27% of Uk households have a pet cat* meaning there are around 11 million pet cats across the country.
But which cat breeds are people in the UK most interested in?
The best way to find out is to look at what people are searching for.
Below we’ve compiled the average number of monthly searches in Google for all the main cat breeds:
Data Compiled using Google Ads Keyword Planner & Keywords Everywhere browser extension. Data consists of search data over the last year divided into a monthly average.
| Cat Breed | Monthly UK Searches (Google) |
|---|---|
| bengal cat | 110,000 |
| ragdoll cat | 74,000 |
| sphynx cat | 60,500 |
| siamese cat | 49,500 |
| norwegian forest cat | 49,500 |
| maine coon cat | 49,500 |
| savannah cat | 49,500 |
| munchkin cat | 33,100 |
| russian blue cat | 27,100 |
| siberian cat | 27,100 |
| turkish van cat | 27,100 |
| burmese cat | 22,200 |
| british shorthair cat | 18,100 |
| manx cat | 14,800 |
| bombay cat | 12,100 |
| birman cat | 8,100 |
| Abyssinian cat | 8100 |
| himalayan cat | 8,100 |
| somali cat | 6,600 |
| ragamuffin cat | 6,600 |
| tonkinese cat | 5,400 |
| balinese cat | 5,400 |
| scottish fold cat | 5,000 |
| snowshoe cat | 4,400 |
| devon rex cat | 3,600 |
| singapura cat | 2,900 |
| lykoi cat | 2,900 |
| nebelung cat | 2,900 |
| chartreux cat | 2,400 |
| siberian forest cat | 2,400 |
| toyger cat | 1,900 |
| oriental shorthair cat | 1,900 |
| donskoy cat | 1,900 |
| havana brown cat | 1,600 |
| british longhair cat | 1,600 |
| cornish rex cat | 1,600 |
| javanese cat | 1,600 |
| korat cat | 1,000 |
| exotic shorthair cat | 1,000 |
| thai cat | 1,000 |
| turkish angora cat | 1,000 |
| american shorthair cat | 1,000 |
| bambino cat | 880 |
| laperm cat | 880 |
| asian cat | 720 |
| egyptian mau cat | 720 |
| highlander cat | 720 |
| peterbald cat | 720 |
| pixie bob cat | 720 |
| serengeti cat | 720 |
| york chocolate cat | 720 |
| burmilla cat | 590 |
| american curl cat | 590 |
| chausie cat | 590 |
| selkirk rex cat | 590 |
| cyprus cat | 480 |
| sokoke cat | 480 |
| Aegean cat | 390 |
| japanese bobtail cat | 320 |
| australian mist cat | 260 |
| european shorthair cat | 260 |
| American Bobtail cat | 210 |
| arabian mau cat | 210 |
| dwelf cat | 210 |
| oriental longhair cat | 210 |
| chantilly tiffany cat | 170 |
| dragon li cat | 170 |
| khao manee cat | 170 |
| neva masquerade cat | 170 |
| ojos azules cat | 170 |
| american ringtail cat | 140 |
| minskin cat | 140 |
| ocicat cat | 110 |
| american wirehair cat | 110 |
| aphrodite giant cat | 110 |
| russian tabby cat | 110 |
| foldex cat | 90 |
| lambkin cat | 90 |
| toybob cat | 90 |
| german rex cat | 70 |
| kinkalow cat | 70 |
| california spangled cat | 50 |
| brazilian shorthair cat | 40 |
| kurilian bobtail cat | 40 |
| raas cat | 40 |
| don sphynx cat | 30 |
| asian semi longhair cat | 20 |
| colorpoint shorthair cat | 20 |
| thai blue point cat | 20 |
| ukrainian levkoy cat | 20 |
| chinese li hua cat | 10 |
| colorpoint longhair cat | 10 |
| colorpoint persian cat | 10 |
| kanaani cat | 10 |
| korean bobtail cat | 10 |
| korn ja cat | 10 |
| mekong bobtail cat | 10 |
| oregon rex cat | 10 |
| oriental bicolor cat | 10 |
| persian traditional cat | 10 |
| sam sawet cat | 10 |
| serrade petit cat | 10 |
| suphalak cat | 10 |
| turkish vankedisi cat | 10 |
| kuril islands bobtail cat | 0 |
| liebling cat | 0 |
| persian modern cat | 0 |
| wichien maat cat | 0 |