#peoplewatching
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #peoplewatching 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 · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-08-01 00:26 UTC1 uses by 1 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 2026-08-01 00:26 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-08-01 00:26 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~1688 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 21:00
Languages: English (37)
Avg boosts / post: 0.5
Top of the latest posts
Paddling a canoe down the Union Canal https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55425742531/in/photostream/lightbox/ . #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #PeopleWatching #BlackAndWhitePhotography #UnionCanal #Canoe #boa
Kinetic https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55409945874/in/photostream/lightbox/ Dancers swrling silken streamers in unison, at the Carnivale . #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #StreetPhotography #Danser #Dancin
Dancer twirling silken streamers at the Carnivale https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/55409772351/in/photostream/lightbox/ . #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #photography #photographie #StreetPhotography #dancer #danseuse #danser #PeopleW
What “peoplewatching” means
WikipediaPeople-watching or crowd watching is the act of observing people and their interactions in public. It involves picking up on idiosyncrasies to try to interpret or guess at another person's story, interactions, and relationships with the limited details they have. This includes speech in action, relationship interactions, body language, expressions, clothing, activities and crowd behaviours. Eavesdropping may accompany the activity, as documented by the humor blog Overheard in New York, though is
“People-watching” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#peoplewatching across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #peoplewatching 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/peoplewatching