The study was simple – they compared the number of hashtags referring to dogs and cats (like #ilovemycat, #ilovemydog) around the world. · from psychology to pop culture, discover why cats dominate the internet —and how their viral power offers timeless lessons for content creators. A casual observer would be forgiven for thinking that of all the animals, cats are the most important to mankind. · pictures of cats are all over social media, aren’t they? · but why have cats specifically been so successful at soliciting our attention? One hypothesis is that there is a fateful link between cats and human babies that explains their internet. In 2020, outrage spilled out from pet and animal social media to the broader populace when articles in newspapers such as the washington post, business insider, and the independent shone a spotlight on the internet subculture of “animal crush” videos. · now living in a relatively sterile and artificial world cut off from nature, cats ’ hilarious, often rebellious antics are deeply relatable. We love watching them because cats never really became domesticated, unlike us and dogs. But as i fell deeper into the world of cats on the internet and internet cats , i came believe that the question of how cats came to dominate the internet is more profound than it first appears.

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