#bootblack
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #bootblack from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-28 03:14 UTC1 uses by 1 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-28 03:14 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-28 03:14 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~16539 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 12:00
Languages: English (40)
Avg boosts / post: 0.9
Top of the latest posts
Ready for tonight. Writing and 📸 by @HisNameIsOx #bootblack #bootblacking
Hunter March 2025 | Bootblack Eye View The times I get to work alongside other bootblacks are always a treasure. This Hunter Bootblack Joshi was again visiting, and took the early shift this time so I had a wonderfull time chatting and gett
Hunter July 2026 | Bootblack’s Eye View This was a great Night on the stand, which Kicked off doing the boots and gear of the Host of Hunter himself @[email protected] Quite a few Patrons who I know and play with led to so
What “bootblack” means
WikipediaShoeshiner or boot polisher is an occupation in which a person cleans and buffs shoes and then applies a waxy paste to give a shiny appearance and a protective coating. They are often known as shoeshine boys because the job was traditionally done by a male child. Other synonyms are bootblack and shoeblack. While the role is denigrated in much of Western civilization, shining shoes is an important source of income for many children and families throughout the world. Some shoeshiners offer extra s
“Shoeshiner” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#bootblack across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #bootblack 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/bootblack