Doug the Pug

About

Doug the Pug (born May 20, 2012) is a celebrity pug living in Nashville, Tennessee, US who has gained a large internet and social media following.
Forbes named Doug the pug the second most influential pet in 2018, and he won two People’s Choice Awards for Animal Star in 2019 and 2020. He is the most followed pug on the internet with over 18 million collective followers. Doug’s Facebook page has over 6 million likes and 10 billion Facebook video views; his Instagram account has 3.9 million followers, and his Twitter account has over 2.6 million followers as of 2021.

Doug became famous on social media in 2014, when his owner Leslie Mosier created the Instagram account Doug the Pug. Mosier is the author of the New York Times best-seller Doug the Pug: The King of Pop Culture, released in November 2016. Following the release of his book, Mosier took Doug on an international book tour with stops in England, Paris, and the United States. To accompany her book, Mosier has released a line of calendars and a line of Doug the Pug apparel. Doug’s first children’s book was released with Scholastic in September 2019.
Doug has made appearances with various celebrities and also appears…