Which animal is the most internet-famous?

A decade of the internet, told through animals. Some earned it with one video, some with a face they never chose.

1

Grumpy Cat

Tardar Sauce, whose dwarfism gave her a permanent scowl and a decade of merchandise.

2

Doge

Kabosu, the Shiba Inu whose side-eye became the internet's house dialect and a cryptocurrency.

3

Keyboard Cat

Fatso, filmed in 1984, resurfaced decades later to play off every internet failure.

4

Lil Bub

A cat with a genetic condition that funded hundreds of thousands in animal charity donations.

5

Maru

A Japanese Scottish Fold who has spent fifteen years getting into boxes too small for him.

6

Harambe

The Cincinnati Zoo gorilla whose 2016 death turned into one of the internet's longest-running memes.

7

Pizza Rat

A New York rat filmed dragging a slice down subway stairs, and a city's self-portrait.

8

Fiona the Hippo

A premature Cincinnati Zoo hippo whose survival was livestreamed to millions.

9

Punxsutawney Phil

A groundhog with an annual weather forecast and a worse accuracy record than a coin.

10

Jiff the Pom

A Pomeranian with world records for walking on two legs and a Katy Perry video credit.

11

Bunny the Talking Dog

A sheepadoodle who presses soundboard buttons and started an argument about animal language.