25 Purrfect Cat Memes Personally Approved by a Very Particular Cat Lady

Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor

Jul 17, 2026 11:00 AM EDT

True cat ladies are the best collectors of cat memes, and here is the proof.

It's me. I'm the cat lady. And I do say, with complete confidence, that I have the authority to put together a good cat meme collection. Not only have I been a cat owner for many, many years, and not only do I feed stray cats and have become the person known for it in my building, but I have also been a writer for ICanHasCheezburger for over 5 years. If that is not a good resume for a cat lady, then I don't know what is.

I wear this badge with pride, not shame. You can call me a crazy cat lady, and I will take it as a compliment, because that is what it is for me. I show adorable pictures of my cat to nearly every person I see. I bond with people over the stray cats in my neighborhood. And I talk about my job with pride, because who wouldn't think that it is pawesome to spend every day looking at pictures of cats on the internet, keeping up with every bit of cat news, and putting together collections of viral cat memes? No one.

And so, I have decided to use my knowledge on the topic for good and put together a collection of cat memes that I absolutely love. Classics and new. Ones you've seen a million times and have never seen before. I'm a very particular cat lady, and my tastes are particular as well. You may agree with my collection, or you may not, but I'll say this… I would and have sent each and every one of these memes to multiple people - with pride - and have received many laughing emojis in return. And that's all the proof I need.

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Strating with a classic, of course. It doesn't matter how many times I see this meme, every single time that I do, I snort. This has got to be one of my all-time favorites.
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And then, one that I have actually never come across before. Maybe I've missed it. Maybe I have been remiss in my cat lady duties. But it's new to me, and I think I am obsessed with it now.
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