The cat pads up to the curb, you climb on, and it gallops off down the street. · Made with AI · 10 s · 9:16 · with native sound
Three steps. That's the whole thing.
Upload one or two photos
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Ride solo with just your photo, send just your cat, or upload both and ride your own cat. JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB each, faces clearly visible. Only upload photos you are allowed to use.
Pick a ride
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Choose Cat Taxi, Morning Commute or Night Ride. The video puts the rider on the back of a bus-sized cat in a real city street — climbing on at the curb, commuting down an avenue, or riding under neon. No prompt to write.
Pay once and download
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The button shows the price before checkout ($6.99 for 1 ride, $19.99 for 3, $29.99 for 5). The render starts by itself and usually takes three to six minutes; then you preview the video on the page and download a 10-second, 9:16 MP4 with native city ambience — 768P standard, or 1080p HD for 20 credits.
A giant cat ride video is a short AI-generated clip in which an ordinary house cat appears at city scale: it sprints to a curb like a taxi, crouches so a rider can leap onto its back, and then gallops through streets full of tiny cars and buses. The joke is the impossible scale — your living-room cat suddenly the length of a city bus — and the captions are usually some version of "my taxi is here" or "riding a giant cat to work". People also call it the cat taxi meme.
Unlike a filter or an editing template, nothing in the scene comes from footage you filmed. The street, the tiny traffic and the walk cycle are all generated; the real inputs are your photos — the rider, the cat or both — whose faces, outfits and markings are carried onto the enormous cat. That is why the result feels like you on your animal rather than generic characters, and why two clear photos matter more than anything else you could do.
Once the first clip spread, spin-offs appeared fast: riding a giant cat to work, the giant cat scooter, and even a soft-toy version where the enormous cat looks like a plush toy on a desk. They all share the same photo-plus-scene formula. If you want the full story — where the trend started, its two waves in 2026 and every variation — read the cat taxi meme explainer.
Sample rides
Every ride uses the same three ingredients: your photos (the rider, the cat, or both) and a preset real-world scene. Pick whichever fits the caption you have in mind — all three come out as the same 10-second, 9:16 MP4, and you can switch rides as often as you like. Every clip below is an AI-generated sample — tap any of them to play it.
Cat Taxi · just your catCat Taxi · you + your catMorning Commute · just your catMorning Commute · just your photo
Cat Taxi
The original and the most dynamic: you wait at the curb, the colossal cat sprints to you, you leap onto its back and it gallops off between real taxis. Use it for "my ride is here" captions — it works with any coat colour, from tabby to black.
Morning Commute
The commuter is already on board. A low-angle stroll down a sunlit avenue, past buses and crosswalks, with the city softly blurred so the scale stays absurd. The safest pick for "riding my cat to work" posts.
Night Ride
The same walk under neon: wet asphalt, pink and blue reflections, a slightly cinematic mood. It suits late-night posting and city accounts, and the bright rider silhouette stays readable even on small screens.
Get the best result
The whole result depends on the photos you start from. A clear, well-lit picture of the rider and of the pet gives the model everything it needs to put that person on that animal at bus scale; anything that hides a face or mixes people and pets together makes features drift. Five minutes with your camera roll usually finds two keepers.
Rider photo: one person, face clearly visible, looking at the camera.
Rider photo: full body or head-and-shoulders both work; plain background helps.
Cat photo: one pet only, face clearly visible, sharp focus.
Even daylight beats flash for both photos, and avoids orange or blue room lighting.
No heavy filters, no sunglasses, no collage or stickers on either photo.
Shoot or crop so the subject fills most of the frame, not a corner of the garden.
If you have both a face-on and a side photo, use the face-on one.
One person and one pet per photo: group shots make the model guess.
The small print, in plain words
Input
One or two photos: the rider, your pet, or both. JPG, PNG or WebP, up to 10 MB each.
Rides
Cat Taxi, Morning Commute, Night Ride — fixed real-city scenes, the rider comes from your photo.
Length
10 seconds with native city ambience and a small corner watermark.
Output
9:16 vertical MP4, 768P standard or 1080p HD (20 credits), preview on the page and ready for TikTok / Reels / Shorts.
Render time
Usually a few minutes. You can close the tab; we email you when it is ready.
