#authors

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #authors from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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105
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
57
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~0.5/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
0
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40
Reddit posts / month
Reddit search
Open-web mentions
hashtag.org Firehose

Day-by-day usage

measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-07 20:38 UTC
16
09-01
25
09-02
19
09-03
11
09-04
11
09-05
10
09-06
13
09-07

105 uses by 57 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.

Related hashtags

measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-07 20:38 UTC

Live pulse

measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-07 20:38 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~78 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 14:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (37) · German (3)

Avg boosts / post: 2.5

Top of the latest posts

  • Warning to Authors: Web design scammers targeting authors #bookmarketingscam #writingcommunity #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #shortstory #authors #amediting #fiction #booksky fraud.org/web_dev_scam

    Rob Bignell, Editor/Author@[email protected]002026-09-07 19:01 UTCView post →
  • Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: EMMANUEL BALMS <[email protected]> [email protected] #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieau

    Rob Bignell, Editor/Author@[email protected]012026-09-07 18:40 UTCView post →
  • Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: Clara B <[email protected]> [email protected] #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amed

    Rob Bignell, Editor/Author@[email protected]022026-09-07 16:07 UTCView post →

What “authors” means

Wiktionary · Wikipedia

authors/ˈɔː.θəz/

  • nounThe originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition.
  • verb(sometimes proscribed) To create a work as its author.
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In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, or recorded form. The act of creating such a work is called authorship, which means a sculptor, painter, or composer is considered the author of their respective sculptures, paintings, or musical compositions. Although in common usage, the term "author" is often associated specifically with the writer of a book, article, play, or other written work. In c

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#authors across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #authors straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.

Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/authors