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Amy Sly, courtesy of BuzzFeed

By Jack Shepherd

BuzzFeed FWD

The joke that you tell about how the Internet is a waste of time if you are the kind of person who makes jokes about how the Internet is a waste of time is always something like, "The only thing the Internet is good for is cat videos and pornography." And I don't think it is being pedantic to point out that this particular line doesn't work if you substitute "dog videos." People would think you are weird. They would be like, "Why are you watching dog videos?" "Dog videos isn't a thing," they would say. But so and I will try to look at some actual statistics as we get more into it but this brings me to my first tentative answer to the "Cats On The Internet" question (which, I should also point out, is aquestionthatpeopleaskalot.)

1. It's the culture Through various lucky accidents, cat stuff started to permeate Internet culture pretty early on, and dogs often found themselves imitating rather than innovating in the field.Cheezburger.com(and yes, sure, 4chan, etc., but let's try to stay focused) certainly has an important role to play in this story, with the introduction to the wider Web of those semi-literate feline sensations the LOLcats, who at this point even your mom has heard of. And whileHappy Cat of whom your mom is also, arguably, at least tangentially aware is still the most popular image on Cheezburger, according to the site's Editor in Chief, Emily Huh, the most popular post on sister (dog-themed) siteI Has A Hot Doghas nowhere near the same traction, either in terms of Facebook shares or in the annals of Internet culture as a whole.

Cheezburger's top 5 all-time cat posts

I Can Haz Cheezburger courtesy of Buzzfeed

See them on Cheezburgerhere,here,here,here, andhere.

Cheezburger's top 5 all-time dog posts

I Can Haz Cheezburger courtesy of BuzzFeed

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