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title: "Nyan Cat"
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# Nyan Cat

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Internet meme · Classic

# Nyan Cat

Nyan Cat is an internet meme that originated from an animated flying cat with a Pop-Tart torso set to a Japanese denpa/Utau song and leaving a rainbow trail.

- First seen: 2011-04-01
- Last seen: 2026-10-31
- Uses cited: 3
- Revision: 2

## Where it started

Nyan Cat is a YouTube video uploaded in April 2011, which became an Internet meme. The video merged a Japanese denpa song with an animated cartoon cat with a Pop-Tart for a torso flying through space and leaving a rainbow trail behind. The video ranked at number five on the list of most viewed YouTube videos in 2011.

## The use timeline

1. 2011-04-01

    

   A YouTube video of an animated flying cat, set to an Utau song.
2. 2011-04-01

    

   Wikidata Q149: Nyan Cat — internet meme that emerged in 2011. First recorded: 2011-04-00T00:00:00Z.

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