The pet web magazine "Iris Pet Dot Com with Cats" conducts a questionnaire survey of site members regarding their favorite cat breeds. We announced "Favorite Cat Breed Ranking 2016" that summarizes the aggregated results. The most popular cat breed is American Shorthair.

The reasons why he likes "American Shorthair" are his sweet-hearted and lively personality and his cute appearance. In addition, some people said that even beginners of cats are happy that they are easy to keep.


The top 10 favorite cat breeds in 2016 are as follows.
# 1 American Shorthair
2nd place Munchkin
3rd place Scottish Fold
4th place Norwegian Forest
5th place Russian Blue
6th Maine Coon
7th place Ragdoll
8th place Abyssinian
9th place Siam
10th place Bengal

Please refer to the "Iris Pet Dot Com with Cats" website for the reasons for voting for cat breeds ranked 2nd or lower and the rankings for 10th or lower.

The questionnaire was conducted from October 26th to November 20th, 2016, targeting Iris Pet Dotcom members. The number of respondents was 926.