Petfluencer

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An animal used as an influencer.

    "That is why there are so many cat videos on the internet, creating cat celebrities and “petfluencers,” animals that help to sell products online."

  2. 2
    A human influencer who uses an animal for this purpose.

    "You see, it's too late for me to become one of those 'petfluencers' – a tastemaker, babbling on about the latest trends in sundresses for coonhounds or why you should be using jewel-encrusted poop bags."

Example

More examples

"That is why there are so many cat videos on the internet, creating cat celebrities and “petfluencers,” animals that help to sell products online."

Etymology

Blend of pet + influencer, equivalent to pet + -fluencer.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.