#railfans
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #railfans from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #railfans
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-18 10:02 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-18 10:02 UTCLive pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-18 10:02 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 37 public posts (spanning ~32991 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 15:00
Languages: English (33) · German (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.5
Top of the latest posts
Railway Age publishing an essay on electrification is wonderful because now I won't be the only hobby essayist getting harassed by fellow railfans online for saying electrification is good, actually. #railroads #electrification #railfans #R
. . . . #trainphotography #trainspotting #railway #locomotive #railfans #trainshots #travelphotography #railwaystation #photography
🚂 Train station in Roseville, Calif. on July 21, 2025. What year do you think it was built? I was shocked to hear it was built in 1994! Inside is a collection of murals documenting the rail history of Roseville, which is home to the larges
What “railfans” means
WikipediaA railfan, train fan, rail buff, train enthusiast, or train buff, railway enthusiast, railway buff, anorak, gunzel, trainspotter or ferroequinologist is a person who is recreationally interested in trains and rail transport systems.
“Railfan” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#railfans across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #railfans 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/railfans