Tucker Budzyn, a golden retriever from the US has around 3.4 million followers on Instagram. This furry being is a multimillion-dollar influencer who rakes in Rs 8 crore from social media every year. Photo Courtesy: Instagram/tuckerbudzyn

His pet parent, Courtney Budzyn recently shared with a US-based newspaper that one YouTube-paid post can be anywhere between $40,000 to $60,000. Photo Courtesy: Instagram/tuckerbudzyn

With 11.4 K followers on social media, it’s easy to imagine that Nikki (@nikki_goldenretriever), the golden retriever from Thane West, could be a busybody. But her pet parent, Amruta Lad mentions that all the posts on Nikki’s social media are just clips from her everyday life. In photo: Nikki with Amruta Lad and her husband Siddhesh Lad; (right)

If you live in Mumbai and love to follow pets on Instagram, you might be one of the 32.2 K followers of Nifty, the Shih Tzu (@niftyinanutshell). Her handle is helmed by 20-year-old pet parent, Simran Punjabi from Andheri West. Besides cute pictures, Punjabi mentions that it is her recipe videos that gain the most traction. “We as pet parents know what is harmful to our dogs and what is not. Hence, after researching more about it, I started creating recipes that would help Nifty’s health and growth.” In photo: Nifty looking chic; (right) with Simran Punjabi

“We started Murphy’s (@thepawsomelifeofmurphy) account two months after we brought him home during the pandemic with the intention of documenting and sharing all our fun and travel stories,” shares Vindhya Peethambaran, pet parent of two-year-old golden retriever Murphy or Maffu. With 112 K followers, this former resident of Powai is among the very few travel influencers in his species. In photo: Playful Murphy enjoying the cool waters, (right) Murphy with Vindhya Peethambaran and Rohan Shrivastava