Animal Ink

The butterfly tattoo comes out on top, with the highest global Google searches and Instagram posts on our list.

The uniquely beautiful creature has inspired many different styles of tattoo: the two butterflies, large butterflies, and the curious butterfly. It symbolizes many things, including freedom, soul, love, grace, transformation, and rebirth.

Love them or hate them, snake tattoos are hugely popular. The scarily beautiful reptile with scales has become a popular animal for us to get inked.

The tattoo represents all of the traits and attributes of a snake: secretive, sneaky, sleek, and seductive. Snakes represent power, psychologically and symbolically.

“Just as a snake sheds its skin, we must shed our past over and over again.” - Gautama Buddha

King of the jungle and at the top of the food chain, it's no wonder that lions are in the top five most tattooed animals in the world. Lion tattoos represent bravery, nobility, and spirituality.

The lion tattoo is a popular choice among football players, with footballers like Neymar, Sergio Ramos, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Memphis Depay, and Mauro Icardi donning the powerful creature on their skin.

Another powerful animal signifying courageousness is the beautiful wolf. Those who have a tattoo of a wolf may be representing spiritual protection and strength - the true nature of a wolf.

As well as being alluring animals and a great addition to your sleeve, wolf tattoos carry heavy emotional meaning.

Tigers are the largest living cat species in the world. Tiger tattoos symbolize raw power and strength.

Others may see them as the apex predator representing freedom and independence. Tiger tattoos are hugely popular on the chest, bicep, and forearms, usually with a head portrait.