The Internet Of Cats

WHY IS THE INTERNET :OBSESSED lee WITH CATS? Thousands of years ago, CATS WERE WORSHIPPED by the Egyptians as a sacred creature representing life Today, CATS ARE STARS IN VIDEOS AND MEMES, inspiring cultural trends and baffling society THE RISE OF CAT-FLUENCE VIDEOS PHOTOS "PAJAMAS AND NICK DRAKES "BRIGHTON CATS" - Steve Chen YouTube co-founder - Harry Pointer British photographer Earliest photography of cats in absurd poses First cat video posted to site MAY 22, 2005 30-second clip of Pajamas (the cat) playing and dancing to the tunes of Nick Drake 1870S English photographer Harry Pointer took approximately 200 photos of his "Brighton Cats" "PUPPY VS. CAT" "LOLCATS" - Sanchey youtube.com/user/Sanchey - originated via 4chan like pretty much everything a photograph of a cat accompanied by a humorous caption written typically in a misspelled and grammatically First viral cat video posted to YouTube MAY 9, 2006 2005 One brave cat holds her own in the incorrect version face of a litter of curious puppies of English "NYAN CAT" "CAT BREADING" - Saraj00n youtube.com/user/saraj00n - Reddit and Tumblr An 8-bit animation of a cat with a cherry pop tart for a body flying through space A photo fad involving encasing a cat's head in a slice of bread APRIL 5, 2011 AUGUST 2, 2011 Set to Japanese song Gained over one Original cat bread photo Nyanyanyanyanyanyanya by million views in posted to Reddit and Tumblr Japanese artist Daniwell-P its first two weeks looping in the background WHY CATS ARE MORE FAMOUS THAN DOGS REASONS FOR OUR FASCINATION WITH CATS AND CAT VIDEOS: CATS JUST DON'T CARE CATS ARE A BLANK CANVAS CATS DON'T SHOW EMOTION THEY ARE MORE STOIC CATS ARE MORE DIFFICULT TO READ THEY ARE INEXPRESSIVE CATS IGNORE CAMERAS THEY ARE EITHER UNAWARE OF THE FILMING OR DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE WE PROJECT OUR EMOTIONS ONTO CATS THIS OFFERS GREATER OPPORTUNITIES allows for more authentic entertainment FOR CREATIVITY WITH SO MANY FELINES VYING FOR OUR ATTENTION, IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THE INTERNET TURNED INTO A RED CARPET FOR CAT CELEBRITIES FELINE CELEBRITIES VENUS "GRUMPY CAT" MARU AKA "the two-faced cat" AKA Tardar Sauce the Master of Boxes Breed Unknown Unknown Scottish fold cat Introduced August 23, 2012 September 22, 2012 July 10, 2008 via Photo posted to Reddit Photo posted to Reddit First online video published Known for Famous for her face that is split evenly into two colors Famous for her seemingly "grumpy" face Book titled "A Is for Awful: A Grumpy Cat ABC Book Has a personal agent Signed advertising deals Star of the film "Grumpy Cat's Worst Famous for poses that include: Yoga "Upward cat", Zombie impression, Villian Catzilla impersonation Won Guinness World Records title for "Most views for an animal on (One half is solid black with a green eye other half of face has orange tabby stripes and a blue eye) YouTube" Christmas Ever" Notable Appeared on The Today Show Has a book titled "i am maru" facts Youtube video titled "The Original 1.4 million followers Grumpy Cat" has over 20M views 578,500+ YouTube on Instagram subscribers 2.4 million followers on Instagram COLONEL MEOW KEYBOARD CAT LIL BUB Breed Himalayan Persian mix Orange tabby breed Mackerel tabby breed Introduced 2012 1985 & 2007 November 8, 2011 via First video posted in Charlie Schmidt (recorded) / Brad O'Farrell (edited) First online video published to Tumblr Known for