Drooling Cat
This article is about the internet meme. For the original Solana memecoin, see Drooling Cat ($DROOLING).
Drooling Cat Cat is a 2026 reaction-image meme built around a dazed, 'fried'-looking cat with a long blue line of drool hanging from its mouth. A 'crowd of drooling cats' variant went viral on X in mid-2026 to depict a mob of people utterly mesmerized by something, and the image was spun into the DROOLING memecoin on Solana.
Origin
The original drooling cat reaction image began circulating in early February 2026 in the comment sections of Instagram and TikTok. One of the first attempts to track it down came on February 20, 2026, when a user on Reddit's r/HelpMeFind asked for help locating a 'fried' cat that 'looks stupid' with 'a big blue line of drool' coming out of its mouth; another Redditor surfaced the image in the thread on February 22, 2026. The picture is used to convey mesmerized fascination or childlike amazement — the look of someone staring, slack-jawed, at something impossible to ignore.
Spread
The image spread as an image-macro reaction on Reddit, Instagram, TikTok and X through the spring of 2026 — an Instagram post by catto.strophic on March 18, 2026 gathered more than 112,000 likes. It broke out in late May and June 2026 when multi-cat versions took over X: a three-cat edit posted by @Meliiiks on May 28, 2026 drew over 160,000 likes, and on June 1, 2026 @Kama_Kamilia's 'crowd of drooling cats' version — captioned 'A street full of grown men the second they hear a helicopter' — passed 137,000 likes in a day, with an Instagram version by softcatmemes topping 300,000 likes the same day. Know Your Meme documented the meme as 'Drooling Cat / Crowd of Drooling Cats.'
Legacy
Drooling Cat became one of 2026's signature 'crowd reaction' formats — a shorthand for collective, brain-off obsession — and joined Solana's long line of cat memecoins when the DROOLING token launched on pump.fun as the meme was peaking in mid-2026.
The Chain Trail
The OG token for this meme is Drooling Cat ($DROOLING) on Solana, launched 2026-05.
Key facts
- Drooling Cat is a reaction image of a dazed cat with a long blue line of drool, used to show mesmerized fascination.
- The image began circulating in comment sections on Instagram and TikTok in early February 2026.
- A February 20, 2026 r/HelpMeFind post is one of the earliest documented references; the image was surfaced in the thread on February 22, 2026.
- A 'crowd of drooling cats' variant went viral on X around June 1, 2026 with the caption 'A street full of grown men the second they hear a helicopter.'
- The meme is documented on Know Your Meme as 'Drooling Cat / Crowd of Drooling Cats.'
- The DROOLING memecoin launched on Solana via pump.fun in late May 2026, migrating to PumpSwap around May 29, 2026.
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The tokens that claim Drooling Cat
Every token we can tie to this meme, and which contract appeared first. The original is marked OG; the rest arrived to ride the name.
| # | Coin | Price | 24h | Market Cap | Liquidity | Launched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Drooling Cat $DROOLING | $0.000292 | +19.22% | $291.93K | $72.45K | May 1, 2026 |
Combined live market cap for Drooling Cat: $291.93K across 1 coin. Market data is live from DexScreener; figures are not investment advice.
The on-chain receipts for $DROOLING (the OG contract), pulled straight from the chain.
On-chain report
via helius · updated 1d agoHeld by the top 10 wallets.
- 1. 2mQY…7Mpy12.73%
- 2. Hiod…28go3.66%
- 3. Gmdb…PmHp2.99%
- 4. DPvN…sJRt2.70%
- 5. HMau…cnF21.83%
- 6. BYop…BKZJ1.72%
- 7. 7y4t…5Dc51.56%
- 8. BALE…BHTD1.44%
- 9. HLWm…CtH61.38%
- 10. EKF4…3sHA1.27%
- Top 10 wallets hold 31.3% of supply — moderately concentrated.
- Deployment predates the scanned history — earliest date is a lower bound.
Facts pulled directly from the chain via Solscan-grade data. Not financial advice.
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