#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 · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-26 18:56 UTC0 uses by 0 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 2026-09-26 18:56 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-26 18:56 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~30033 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 11:00
Languages: English (34) · Japanese (2) · Slovak (1) · Spanish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.8
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
With apologies to Benjamin Schwartz. #NewYorkerCartoons #NewYorkerCartoonsUpdated #fads #AI #Crypto #Quantum #Hype #VC
I look forward to the invention of "AI" audiences, so instead of all my obnoxious associates constantly showing me their "creations," the robots can all just watch what the other robots are doing and nod approvingly with their dead-eyed fak
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