#thing
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #thing from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #thing
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 2026-11-10 13:16 UTC1 uses by 1 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 2026-11-10 13:16 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-11-10 13:16 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~8440 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 16:00
Languages: English (35) · German (1)
Avg boosts / post: 0.5
Top of the latest posts
So as part of a personal #project to make A Thing, I needed to make a component Sub-Thing. And I couldn't think of a good way to do it. Part of it involved 3D-printing, but there was something else needed, and I wasn't sure what I could use
Das Dada Tarot <Das Ding> The Dada Tarot <The Thing> Idea Writing Command AI Realisation Meister Jeder, Dadaist, Realistiker 5/26 #dada #Tarot #Ding #Thing {AI am phantasieren, AI fantasising, AI en train de fantasmer}
Inktober Day 17: Contraption #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #drawing #sketch #sketchbook #creative #inktober #penandink #linework #artchallenge #ink #inktober2026 #prompts #traditionalart #contraption #thing #metal #device #gadget
thesketchbookchronicles@thesketchbookchronicles@mastodon.social♥ 1↻ 32026-10-17 15:55 UTCView post →
What “thing” means
Wiktionarything/θɪŋ/
- nounThat which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- verbTo express as a thing; to reify.
#thing across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #thing 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/thing