#photobombing
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #photobombing 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 2026-10-17 10:58 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-17 10:58 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-17 10:58 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 29 public posts (spanning ~55620 hours).
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A 10 mm long red-legged #robberfly (#Dioctria rufipes) having lunch. This species of robber fly can be found throughout most of Europe. Once again, there is an #aphid #photobombing my shot. #photography #photo #nature #naturephotography #mf
Two nettle #weevils (#Phyllobius pomaceus, 8 mm) making out under a leaf of a stinging #nettle with an #aphid #photobombing my shot. Available light only! I flipped the picture for better viewing. #photography #photo #nature #naturephotogra
Ruined a perfectly good shot, smh https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2111469/ruined-a-perfectly-good-shot-smh
What “photobombing” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediaphotobombing
- verbTo unexpectedly appear in a photograph, especially so as to ruin the picture.
- nounThe practice or phenomenon of making an unexpected appearance in a photograph, especially with the deliberate intention of ruining it.
Photobombing is the act of purposely putting oneself into the view of a photograph, often in order to play a practical joke on the photographer or the subjects. Photobombing has received significant coverage since 2009. In discussing a "stingray photobomb" picture that became popular, Andrea DenHoed suggests that the photobomb label "implies a narrative of surreptitious sabotage," although in the sense of unintended or initially unnoticed people in the background of spoiled photographs, photobom
“Photobombing” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#photobombing across platforms
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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/photobombing