# Caturday > Caturday is a 2005 4chan /b/ tradition of sharing cat photos and LOLcat memes every Saturday, evolving into an internet ritual observed globally with the hashtag #Caturday. Caturday is the internet tradition of posting cat images and LOLcat memes every Saturday. The practice started on 4chan's /b/ board around 2005, spread through communities like LiveJournal and I Can Has Cheezburger, and turned into a weekly internet ritual still observed across social media. The hashtag #Caturday trends on Twitter most weekends, with users sharing photos and memes of their cats[1]. ## Origin Tracing the exact birth of Caturday involves multiple threads. The domain "caturday.com" was registered on April 30, 2005, and Time magazine's Lev Grossman placed the concept's roots in early that year after reader feedback corrected his initial estimate[5]. One of the first non-4chan uses of the name was a Blogspot blog called "Caturday" created November 16, 2005, by a New Hampshire user named Sharyn who posted stories and photos of her own cats rather than LOLcat macros[4]. The meme tradition itself, posting LOLcat image macros on Saturdays, took root on 4chan's /b/ board[1]. A LiveJournal community launched on February 5, 2006, with the rallying cry "Post some fucking cats!"[3]. Urban Dictionary's first definition appeared on October 24, 2006[6], and one of the earliest archived Caturday threads on 4chan dates to December 12 of that year[4]. - **Platform:** 4chan /b/ - **Creator:** Unknown (community-created on 4chan /b/) - **Date:** 2005 ## Overview Caturday is Saturday, but for cats. Every week, users across platforms post cat photos, cat memes, and LOLcat image macros with intentionally misspelled "lolspeak" captions[1]. What started as a 4chan posting habit grew into a weekly internet holiday for feline appreciation[2]. Classic Caturday posts feature a cat photo with an Impact-font caption in broken English. Lolspeak reads like baby talk mixed with internet slang: "I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?" or "IM IN UR KITCHN, EATN UR FOODZ"[2]. The humor comes from imagining cats speaking in this childlike dialect about their everyday situations. Modern #Caturday posts usually skip the captions and just showcase people's cats with the hashtag[1]. ## How It Spread I Can Has Cheezburger launched in early 2007 and blew open the doors for LOLcat culture, posting cat content daily rather than just on Saturdays[2]. The site's first Caturday-tagged image went up on January 13, 2007, two days after launch[4]. That same year, the trend appeared on MetaFilter, Fark, and in the University of Pennsylvania's student newspaper[8]. By mid-2007, search interest for the term hit its all-time peak. A Caturday Tumblr blog appeared on June 1, 2009, billing itself as "probably the best cat blog in the world"[7]. Through the 2010s, #Caturday became a regular trending hashtag on Twitter[1]. By 2021, Metro News reported it was trending most Saturdays, with users sharing cat photos to an audience well beyond 4chan's original community[1]. ## How to Use Joining Caturday is straightforward: 1. Wait for Saturday (though the day-of-week rule is loosely enforced these days) 2. Take a photo of your cat or find a funny cat image 3. For the classic format, add an Impact-font caption in lolspeak ("I IZ IN UR HOUZ, EATIN UR FUDZ") 4. Post with #Caturday on Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, or your platform of choice ## Cultural Impact Caturday kicked off the LOLcat movement that turned cats into the defining animals of internet culture. The weekly tradition fed directly into I Can Has Cheezburger, one of the biggest humor websites of the late 2000s[2]. LOLcats spread from imageboards to college campuses and mainstream news within a year of ICHC's launch[8]. The term "lolcat," which grew from the same culture, was a runner-up for the American Dialect Society's "Most Creative" Word of the Year, losing to "Googlegänger"[5]. The #Caturday hashtag itself became a weekly fixture on Twitter, trending most Saturdays as of 2021 with users proudly showing off their cats[1]. ## Fun Facts - Photographing cats in funny poses with humorous captions dates to the early 1900s, with Harry Whittier Frees creating staged kitten photos like "Five O'clock Tea"[2]. - Caturday is older than the public versions of Facebook and Twitter, and almost as old as YouTube[2]. - The LiveJournal community required posters with multiple images to list how many were under the cut, specifically to help "those who still use dial up or have shitty pcs"[3]. - Urban Dictionary defines Caturday as "the greatest holiday on the internets"[6]. - The LiveJournal Caturday community strictly banned any content that wasn't an actual cat photo or macro, including cat-themed icons, colorbars, and decorative layouts[3]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Caturday? Caturday is the internet tradition of posting cat images and LOLcat memes on Saturdays, originating from 4chan's /b/ board around 2005[1]. The name combines "cat" and "Saturday." ### Where did Caturday come from? The tradition grew on 4chan's /b/ board[1], with a LiveJournal community forming in February 2006[3] and I Can Has Cheezburger popularizing the concept when it launched in 2007[2]. ### What does Caturday mean? It's a portmanteau of "cat" and "Saturday," designating Saturday as a day to celebrate cats online by posting photos, memes, and LOLcat image macros[1]. ### How do you use Caturday? Post a cat photo or LOLcat meme with the hashtag #Caturday on social media, traditionally on Saturdays[1]. Classic posts include lolspeak captions, but modern posts are typically just cat photos[2]. ### Is Caturday still popular? As of 2021, the hashtag #Caturday was trending on Twitter most Saturdays[1]. I Can Has Cheezburger, the site most closely associated with LOLcat culture, still publishes daily cat content[9]. ### What is lolspeak? Lolspeak is the intentionally misspelled, grammatically creative captioning style used in LOLcat images and Caturday posts[2]. It blends baby talk with internet slang, producing phrases like "I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?" and "IM IN UR NOUN, VERB-ING UR RELATED NOUN." ### What is the connection between Caturday and I Can Has Cheezburger? I Can Has Cheezburger launched in January 2007 and built directly on the Caturday tradition by posting LOLcats every day rather than just Saturdays[2]. The site became one of the most popular humor destinations on the web. ### Who created Caturday? No single creator is credited. The tradition grew organically on 4chan's /b/ board[1], and the concept spread through independent communities including a LiveJournal group in 2006[3] and a dedicated Tumblr in 2009[7]. ### When did Caturday start? The tradition dates to approximately 2005-2006[2]. Urban Dictionary's first definition appeared in October 2006[6], and a LiveJournal community was already active by February 2006[3]. ### How far back does the tradition of funny cat photos go? Photographer Harry Whittier Frees created staged kitten photos with humorous captions in the early 1900s[2]. Caturday brought this century-old tradition into the digital age. ### What happened to lolspeak? Lolspeak was a defining feature of early Caturday and LOLcat posts but largely faded from mainstream use through the 2010s[1]. Modern #Caturday posts typically feature plain cat photos without captioned text. ### Is there an official Caturday website? Metro News notes that Caturday has its own official website[1]. A dedicated Caturday Tumblr blog was also active, describing itself as "probably the best cat blog in the world"[7]. ## References 1. [caturday - The Daily What]() 2. [What is Caturday and when did it start? | Metro News]() 3. 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