#preening
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #preening 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 2026-08-11 19:09 UTC2 uses by 2 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 2026-08-11 19:09 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-08-11 19:09 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 22 public posts (spanning ~69348 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 01:00
Languages: English (20)
Avg boosts / post: 1.4
Top of the latest posts
#preening #cats #catsofmastodon #whitecat
A Great crested flycatcher preening #nature #naturephotography #birds #bird #birding #wildlifephotography #michigan #animals #birdphotography #wildlife #photography #birdsofmastodon #preening
Beautiful plumage... Helen says the #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DownyFeathers Egret, maintenance mode #photography #birds #preening #wildlife #nature #ECK
What “preening” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediapreening
- verbTo pin; fasten.
- verb(of birds) To groom; to trim or dress with the beak, as the feathers.
Preening is a maintenance behaviour found in birds that involves the use of the beak to position feathers, interlock feather barbules that have become separated, clean plumage, and keep ectoparasites in check. Feathers contribute significantly to a bird's insulation, waterproofing and aerodynamic flight, and so are vital to its survival. Because of this, birds spend considerable time each day maintaining their feathers, primarily through preening. Several actions make up preening behaviour. Bird
“Preening” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#preening across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #preening 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/preening