#metadata
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #metadata from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #metadata
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 · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-23 17:24 UTC14 uses by 14 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 2026-10-23 17:24 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-23 17:24 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~491 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 10:00
Languages: English (33) · German (5) · Dutch (1) · French (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.2
Top of the latest posts
I love old-school tools like this! 😍 🧬 **ime** — A TUI for editing image metadata 💯 Read, edit & wipe metadata across PNG, JPEG & WebP 🦀 Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs ⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/Avaray/image-metadata-editor
🤔 What is it that makes #OpenScience in general, and #OpenAccess in particular – especially in case of #sciencevideos – possible? 🔓️ Exactly: #CreativeCommons and other open licences! They create transparency and ensure compliance, whilst
Remote day. Lunch at my desk, obviously. The photo disagrees: GPS 9,000 km away, 31°C and sunny, cocktails: 3. Shared with: my boss. Photos talk more than you think. Metadata Cleaner makes them stop. (The umbrella is on you.) https://metada
What “metadata” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediametadata/ˈmɛt.əˌdeɪ.tə/
- nounData that describes other data, serving as an informative label.
Metadata is data that defines and describes the characteristics of other data. It often helps to describe, explain, locate, or otherwise make data easier to retrieve, use, or manage. For example, the title, author, and publication date of a book are metadata about the book. But, while a data asset is finite, its metadata is infinite.
“Metadata” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#metadata across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #metadata 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/metadata