#ThisWasNews
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #ThisWasNews from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #thiswasnews
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-02 11:50 UTC14 uses by 7 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 2026-10-02 11:50 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #thiswasnews.
Live pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-02 11:50 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~410 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 02:00
Avg boosts / post: 0
Top of the latest posts
#ThisWasNews two weeks ago: Trump bans CNN, MS Now, and Politico from White House. #1stAmendment #FreePress See what else was news. Reply to comment publicly or say 'remind me in 30 days' https://thiswas.news/20260918/
#ThisWasNews one year ago: Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told. See what else was news. Reply to comment publicly or say 'remind me in 30 days' https://thiswas.news/20251002/
#ThisWasNews two weeks ago: Trump rips ‘hostile’ Fed board after rate hike but defends Warsh. #FedReserve #Trump #KevinWarsh See what else was news. Reply to comment publicly or say 'remind me in 30 days' https://thiswas.news/20260917/
#thiswasnews across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #thiswasnews 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/thiswasnews