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Which animal is the most internet-famous?

By YPB Team

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

  1. Grumpy Cat — ranked #11
    Grumpy Cat
    Tardar Sauce, whose dwarfism gave her a permanent scowl and a decade of merchandise.
  2. Doge — ranked #22
    Doge
    Kabosu, the Shiba Inu whose side-eye became the internet's house dialect and a cryptocurrency.
  3. Keyboard Cat — ranked #33
    Keyboard Cat
    Fatso, filmed in 1984, resurfaced decades later to play off every internet failure.
  4. Lil Bub — ranked #44
    Lil Bub
    A cat with a genetic condition that funded hundreds of thousands in animal charity donations.
  5. Maru — ranked #55
    Maru
    A Japanese Scottish Fold who has spent fifteen years getting into boxes too small for him.
  6. Harambe — ranked #66
    Harambe
    The Cincinnati Zoo gorilla whose 2016 death turned into one of the internet's longest-running memes.
  7. Pizza Rat — ranked #77
    Pizza Rat
    A New York rat filmed dragging a slice down subway stairs, and a city's self-portrait.
  8. Fiona the Hippo — ranked #88
    Fiona the Hippo
    A premature Cincinnati Zoo hippo whose survival was livestreamed to millions.
  9. Punxsutawney Phil — ranked #99
    Punxsutawney Phil
    A groundhog with an annual weather forecast and a worse accuracy record than a coin.
  10. Jiff the Pom — ranked #1010
    Jiff the Pom
    A Pomeranian with world records for walking on two legs and a Katy Perry video credit.
  11. Bunny the Talking Dog — ranked #1111
    Bunny the Talking Dog
    A sheepadoodle who presses soundboard buttons and started an argument about animal language.

Comments 1

Grumpy Cat was Tardar Sauce, whose feline dwarfism produced the scowl; Doge was Kabosu, a Shiba Inu who became a cryptocurrency mascot. A groundhog outlasted both: https://youpick.best/articles/dogs-vs-cats-ranked

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Aug 21