Made famous by Internet memes Original footage filmed by Charlie Schmidt in 1985 - Twenty two years Gained fame after Facebook Famous for her tongue always hanging out due to a short lower jaw and toothlessness page and Twitter hashtag due to an extreme form of feline dwarfism #spreadthefrown went viral later in 2007 - Brad O'Farrell used a She has also "authored" several books snippet as play off to a fail video that went viral Notable Holds Guinness World Record Has an official Spotify profile Starred in a documentary for cat with the longest fur Has her very own web show facts Close to 50M views - 9 inches long on original video Raised over $300K for animals in need A GLOBAL BUSINESS ANNUAL EARNINGS - Just from YouTube ads! ESTIMATED ANNUAL EARNINGS GRUMPY CAT LIL BUB KEYBOARD CAT MARU IN 2017 $5.1K $10.8K $22.9K $75.8K IN 2014 $19.3K $42.4K $176K $181.6K FELINE DOMINATION IS SPREADING CAT CON "BIGGEST CAT RELATED POP CULTURE CONVENTION IN THE WORLD" ATTENDED BY OVER 33,888 CAT LOVERS FOR THE PAST 3 CONVENTIONS DEDICATED TO PROVIDES DONATIONS THE EVENT WAS TO CHARITIES INCLUDING: COVERED BY: CELEBRATING CATS Lil BUBS FixNation BIG FUND The New York Times BuzzFeeD SHOWCASING CAT-CENTRIC MERCHANDISE FOR THE VANITY FAIR ASPCA KITTEN RESCUE GIZMODO SUPPORTING ANIMAL SHELTERS IAN SOMERHALDER FOUNDATION JEZEBEL POPSUG AR. LOS ANGELES AS DOGS CONTINUE TO PLAY CATCH WITH THEIR UNASSUMING OWNERS, CATS ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD.. ONE INTERNET MEME AND VIDEO ATA TIME Source: loc.gov/item/00694112 youtu.be/PvTmxDBxtLs youtu.be/7bcV-TL9mho catconworldwide.com/about/ youtube.com/user/mugumogu youtube.com/user/ColonelMeow knowyourmeme.com/memes/kolcats lifewire.com/what-is-lolcats-2483565 knowyourmeme.com/memes/lolcats knowyourmeme.com/memes/cat-breading dailydot.com/unclick/keyboard-cat-meme/ mashable.com/2013/02/21/keyboard-cat/ Pet Life Today knowyourmeme.com/memes/keyboard-cat the-cat-guide.com/general-info/history-of-cats/ open.spotify.com/artist/4KTtfSEwJmZJTTRODgkW7s knowyourmeme.com/memes/nyan-cat-pop-tart-cat thedodo.com/this-is-the-very-first-cat-vid-792883536.html indianapolismonthly.com/news-opinion/cat-power-lil-bub/ gawker.com/5880885/hot-new-internet-meme-breading-cats time.com/5744/rip-colonel-meow-worlds-furriest-cat-dead-at-2 gizmodo.com/why-cats-rule-the-internet-instead-of-dogs-1728316152 buzzfeed.com/summeranne/the- buzzfeed.com/harpercollins/15-reasons-why-maru-is-better-than-your-cat-9npd huffingtonpost.com/gobankingrates/20-pets-that-make-million_b_7755792.html reddit.com/r/pics/comments/ypgjx/meet_venus_the_chimera_cat_with_two_faces telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/11279907/How-to-make-millions-from-your-cat.html criticalcommons.org/Members/kfortmueller/clips/the-boxing-cats-prof-weltons-1894 news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/08/120831-venus-two-faced-cat-genetics-animals-science io9.gizmodo.com/5900334/even-in-the-1870s-humans-were-obsessed-with-ridiculous-photos-of-cats telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12177765/Trump-your-cat-the-most-bizarre-Instagram-trend-yet.html guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2017/3/video-meet-maru-mugumogu-the-cardboard-box-loving-record-breaking-cat -20-most-important-online-videos-of-all-time DEVELOPED BY N NOWSOURCING *Estimates for YouTube ads only, not merchandising and public appearances highest estimate used, numbers from 2014 and december 2017