#handshakes
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #handshakes 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 · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-11-08 04:42 UTC1 uses by 1 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-11-08 04:42 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-11-08 04:42 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 18 public posts (spanning ~76409 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 20:00
Languages: English (14) · Spanish (1) · German (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.6
Top of the latest posts
“We are lined with eyes. We see with our feet.” (ca. 1837–9) by C. P. Cranch, from Illustrations of the New Philosophy. Source: Harvard University https://pdimagearchive.org/images/caf769bb-c83e-4bda-8edb-2d00d8264a72 #caricatures #nature #
The Advocate (1523–5) by Hans Holbein, from Der Totentanz. Source: Rijksmuseum https://pdimagearchive.org/images/7815702f-8b16-4df0-9e43-1e6dd7a5748a #cobblestones #woodcuts #handshakes #death #skeletons #art #publicdomain
Alchemical stage (ca. 18th century). Source: Wellcome Collection https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ac050e5c-0599-4229-b038-7540fd201d83 #chemistry #swimming #handshakes #occultism #alchemy #celestial #etching #painting #drawing #art #public
What “handshakes” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediahandshakes
- nounThe grasping of hands by two people when greeting, leave-taking, or making an agreement.
A handshake is a globally widespread, brief greeting or parting tradition in which two people grasp one of each other's hands, and in most cases, it is accompanied by a brief up-and-down movement of the grasped hands. Customs surrounding handshakes are specific to cultures. Different cultures may be more or less likely to shake hands, or there may be different customs about how or when to shake hands.
“Handshake” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#handshakes across platforms
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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/handshakes