Some apps try to build emotional worlds around their characters. Chonk is one of them, built on a virtual panda that’s meant to feel like a companion.
The app launched in 2024, but only started posting content in March 2025.
Across its three accounts, the storyline is always the same:
The videos compare the app’s mascot to a child, and the storyline is always about ‘raising’ it together with a best friend or a boyfriend.
And the numbers look impressive at first glance.
“why are you still single? because my best friend showed me what real love is” → 8.6M views
But the videos don’t feel organic.
To see where Chonk stands, it helps to compare it with the other apps in the category that we’ve already analyzed on the site.
- Friends – Raise AI Companions has been covered in 3 articles, with 943 videos published across 12 different accounts.
- Self‑Care Pet: Momo appears in 2 articles, with 693 videos spread over 11 accounts.
- Cub: Self Care Pet & Focus has 1 article, but an enormous amount of content 2,159 videos across 29 accounts.
- AI Companion Talking Pet – Emy is the most editorially explored, with 6 articles, 171 videos, and 4 accounts tracked.
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