#fads
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #fads from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #fads
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-27 21:57 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-27 21:57 UTCLive pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-27 21:57 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~36327 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 12:00
Languages: English (36) · Japanese (1) · Spanish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.9
Top of the latest posts
The Strange History Of Flagpole Sitting, The 1920s Trend Of Perching Atop Towering Poles For Days Or Weeks On End By Genevieve Carlton "Sparked by a publicity stunt performed by Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, flagpole sitting was a popular test o
> Labubu resale price falls may be more about supply than demand https://www.reuters.com/world/china/labubu-resale-price-falls-may-be-more-about-supply-than-demand-2025-10-22/ Apparently no one learned anything from things like the Beanie B
With apologies to Benjamin Schwartz. #NewYorkerCartoons #NewYorkerCartoonsUpdated #fads #AI #Crypto #Quantum #Hype #VC
What “fads” means
Wiktionary · WikipediaA fad, trend, or craze is any form of collective behavior that develops within a culture, a generation, or social group in which a group of people enthusiastically follow an impulse for a short time period. Fads, also known as trends, are products or behaviors that achieve short-lived popularity but fade away. Fads are often seen as sudden, quick-spreading, and short-lived events. Fads include diets, clothing, hairstyles, toys, and more. Some fads in the last hundred years include toys such as y
“Fad” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#fads across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #fads 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/fads