Insta-famous pets: Animals who rule the social media platform like a boss

Check out the furry animals who achieved internet fame to become 2017’s top non-human personalities.

The perfectly groomed Pomeranian is the most famous animal in the world with over 24 million followers across all of his social media pages. Jiff even set the Guinness World Record for most Instagram followers by an animal with over 7.4 million followers in 2017

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This master of memes, isn’t really grumpy at all. According to her website, Tardar Sauce (her real name) is “a super cute and cuddly kitty and loves to be held and rubbed”. Her fame began in 2012 when a photo of her famously frowny face appeared on Reddit. She has about 2.4 million followers on Instagram

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His superstar status was confirmed when he was photographed as Eleven along with the boys from Stranger Things. Doug’s Facebook page has over 6 million likes and 10 billion Facebook video views; his Instagram account has over 3.1 million followers, and his Twitter account has just hit over 2 million followers.

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With 2.6 million followers on Instagram, Shiba Inu always appears to be smiling. His name means “round” in Japanese. These endearing qualities, along with his playful nature, have led him to be known as “the world’s dog”. Maru lives in Japan with his owner, Shinjiro Ono

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She was rescued from a hoarding situation and adopted by Varisiri Mathachittiphan, in 2010. She was one of the first cats on Instagram and is now considered the site’s most famous cat with 3.5 million followers. Nala uses her notoriety to spread the word about the unfortunate plight of shelter pets

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The snaggle-toothed fox comes from a line of animals bred for their tameness by fur traders. Despite her relatively calm behaviour, Juniper is still a sassy, nippy wild creature. Her owner, Jessika, runs a website educating others about domesticated foxes and also sells Juniper gear in her “fox shop”. Juniper has over 2 million followers on Instagram

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