#Linux

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #Linux from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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1,689
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
1,091
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~16/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
0.1
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40
—
Reddit posts / month
Reddit search
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Open-web mentions
hashtag.org Firehose

Day-by-day usage

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-07 09:25 UTC
293
09-01
285
09-02
289
09-03
260
09-04
229
09-05
232
09-06
101
09-07

1,689 uses by 1,091 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 2026-09-07 09:25 UTC
#LinuxMint
49 uses · 27 accounts / 7d
#linux_gaming
15 uses · 14 accounts / 7d
#linux35
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#linux72
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#linuxgaming
135 uses · 48 accounts / 7d
#linuxaudio
25 uses · 18 accounts / 7d
#linuxkernel
23 uses · 19 accounts / 7d
#linuxmobile
10 uses · 10 accounts / 7d
#linux_mint
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#linux_kernel
1 uses · 1 accounts / 7d
#linuxmemes
8 uses · 8 accounts / 7d
#linux7
1 uses · 1 accounts / 7d

Live pulse

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-07 09:25 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~2.4 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 07:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (25) · German (5) · Italian (2) · Russian (2) · French (2) · Portuguese (2)

Avg boosts / post: 0.6

Top of the latest posts

  • #Linux Weekly Roundup for September 6th, 2026: #Firefox 155, #Audacity 4.0, #Thunderbird 155, Linux 7.1 EOL, #Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 3, #Grml 2026.09, #LibreOffice 26.2.6, #Shelly 3.1.3, new #Steam Client update, Audacity 3.7.9, Firefox 156

    9to5Linux@[email protected]♥ 1↻ 12026-09-07 07:10 UTCView post →

  • #OpenVPN 2.7.7 Released with Various Improvements, Bug and Security Fixes https://9to5linux.com/openvpn-2-7-7-released-with-various-improvements-bug-and-security-fixes #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Linux

    9to5Linux@[email protected]♥ 1↻ 22026-09-07 06:53 UTCView post →

  • An "app store" but for Free culture instead of Free software. #StealThisIdea #linux #android

    Børge@[email protected]♥ 0↻ 12026-09-07 09:17 UTCView post →

What “linux” means

Wiktionary · Wikipedia

linux

  • nounAny unix-like operating system distro that uses the Linux kernel.
Full entry on Wiktionary →

Linux is a family of free and open-source software Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, which was first released on 17 September 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Some members of the family are typically packaged as a distribution, which includes the kernel alongside supporting system software and libraries developed by third parties—such as GNU, Red Hat, and X.Org—to create a complete operating system; however, not all Linux-based operating systems are considered distros, with Android b

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#linux across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #linux 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.

X (Twitter) ↗Instagram ↗TikTok ↗Facebook ↗LinkedIn ↗YouTube ↗Threads ↗Bluesky ↗Mastodon ↗Reddit ↗Pinterest ↗Tumblr ↗

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/linux