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Brighton Cats
Pets were sometimes photographed along with their owners, but photos of animals became a real craze in 1872 when Harry Pointer released a series of images called the Brighton Cats (named for the English town in which he lived at the time). (https://medium.com/illumination/cat-memes-began-in-the-victorian-era-f3338cd426d0) -
Frees' Cats
Harry Whittier Frees, who lived a few decades after Harry Pointer, continued Pointer’s trend with his own posed cat photographs. Beginning in 1906, his art often included cats dressed in miniature human clothing, appearing to perform human tasks. (https://medium.com/illumination/cat-memes-began-in-the-victorian-era-f3338cd426d0) -
Keyboard Cat
Keyboard Cat is a video-based internet meme. Its original form was a video originally made in 1984 by Charlie Schmidt of his cat Fatso seemingly playing a musical keyboard. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_Cat) -
Internet newsgroups
Pictures of cats have been shared online as early as since the days of Usenet through newsgroups like rec.pets.cats, which offered a variety of answers to general questions people have about raising cats. The group's FAQs were originally written in 1992 and released online in four parts over the span of nearly three years. (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/cats) -
LOLcats
Lolcats images comprise a photo of a cat with a large caption characteristically set in a heavy sans serif font such as Impact or Arial Black. The caption is intentionally written with deviations from standard English spelling and grammar, featuring "strangely-conjugated verbs, but a tendency to converge to a new set of rules in spelling and grammar." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolcat) -
I Can Haz Cheezburger
I Can Haz Cheezburger launches. is a blog-format website featuring videos (usually involving animals) and image macros. The website was one of the most popular Internet sites of its kind receiving as many as 1,500,000 hits per day at its peak in May 2007. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Can_Has_Cheezburger%3F) -
Maru
Maru was born on May 24th, 2007. His anonymous owner launched a photo blog in 2007 to curate photos of his cat. Maru's official YouTube channel mugumogu was created almost a year later showcasing Maru's daily adventures in short video format. (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/maru-the-cat) -
NONONONO Cat
“NONONONO Cat” is the nickname given to Marquis (Russian: Маркиз), a domestic Siberian cat most well known for his meowing that resembles the sound of a person saying “NO NO NO NO.” Marquis garnered much attention in the media and Internet blogs in September 2011, after a YouTube video of him meowing went viral and spawned numerous remixes (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/nononono-cat) -
International Cat Video Film Festival
CatVideoFest is a compilation reel of the latest and best cat videos culled from countless hours of unique submissions and sourced animations, music videos, and classic internet powerhouses. CatVideoFest is a joyous communal experience, only available in theaters, and raises money for cats in need through partnerships with local cat charities, animal welfare organizations, and shelters to best serve cats in the area. (http://www.catvideofest.com/about) -
Lil Bub
On November 8th, 2011, a video titled "good job bub.3gp" was uploaded by YouTuber LilBubBub, featuring a video of the cat stalking the camera before pouncing on it. The same day, the Lil Bub Tumblr[1] blog was launched, which highlighted the same YouTube video in the first post. (https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lil-bub)
