--- title: Labrador Retriever Is Again Most Popular Dog, Bulldog Climbs the Chart description: The Bulldog has posted steady gains on the American Kennel Club's popularity chart canonical: https://time.com/3724199/most-popular-dog-in-america/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-26T17:40:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:58.637Z og:title: Labrador Retriever Is Again Most Popular Dog, Bulldog Climbs the Chart og:description: The Bulldog has posted steady gains on the American Kennel Club's popularity chart og:url: https://time.com/3724199/most-popular-dog-in-america/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88fa0d5ecd7343ae/69878137a988ca49c96acb03/labrador-retreiver2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2152 og:image:height: 1211 og:image:alt: Dogs Wait On The Sidewalk og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Labrador Retriever Is Again Most Popular Dog, Bulldog Climbs the Chart twitter:description: The Bulldog has posted steady gains on the American Kennel Club's popularity chart twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88fa0d5ecd7343ae/69878137a988ca49c96acb03/labrador-retreiver2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is the Most Popular Dog Breed in America > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Bill Brett/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) NANTUCKET, MA - SEPTEMBER 8: Two labradors wait for their owner at a restaurant on Main Street in Nantucket. (Photo by Bill Brett/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Feb 26, 2015 5:40 PM UTC The Labrador Retriever is the most popular dog in America for the 24th year in a row, the American Kennel Club [said Thursday.](http://www.akc.org/press-center/press-releases/most-popular-breeds-2014/) That may come as no great surprise in the country that brought you _Marley & Me_, but the real story here is the rise of the Bulldog. That so-ugly-it’s-cute breed has hit No. 4, its highest spot on the AKC chart yet. For the first time in almost 100 years, its daintier cousin the French Bulldog has broken the top 10. But the news does not only bring wagging tails: just as there are winners, there must be losers. 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