Where did the milk tea hamster come from?
In recent years, the cute pet image of "milk tea hamster" has quickly become popular on social platforms and has become a hot topic among young people. This article will combine the hot data of the entire Internet in the past 10 days to reveal the origin, popular reasons and related cultural phenomena of "milk tea hamster", and display its popularity through structured data.
1. The Origin of Milk Tea Hamster

"Milk Tea Hamster" originally originated from the creative design of a Japanese illustrator, combining hamster and milk tea elements to form a round and cute image. After 2020, the image was introduced to China through emoticons and short video platforms, quickly triggering a wave of imitation. Its core features are:
| Features | Description |
|---|---|
| Appearance | Hamster body + milk tea cup shape |
| color | Mainly milk tea color |
| action | Hold straw, curl up cup, etc. |
2. Analysis of popularity data of the entire network (last 10 days)
By monitoring social platform data, the spread of milk tea hamster-related content shows the following characteristics:
| platform | Amount of related topics | Highest single-day interaction volume |
|---|---|---|
| 128,000 items | 32,000 times | |
| Douyin | 56,000 videos | 8.2 million views |
| little red book | 19,000 notes | 184,000 likes |
3. Analysis of popular causes
1.cute economic effect: In line with Generation Z’s demand for “healing” content, sales of related peripheral products (such as mobile phone cases and pendants) increased by 300% year-on-year.
2.Milk tea culture extension: Deeply tied to the milk tea consumption scene favored by young people, forming a cross-border combination of "cute pets + drinks"
3.Low creative threshold: Users can generate personalized content through simple drawing or filters, and UGC output accounts for 73%
4. Derived cultural phenomena
| Type | Typical cases |
|---|---|
| Emoticons | WeChat downloads exceeded 500,000 times |
| Co-branded products | A milk tea brand launches limited edition cup sleeves |
| Second creation video | B station manual UP main production of physical model |
5. Future development trends
1. It is expected that more subculture variants will continue to be derived, such as "coffee hamster", "fruit tea hamster", etc.
2. AR filter application may become a new growth point, and there are already technical teams developing interactive filters
3. It may develop towards IP, and domestic studios have registered relevant image copyrights
From the above analysis, it can be seen that the popularity of "milk tea hamster" is not only a typical manifestation of the cute pet economy, but also reflects the characteristics of "lightweight entertainment" in contemporary youth culture. This form of content, which has both visual appeal and social attributes, is expected to remain popular for some time to come.
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