Cat sitting trend
Cat sitting is still accelerating: overall interest is up +45% in a year and +239% in the last three months. Next Big's projection: likely to ease off over the next 12 months.
- ConfidenceHow sure the Pulse is over its last 13 weeks. Medium confidence: sources from more than one company carry the line lately, not all of them steady. Every label
- Medium
Two things to know
- Cat sitting is tracked on the Next Big Pulse, +45% in a year, about 121K searches a month in the US.
- Near its peak: at 100% of its two-year peak; searches at this point were higher a year later 76% of the time, against 73% for any search.
Behind the rise
Where the line turned
- 1Turned up Mar 2026. YouTube search moved first.
Things that happened around the rise, never a claim of what caused it.
- Searches a month
- 121K
- The Pulse now, US, every meaning of the words, between 79K and 187K
- Rise so far
- Near its peak
- At 100% of its 2-year peak, climbing 3 weeks. Searches here were higher a year on 76% of the time (any search 73%)
- Shelf life
- 9 to 63 weeks
- How long past rises like this one lasted: median 23 weeks, from 3,914 rises. History, not a forecast
- Overall interest, a year
- +45%
- from 102K to 121K searches a month (rough)
- Last 3 months
- +239%
- accelerating, +85K a month (rough)
- Next 12 months
- Easing off
- Next Big's projection, -32%
- Trend score
- 64/100
- Worth building on, from eight parts: how it's made is below the numbers
- Peaks
- All year
- no seasonal peak
- A click is worth
- $9.52
- what advertisers pay
- Ranking difficulty
- 1/100
- room for a new page
Searches a month added are rough: right direction about 3 times in 4, size within ×2 (check 14a). What that means.
How the trend score is made
| Part | Reading | Weight | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Growth over a year | 45/100 | 25% | 11.2 |
| The last weeks | 100/100 | 15% | 15.0 |
| Fits a business (judged in review) | 70/100 | 15% | 10.5 |
| Interest now | 100/100 | 10% | 10.0 |
| Kept rising | 0/100 | 10% | 0.0 |
| What a click is worth | 100/100 | 10% | 10.0 |
| Posts about it | no reading, counted as average | 10% | 3.0 |
| Searches a month | 92/100 | 5% | 4.6 |
| Before adjustments | 100% | 64.3 | |
| Trend score | 64/100 |
How worth building on a search is, not how big it is. Every weight is on the methodology.
What's next for cat sitting
- Direction
- Accelerating, +239% over the last 3 months.
- Next 12 months
- Next Big's projection: likely to ease off (-32%).
Is cat sitting really trending?
Only Hunger is measured for cat sitting so far: no source of Heat counts it yet, so there's no verdict.
- Hungerwhat people go looking for+239% in 3 monthsFrom web popularity, YouTube search, Google News search
- HeatHeat: what the crowd is shown, unasked. Rarely talked about: news coverage (GDELT) had too few posts or stories to read a line from.
Real when people are shown it and go looking for it; Early when the crowd is shown it first; Hype when it's shown and not sought; Quiet demand when searches rise with little talk. How the two sides are read.
Is cat sitting still growing?
Yes. Overall interest in cat sitting is up +45% in a year, and still up +239% over the last 3 months. The line blends every source we read for it, each listed below with its own figures.
- +239%in 3 monthsJul 2026 to this week
- +45%in 1 yearOct 2025 to this week
- +72%in 2 yearsOct 2024 to this week
Each figure compares overall interest at the end of the window with its start.
Who searches for it, and why
Cat sitting refers to having someone care for a cat at home, feeding it, cleaning the litter box and keeping it company, while the owner is away. People search it to find a sitter, check prices, learn what to expect and, for some, to start offering the service themselves. In practice, searchers are cat owners who travel and people looking for side income through apps such as Rover. Cats generally do better at home than in boarding, which supports demand. The commercial angle is local sitting businesses, booking apps and guides.
Most people search it to learn about it.
What people ask about cat sitting
Best
- best cat sitting app
- best cat sitting service
- best cat sitting app uk
- best cat sitting services near me
- best cat sitting websites
Compared
- cat sitting vs boarding
- cat sitting vs standing
Cost
- cat sitting for a week cost
- cat sitting for a month cost
- cat sitting cost per day
- cat sitting costs
- cat sitting cost per week
- cat sitting cost per day uk
Near me
- cat sitting near me
- cat sitting near me meaning
- cat sitting near me jobs
- cat sitting near me purring
Alternatives
- cat sitting like human
- cat sitting like human meme
Apps and tools
- cat sitting app
- cat sitting app uk
- cat sitting app london
- cat sitting app nyc
For whom
- cat sitting for the first time
- cat sitting for lily's mom
Also searched
- cat sitting forward
- cat sitting forms
- cat sitting applications
- cat sitting on balcony
- cat sitting down
- cat sitting on toilet
Sources
The chart is the Next Big Pulse: every source with a weekly or monthly reading for cat sitting, blended into one line of overall interest. A trend counts only when independent sources confirm the rise, each read against what every other search we track did there.
- YouTube search64%since Oct 2021
- Web popularity36%since Oct 2021
- Google News search0%since Feb 2022
Confidence: medium, sources from more than one company carry the line lately, not all of them steady. The last 2 weeks rest on fewer sources: they aren't in web popularity yet. How the grade works
| Source | Rose with it | This search, in a year | The typical search there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bing searches | No rise above typical | ||
| Wikipedia views | No rise above typical | ||
| Bluesky posts | No rise above typical | ||
| Hacker News mentions | No rise above typical | ||
| Research papers | No rise above typical | ||
| New York Times articles | No rise above typical | ||
Searches a month is the Pulse's reading now, in Google Ads' scale for the US; cost per click and ranking difficulty are Google Ads keyword estimates, counting every meaning of the words.
The same search on Google Trends · How we read every source
Projections are Next Big's forecasts from public search data. They aren't financial, investment, trading or medical advice.
Questions
Is cat sitting still popular in 2026?
Yes. Overall interest in cat sitting is up +45% on a year ago, and +239% over the last three months.
How many people search for cat sitting?
About 121,000 searches a month in the US, on the Next Big Pulse, counting every meaning of the words.
When do searches for cat sitting peak?
It doesn't follow a season. Its busiest week in five years was in October 2026.
Will cat sitting keep growing?
Next Big's projection says it's likely to ease off over the next 12 months (-32%). It's a forecast from public search data, not advice.
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