Your pet takes the treat and slow-claps. You clap back without cracking. Add a photo of your pet and one of you, and the AI video plays it out with the original sound.
Same treat, same slow clap, a different pet each time. Tap one to watch.
One photo goes in. A few minutes later, the finished video comes out, ready to post.
No editing and no training your pet: just one photo of your pet and one of you.
Get down to its eye level and fit its whole body in; a treat in your other hand helps.Get down to its eye level and fit its whole body in; a treat in your other hand helps.
One face looking at the camera in soft light; a recent selfie is perfect.One face looking at the camera in soft light; a recent selfie is perfect.
It’s ready in a few minutes with the original sound and no watermark, so post it straight to TikTok.It’s ready in a few minutes with the original sound and no watermark, so post it straight to TikTok.
You offer your pet a treat at its eye level.
Your pet takes the treat and chews.
A finger to your lips: keep it quiet.
Your pet flashes a wide, toothy grin at the camera.
Your pet claps slowly and gives a thumbs up, and you clap back, straight-faced.
Clear photos make the video look like your pet and like you.
Its whole body, at its eye level, in good light.
Whole bodyHead, paws and tail in view
Too far awayIts face gets lost
On the moveWait until it’s still
Too darkTurn a light onOne face, looking at the camera.
Face the cameraSoft daylight, eyes on the lens
A selfie worksHead and shoulders is enough
SunglassesHidden eyes won’t look like you
Group photosCrop it to just youYour Clapping Cat video comes out finished, so there’s nothing to edit before you post it.
The Clapping Cat trend is a short pet video: the owner hands their cat a treat and goes shh, the cat stands up on its back legs, grins and slow-claps, and the owner claps back with a straight face. People make it with their own cats, dogs and other pets.
It began on Instagram with one black cat and its deadpan owner, and jumped to TikTok within the week.
The slow clap reads as sarcasm, so it works as a reply to almost anything. Couples tag the partner their pet ignores.
Get credits every month with a plan, or pay once with a pack that never expires. The same credits work on every trend.
For a trend or two a month
$12.90a month
Billed monthly, cancel anytime
The same credits every month
For posting every week
$34.90a month
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For posting every day
$69.90a month
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Cancel anytime. Unused credits roll over a month.
For one video or a few. Never expire.
$27.906 videos · $4.65 a video270 credits, paid once
270 credits, paid once. They never expire.
Straight answers on making, paying for and sharing your Clapping Cat video.
Yes. The Clapping Cat video works with cats, dogs and most pets with a clear face. Your pet keeps its own look; only the pose and the clap come from the trend.
Two: one of your pet and one of you. For the Clapping Cat video, show your pet’s whole body at its eye level, and your own face looking at the camera in soft light. You don’t need a video.
Yes. Your Clapping Cat video comes with the sound of the treat and the claps. If an app mutes it, add the Clapping Cat sound from its library when you post.
Usually a few minutes. You can close the page: your Clapping Cat video waits in My videos, and we email you when it’s ready.
One Clapping Cat video uses 45 credits. Pay once with a credit pack that never expires, or pay less per video with a monthly plan. If a video fails, its credits go back to your balance.
Yes. The Clapping Cat video ends with you clapping back at your pet, so it needs one photo of you as well as one of your pet.
They’re used only to make your Clapping Cat video and stay private to your account. You can delete them any time from My videos.
No. NowStarring is an independent fan tool for the Clapping Cat trend, not linked to the creator of the original reel. The sound belongs to its rights holders.
Add your photo at the top of this page, or two for a trend with two people, and press Make my video. Your Clapping Cat video is ready in a few minutes. No app, no filming and no editing needed.
Yes. Download the MP4 with no watermark and post it on TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts, or send it in a group chat.
No. Every video here is paid for, so there’s no free trial and no watermark on what you download.
You don’t need one. A CapCut template drops your clip into someone else’s edit. Here the whole Clapping Cat video is made from your photo, so whoever is in it is in every shot.
You don’t pay for a video that fails: what it used goes back to your balance automatically, and you can try again with another photo.
Still have a question? Email us and a real person will reply.
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