Talking Tom and Friends (known as Talking Friends until late 2014) is a media franchise created and owned by Outfit7 Limited. The franchise focused on various mobile apps involving animal characters that acted like humans repeating things said by the user. Later , there were more types of apps involving animal characters. The first app, Talking Tom Cat, was launched in June 2010. As of April 2022, the apps have achieved more than 16 billion downloads. The franchise also includes various web series, which are mostly posted on YouTube.