Price
$6.99 for 1 ride (10 credits), $19.99 for 3 (30 credits), $29.99 for 5 (50 credits). One standard 768P ride = 10 credits, one 1080p HD ride = 20 credits. One-time, no subscription.
Refunds
Credits come back automatically only when no video could be produced. See the refund policy.
What happens to your photos
You upload up to two photos per ride — one rider, one pet. They are stored only so the render job can run and a failed render can be retried, and they are deleted automatically after 48 hours. Your generated videos stay in your account so you can download them again. We do not sell personal data and your photos are never published. Only upload a rider photo you have the right to use. You can ask for a copy or deletion of your account, photos and videos at any time by emailing support@giantcatride.app. The full details live in the privacy policy.
Questions people actually ask
What is the giant cat ride trend?
A viral AI clip where a cat the size of a bus pulls up like a taxi, someone leaps onto its back and it gallops through a city full of tiny cars. People call it the cat taxi or riding a giant cat to work. We make that clip with you as the rider, from your photos: a rider photo, the photo of your cat, or both.
Does it work with dogs?
Yes. Cats come first here, but one clear photo of a dog, rabbit or other pet works with the same three rides.
Can I ride the cat myself?
Yes — and you have three ways to do it. Upload both photos and you ride your own cat. Upload only your photo and a giant cat carries you. Upload only your cat's photo and a rider we invent carries your cat through the city. Only use photos you have the right to use: stranger or celebrity photos get reported and removed.
How long does a ride take?
A 10-second, 9:16 MP4 with native ambience usually takes three to six minutes to render (1080p HD can take a little longer); busier fur patterns can take a little longer. You can close the tab; we email you when it is ready and keep it in your account.
What if it fails?
If no video can be produced at all, the credits come back automatically. Once a render has started, the video is delivered and its credits are used, even if you close the tab. A clearly broken file can be reviewed by email.
Is this a subscription?
No. You buy one pack: $6.99 for 1 ride, $19.99 for 3 rides or $29.99 for 5 rides. Credits never expire and nothing renews automatically.
Is there a free giant cat ride generator?
Not on this site — every render costs real GPU time, so a "free" queue would either never finish or be bait. What is free here: every sample video on this page, the full 10-second ride included, and the step-by-step guide. Making one with your own cat costs $6.99 for a single ride, charged once, with no subscription and no watermarked trial.
Can I post it on TikTok, Reels or Shorts?
Yes. The file is a vertical 9:16 MP4 with no music and a small corner watermark. Try #giantcatride and #cattaxi. Every video is AI-generated, so please label it as such when a platform asks.
Which photos work best?
Rider photo: one person, face visible, even daylight, sharp focus, no sunglasses or heavy filters; full body or head-and-shoulders both work. Cat photo: one pet, face visible, no collage. JPG, PNG or WebP up to 10 MB each. Photos saved from messaging apps are often compressed — the original file from your phone camera gives the sharpest detail.
Does the video have sound?
Yes — the video model generates native AI city ambience automatically. Most creators add a trending sound inside TikTok, Reels or Shorts anyway, and platform editors let you mute or replace our audio track in one tap. The small corner watermark stays, because every video we produce is labelled as AI-generated.
Can I make several videos from the same photo?
Yes. The photo is saved with your account for 48 hours, so you can run the same pet through all three rides — or repeat a favourite — while each ride simply uses one credit.
One ride costs 10 credits at 768P standard or 20 credits at 1080p HD. That makes the packs 1, 3 and 5 standard rides — or, on HD, one ride for the 1-pack, one HD plus one standard for the 3-pack and two HD plus one standard for the 5-pack. Credits never expire: $6.99 buys a single ride, the 3-pack works out to $6.66 each and the 5-pack to $6.00 each. Every pack is a one-time purchase — nothing renews automatically, and unused credits stay in your account until you use them.
1 ride video
$6.99
10 credits, never expire
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3 ride videos
$19.99
30 credits, never expire
5 ride videos
$29.99
50 credits, never expire
One-time payment, no subscription. Failed renders return their credits. Refund policy
10 credits = one 768P video · 20 credits = one 1080p video. Credits are interchangeable, so you can mix standard and HD rides in the same pack.
