#random

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

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264
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
76
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~1.9/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 2026-11-08 05:52 UTC
40
11-02
43
11-03
42
11-04
42
11-05
43
11-06
43
11-07
11
11-08

264 uses by 76 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 2026-11-08 05:52 UTC

Live pulse

measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-11-08 05:52 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~21 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 01:00

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Languages: English (38) · French (1) · German (1)

Avg boosts / post: 0.9

Top of the latest posts

  • So I'm walking down the street and coming towards me is a guy carrying an opened box of Stella Artois cans. He drops a can as I walk past him. I say, unironically, "oh no!" He responds by insisting I take one of his cans because he says "I'

    kat@kat@is.burntout.org♥ 5↻ 32026-11-07 18:43 UTCView post →
  • #Random #Poll Of The Day --------------------- In general when Im in the kitchen cooking ---------------------

    Asheville Charlie@avlcharlie@mastodon.social♥ 1↻ 02026-11-07 19:42 UTCView post →
  • #random #artwork #patent https://contextfreepatentart.tumblr.com/post/832636122578518016

    Context Free Patent Art@contextfreepatentart@cyberplace.social♥ 1↻ 12026-11-07 15:17 UTCView post →

What “random” means

Wiktionary · Wikipedia

random/ˈɹændəm/

  • nounA roving motion; course without definite direction; lack of rule or method; chance.
  • adjectiveHaving unpredictable outcomes and, in the ideal case, all outcomes equally probable; resulting from such selection; lacking statistical correlation.
Full entry on Wiktionary →

In common usage, randomness is the apparent or actual lack of definite patterns or predictability in information. A random sequence of events, symbols or steps often has no order and does not follow an intelligible pattern or combination. Individual random events are, by definition, unpredictable, but if there is a known probability distribution, the frequency of different outcomes over repeated events is predictable. For example, when throwing two dice, the outcome of any particular roll is unp

“Randomness” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →

#random across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #random 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/random