#shootemups
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #shootemups 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 2026-09-11 12:47 UTC0 uses by 0 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 2026-09-11 12:47 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #shootemups.
Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-11 12:47 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~19877 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 18:00
Languages: English (31) · French (1) · Spanish (1) · Italian (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.6
Top of the latest posts
Today I looked it up and I am convinced: #StarFox is a #shmup. In both #StarFox and classic #ShootEmUps like #RType, the #player controls the same two axes, left, right, up and down. The #game moves you forward automatically in both cases,
#retrogaming #megadrive #megacd #mastersystem #gamegear #supernintendo #nes #gameboy #sega #segasaturn #dreamcast #atarijaguar #atari #neogeo #nintendo #gamecube #xbox #nec #pcengine #sony #playstation #playtation2 #coregraphx #supergraphx
Two new cheapie Game Boy games? Don't mind if I do #gameboy #nintendo #shmup #shmups #shootemups #solarstriker #shrek #retrogames #retrogaming
What “shootemups” means
WikipediaShoot 'em ups are a subgenre of action games. There is no consensus as to which design elements compose a shoot 'em up; some restrict the definition to games featuring spacecraft and certain types of character movement, while others allow a broader definition including characters on foot and a variety of perspectives.
“Shoot 'em up” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#shootemups across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #shootemups 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/shootemups