#fireflies
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #fireflies 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 · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-28 15:17 UTC1 uses by 1 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · mas.to (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-28 15:17 UTCLive pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-28 15:17 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~2374 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 13:00
Languages: English (25) · German (2) · French (1)
Avg boosts / post: 3.2
Top of the latest posts
So happy to finally have created an image I've had in mind for a while! This is a composite of four photographs, ranging from a earlier dusk 1/10 sec (because dogs do not stay still for *that* long) and three once the fireflies started en m
This time of year, after turning the lights off, I always take a last look out the window. Last night I spotted what I was looking for: Fireflies 😊. #beetles #fireflies #Glühwürmchen
Pennsylvania skies, 10 (video). Lightning and lightning bugs. #video #fireflies #summer #summerevening #summervibes #pennsylvania
What “fireflies” means
WikipediaThe Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,400 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous emission of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates. The type species is Lampyris noctiluca, the common glow-worm of Europe. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as a warning signal that the larvae were distasteful. This ability to cr
“Firefly” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#fireflies across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #fireflies 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/fireflies