Fat Bear Week Is Here — and It's the Best Thing on the Internet Right Now

In a week full of heavy news, here is something that is guaranteed to make you smile. Fat Bear Week 2026 is officially underway, and yes, it is a real thing, and yes, it is exactly as wonderful as it sounds. Running from September 22nd through September 29th at Alaska’s Katmai National Park, Fat Bear Week works like this — sixteen of the park’s biggest and most magnificently rotund brown bears compete in a single-elimination bracket tournament, and the public votes each day for the bear that best exemplifies the art of being extremely, gloriously fat. This is not a trivial pursuit. These bears have spent the entire summer gorging themselves on sockeye salmon along the Brooks River, and their size is a genuine measure of their success. The fatter a bear is heading into winter, the better its chances of surviving hibernation. Every pound is earned. Every calorie is a victory. Some of these bears weigh over a thousand pounds. They have names like Chunk, Grazer and 747, and they are absolute legends of the natural world who have earned every single bite. Voting is open daily from noon to 9PM Eastern time, with the champion crowned on September 29th. And this year there is a particularly compelling storyline to follow — last year’s champion, a female bear named Grazer, is returning to defend her title and chase an unprecedented third consecutive Fat Bear Week crown. The internet tends to be a complicated and often exhausting place. Fat Bear Week is the exception. One bear. One vote. Maximum chonk. Cast your vote right now at explore.org or fatbearweek.org and join millions of people doing something purely and completely good. So we want to know — are you voting in Fat Bear Week this year? And who is your pick for the 2026 champion? Let us know in the comments, and make sure to like, share and follow The Bikini Report for your daily headlines!

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