--- description: Pizza rat has met its match title: You Already Know Pizza Rat. Now, Meet Doughnut Rat image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # You Already Know Pizza Rat. Now, Meet Doughnut Rat by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2015 5:31 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2015 5:31 PM CUT Last month, a rat was [spotted](http://time.com/4043383/rat-pizza-slice-subway/ "undefined") dragging a cheesy slice of pizza down the steps of a New York City subway station. He was known as Pizza Rat, and he became an instant Internet sensation. But there’s a new disgusting food-loving rodent in town. His name is Doughnut Rat. On Friday, YouTube user Dustin Sherman posted the above clip, which shows a large rat dragging a large doughnut around a downtown subway platform at 2:30 in the morning. You know, because New York is the city that never sleeps—and that includes its hungry rats. It’s unlikely that Doughnut Rat will become as iconic as Pizza Rat, but he’ll still be admired for his gumption. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4094627/doughnut-rat-new-york-city/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4094627/doughnut-rat-new-york-city/"},"headline":"You Already Know Pizza Rat. Now, Meet Doughnut Rat","datePublished":"2015-10-30T17:31:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:28.589Z","description":"New York City's latest food-loving rodent","url":"https://time.com/4094627/doughnut-rat-new-york-city/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4094627/doughnut-rat-new-york-city/","name":"You Already Know Pizza Rat. Now, Meet Doughnut Rat"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","description":"5 Elements of A Viral Video","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/vgQtqA8c/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-22T13:42:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/vgQtqA8c.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4094627/doughnut-rat-new-york-city/","duration":"PT1M31S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4094627/doughnut-rat-new-york-city/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```