#elsagate
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #elsagate 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 · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-12 11:54 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-12 11:54 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #elsagate.
Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-12 11:54 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 5 public posts (spanning ~59540 hours).
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Languages: English (5)
Avg boosts / post: 0
Top of the latest posts
Tubefilter: Will gen AI make YouTube’s next Elsagate?. “Like the OG Elsagate vids, these feature kid-bait characters like Minions, Thomas the Tank Engine, and even Elsa herself. There are cute cats and dogs, too. Except those dogs and cats
#DeadInternetTheory is already in #fatigue stages. I don't think it's too much to ask #parents to curate a video collection for your kids rather than relying on streaming. #YouTube in itself is going to be ground zero for what's to come, an
#1yrago #Elsagate: a subreddit that's sleuthing out the weird videos of Youtube Kids https://boingboing.net/2017/12/01/pattern-recognition.html
What “elsagate” means
WikipediaElsagate is a controversy surrounding videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids that were labelled as "child-friendly" but contained themes that were considered inappropriate for children and younger audiences. These videos often featured characters from family-oriented media, sometimes via crossovers, used without permission. The controversy also included channels that focused on real children, such as Toy Freaks, that raised concern about possible child abuse.
“Elsagate” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#elsagate across platforms
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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/elsagate