Some cats have been given celebrity-status, such as Grumpy Cat, as their video views started hitting the millions. Photo / Getty Images
Some cats have been given celebrity-status, such as Grumpy Cat, as their video views started hitting the millions. Photo / Getty Images
People feel more energetic, happy and less stressed after watching a video of a cat - even when they felt guilty about it because they were supposed to be doing something else, a new study reveals.
"Consumption of online cat-related media deserves empirical attention," wrote the paper's author Jessica Gall Myrick.
"As the news accounts suggest, internet users spend a significant amount of time consuming cat-related media, some of that while they are supposed to be doing other tasks like working or studying."
"Practically," Myrick writes, "these findings... promote the idea that viewing internet cats may actually function as a form of digital pet therapy and/or stress relief for internet users."
With digital pet therapy in mind, we have compiled our ten favourite cat videos - and as research suggests, there's no need for you to feel bad about it.
Here are our top ten favourite cat videos (in no particular order):
