Nala Cat

Nala is here for what her fame turned into: the cat as a full-time influencer brand. Her owner adopted the Siamese and tabby mix from a California shelter in 2011 and started her Instagram account simply to share photos with friends and family. Steady posting and a very photogenic face did the rest. On May 13, 2020, Guinness World Records verified nala_cat as the most-followed cat on Instagram, at 4,361,519 followers, and by then she had her own pet food line. Where earlier cats rode a single meme, Nala shows the slower, professional route to fame that most of today's pet accounts are chasing.