Maru the cat
You might remember it as Maru box cat
Viral classics38 of 40
2008·Early YouTube
The Japanese cat whose channel made cat video a sustained global genre rather than a one-off.
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At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- まる猫
- Spread in
- 2008
- Format
- Video
- Origin
- Origin not yet established
- Available
- Playable from the source
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
This is the copy ViralWorld can show you. Whether it is the first is not established.
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
- When
- The sources below date the original to 2008-10-25. ViralWorld records this as a cited claim rather than an established publication date, because it holds no copy to check it against.
