At the start of this month, the WeRateDogs Twitter account (@dog_rates) released a new mobile game called Good Dogs. It’s cute and easy to play: you’re a dog running leash-free through a park, trying to pick up golden biscuits while sidestepping obstacles like tree trunks and oblivious cyclists. But the game was proof of something else: WeRateDogs has gotten so popular, it’s basically created its own branded universe (complete with Patreon page). It seemed the time had come, inevitably, to move on.
Obviously a Twitter account as big as WeRateDogs (1.3 million followers) with a very adaptable premise (rating animals) would spawn dozens of knockoffs and competitors. So I decided to look through the weird off-brand cousins of WeRateDogs to find the next big thing in Twitter animal reviews.
We Rate Frogs
Greg is LArgE pic.twitter.com/WxpdsqVFgB
— We Rate Frogs (@WeRateFrogs) January 10, 2017
@WeRateFrogs is a very strong contender. Frogs are cool and are often doing strange things with their bodies. That’s nice for me, as a viewer. The accompanying commentary, like “HE IS A BIG BOI A LOVELY BOI A WONDERFUL BOI 13/10 FOR THIS BOI” is nice and dumb. 9/10
We Rate Pokémon
7/10 pic.twitter.com/wb1Io1SoYd
— GO! (@weratepokemon) September 16, 2016
@weratepokemon is full of weird drawings of pokémon dressed up as former presidents and memes that are really reaching to find joy in their subject matter. Would not recommend. 2/10