📊 Pet Quiz Stats
Every time someone finishes our free pet quiz, we count which pet they matched with. Here's what's popular right now.
Live numbers are taking a moment — showing what we last had.
🥇 This month's podium
The three pets the quiz matched people with most this month, with a cool fact about each and where to learn more.
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🔦 Under the radar
Nobody has matched with this one yet this month. Here's why it's worth a look anyway.
📋 Full leaderboard
283 matches since we began recording which pet won, in August 2026.
- 🐶 Cats & Dogs 34%
- 🐹 Small Pets 27%
- 🦎 Reptiles 15%
- 🐛 Bugs & Invertebrates 9%
- 🐠 Fish & Amphibians 8%
- 🐔 Backyard & Farm 4%
- 🦜 Birds 3%
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Cat58 · 20% - 2
Dog37 · 13% - 3
Rat32 · 11% - 4
Bearded Dragon21 · 7% - 5
Guinea Pig19 · 7% - 6
Betta Fish16 · 6% - 7
Isopods12 · 4% - 8
Rabbit9 · 3% - 9
Parakeet & Small Birds8 · 3% - 10
Snake7 · 2% - 11
Degu6 · 2% - 12
Gerbil6 · 2% - 13
Gecko5 · 2% - 14
Stick Insect5 · 2% - 15
Chicken4 · 1% - 16
Uromastyx4 · 1% - 17
Fish3 · 1% - 18
Iguana3 · 1% - 19
Land Snail3 · 1% - 20
Duck2 · 1% - 21
Goldfish2 · 1% - 22
Hamster2 · 1% - 23
Jumping Spider2 · 1% - 24
Praying Mantis2 · 1% - 25
Mini Pig2 · 1% - 26
Pony2 · 1% - 27
Anole1 · 0% - 28
Ant Farm1 · 0% - 29
Axolotl1 · 0% - 30
Newt & Salamander1 · 0% - 31
Parrots & Larger Birds1 · 0% - 32
Quail1 · 0% - 33
Scorpion1 · 0% - 34
Shrimp & Snails1 · 0% - 35
Blue-Tongued Skink1 · 0% - 36
Sugar Glider1 · 0% - 37
Aquatic Turtle1 · 0%
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🔬 Inside the matches
Beyond who won: what came close, how strong the match was, and what families asked for. From all 283 recorded matches, as of Sep 28, 2026.
🥈 So close: the usual runner-up
Every result also shows a 2nd and 3rd place. For the most-matched pets, this is the one that most often came close.
- Cat , runner-up: Bearded Dragon29 of 58 results
- Dog , runner-up: Cat18 of 37 results
- Rat , runner-up: Guinea Pig25 of 32 results
- Bearded Dragon , runner-up: Blue-Tongued Skink16 of 21 results
- Guinea Pig , runner-up: Rat9 of 19 results
- Betta Fish , runner-up: Fish13 of 16 results
Always the bridesmaid
These keep finishing 2nd or 3rd far more often than they win. If one keeps turning up in your results, it's worth a look.
- Bearded Dragonclose 52× · won 21
- Guinea Pigclose 48× · won 19
- Blue-Tongued Skinkclose 23× · won 1
- Fishclose 20× · won 3
- Rabbitclose 26× · won 9
🎯 How close was the match?
Each result comes with a match score: how well the winning pet fits the answers. The average across every quiz is 72%. Below is each pet's average, for pets with at least 5 matches. A high score means families who get that pet tend to fit it really well.
- 1Degu6 matches87%
- 2Gerbil6 matches79%
- 3Betta Fish16 matches76%
- 4Stick Insect5 matches76%
- 5Parakeet & Small Birds8 matches75%
- 6Dog37 matches74%
- 7Isopods12 matches74%
- 8Snake7 matches73%
- 9Gecko5 matches73%
- 10Rat32 matches73%
- 11Guinea Pig19 matches72%
- 12Rabbit9 matches70%
- 13Cat58 matches69%
- 14Bearded Dragon21 matches54%
✅ Most-picked must-haves
Before showing a result, the quiz offers four optional must-have boxes. This is how often each one was ticked, out of 283 quizzes. 39% skipped them all.
- 1Happy on its own34% · 97
- 2Awake during the day34% · 96
- 3Safe to pick up every day31% · 89
- 4Needs a friend8% · 23
📈 Trends over time
How many quizzes ended in a match each month, starting August 2026. Updated when the site is published (last on Sep 28, 2026), so the newest bar can trail the live boards above.
Show the numbers
| Month | Matches |
|---|---|
| Aug ’26 | 144 |
| Sep ’26 (so far) | 139 |
⭐ What visitors think
- 5 stars87% · 27
- 4 stars3% · 1
- 3 stars6% · 2
- 2 stars0% · 0
- 1 star3% · 1
🔎 Keep exploring
Where to get to know these animals properly:
- 🐾 All 50 pet care guides — what each animal really needs: space, food, vet care, and how long they live.
- 🧠 Animal Quizzes — a fact quiz for every animal, with the answer explained each time.
- ⚖️ Compare My Pets — put two animals side by side on cost, care time, and mess.
- 📚 How to choose a pet — the questions worth asking before you fall for a cute face.
- 🦁 Cool Animals (Not Pets) — the amazing ones that belong in the wild, and why.
- 🕹️ Pet Arcade — games about looking after animals, built by a kid.
How we count
One match is counted each time a visitor finishes the quiz and sees their result. Shared result links don't count, and reloading your own result doesn't count twice. Nothing about you is stored — just which pet came out on top, and when.
Why the leaderboard adds up to less than the big number. The “quizzes finished” total at the top counts every quiz since our counter started, including 1,472 finished before we began recording which pet won. The leaderboards and charts only include matches where we know the pet.
Popular doesn't mean right. A dog winning the month says a lot about who's taking the quiz and very little about which pet suits your family. Plenty of brilliant pets sit near the bottom of this board simply because fewer people think to ask for them. That's the whole reason the quiz asks about your space, time, budget, and allergies — and why it's worth reading a care guide before deciding.