in 2007, an unknown web user took the Happy Cat image and added a simple line of text to the top of the picture, creating what we now think of as a traditional meme.The caption?"I can haz cheezburger?"
Next thing you know, LOLcats were born.A site called I Can Has Cheezburger (ICHC) sprang into existence and took the Happy Cat meme and ran with it.These days, ICHC is one of the most visited humor sites online and has branched off into non-LOLcat-related territory too.All because of Frank, the Happy Cat.More »
2. Serious Cat
This image originally appeared on a Korean humor community website in 2005, and quickly spread throughout the Korean web.Eventually it made its way state-side and was incorporated into the LOLcat series.Made popular on sites like 4chan, Digg, and Facebook, web users often use Serious Cat at the start of a serious comment thread, paired with a caption like, "I r Serious Cat.This is serious."More »
3. Lil Bub
Lil Bub is a female cat who was born with a multitude of genetic deformities.She is a "perma-kitten," meaning she will never grow larger than a kitten, and she also has a form of dwarfism so her legs are very short.She has extra toes and no teeth, which causes her tongue to stick out a lot.As freakish as all of these traits sound, she is perfectly healthy, and possibly the cutest stinking cat in existence.When her owner started uploading videos of Lil Bub onto YouTube, the internet fell instantly in love.
Thanks to social media and a favorable article on BuzzFeed, Lil Bub's online fan base grew at an astounding rate.To date, she has over 110,000 likes on her Facebook page, her own online retail store, and a popular YouTube channel.More »
4. Henri, Le Chat Noir
Henri is a tuxedo cat who stars in a series of art house YouTube videos that were created by his owner, Seattle resident William Braden.Henri is just a stage name; his real name is Henry, and he's an 8 year-old rescue cat.Braden created the first in his film noir series as a class project for the Seattle Film Institute.The videos are shot in black and white, with a voice over narrative in French, with English subtitles.
In his videos, Henri explores his existential crisis, bemoaning his fate of being a house cat and exploring his contempt for human (and animal) kind.Due to the surprise success of the Henri series, his owner can now support himself from sales of Henri merchandise, they recently published a book called, "Henri, le Chat Noir: The Existential Musings of an Angst-Filled Cat, and cat and owner have toured the country doing interviews.More »
5. Maru the Cat
Maru might be the most important cat on the internet, or at least on YouTube.Maru is a male Japanese cat whose owner, "mugumogu," started uploading videos of Maru doing cute cat-things on YouTube back in 2007.Each of Maru's YouTube videos has been viewed over 100,000 times, and his channel is the ninth most popular YouTube channel in Japan.
Missed the first 5 most famous cats?Click here to see part 1 of the 10 Most Famous Cats On The Internet.More »