It’s officially National Cat Day! Let’s celebrate with cat statistics and pics of my adopted kitty Boo!

A new survey found the average cat owner spends over 1,000 hours a year on their cats. That includes time they spend feeding, petting, cuddling, and cleaning up after them.

I did the math for you: the average time we spent with our kitties is 19 hours and 32 minutes a week, or 1,016 hours a year. 

Here are a few more cat stats in honor of National Cat Day:

  1. 84% of cat owners treat their cats like part of the family.
  2. 2. 66% say that in general, they’d rather spend time with their cat than their friends.
  3. Over 75% say talking to their cat is like therapy.
  4. The top qualities we love about our cats are their loyalty, playfulness, and how mild mannered they are. Obviously they’ve never met Boo.
  5. 51% of cat owners rescued at least one of their cats, like me. The top places we get rescues from are animal shelters, friends, and cat-rescue organizations (I adopted Boo from the Ark Valley Humane Society).
  6. The top cat-themed items we own are clothes, framed photos of our cat, kitten calendars, cat-themed cell phone cases, and sheets or blankets with cats on them.
  7. 65% of cat owners have traveled with their cat. Moving and driving them to your new home must have counted. Because who vacations with their cat? I mean, besides me.

Happy National Cat Day! If you’re looking to add a cat to your life, I highly recommend visiting the Ark Valley Humane Society and adopting a shelter cat.