#shortage

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #shortage from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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5
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
5
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~0/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
0.2
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40
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Reddit posts / month
Reddit search
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Open-web mentions
hashtag.org Firehose

Day-by-day usage

measured · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-08 19:38 UTC
3
09-02
1
09-03
0
09-04
0
09-05
1
09-06
0
09-07
0
09-08

5 uses by 5 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 2026-09-08 19:38 UTC
#shortages
4 uses · 4 accounts / 7d
#shortageofmilk
1 uses · 1 accounts / 7d
#shortageofhousing
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#PatriotShortage
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#DoctorShortage
2 uses · 2 accounts / 7d
#ChipShortage
1 uses · 1 accounts / 7d
#BedShortage
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#ToiletPaperShortage
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#shortageglaucomadrops
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#DriverShortage
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#ChildcareShortage
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#supply_shortage
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d

Live pulse

measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-08 19:38 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~1126 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 13:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (35) · German (2) · Estonian (1) · Hindi (1) · Lithuanian (1)

Avg boosts / post: 0.3

Top of the latest posts

  • Shortage #FotoVorschlag 'Verkaufsstände' #photography #fotografie #commerce #supermarket #price #shelf #shortage #empty #blackandwhite #pattern #smartphonephotography

    LeadingLines@[email protected]♥ 7↻ 22026-09-03 09:42 UTCView post →

  • U.S. running low on advanced defensive missiles and could be for years The statistics are sobering — so sobering that Defense Department officials refuse to confirm, deny or discuss them.… #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedState

    United States News Beep@[email protected]♥ 0↻ 12026-09-06 12:20 UTCView post →

  • Russia's Second-largest Oil Refinery Has Completely Halted Oil Processing The company is the largest fuel supplier to St. Petersburg. "Kirishinefteorgsintez," Russia's second-largest oil refinery, has completely halted oil refining followin

    Gehtso@[email protected]♥ 0↻ 02026-09-02 16:06 UTCView post →

What “shortage” means

Wiktionary · Wikipedia

shortage

  • nounA lack or deficiency; an insufficient amount.
Full entry on Wiktionary →

In economics, a shortage or excess demand is a situation in which the demand for a product or service exceeds its supply in a market. It is the opposite of an excess supply (surplus).

“Shortage” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →

#shortage across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #shortage 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.

X (Twitter) ↗Instagram ↗TikTok ↗Facebook ↗LinkedIn ↗YouTube ↗Threads ↗Bluesky ↗Mastodon ↗Reddit ↗Pinterest ↗Tumblr ↗

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/shortage