#ad
The most viral posts using #ad across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 16076 posts using #ad across 7 networks, carrying 685.8M engagement between them — an average of 42.7K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 14570 of the 16076 posts we hold, 91% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is TikTok, averaging 738.4K — so the tag is posted most in one place and lands best in another, which is exactly the difference worth knowing before choosing where to use it.
Ranking comes from the posts themselves rather than from how often the tag appears, and it is recalculated as new posts are collected. How we measure this →
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Most viral #ad on Bluesky
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Most viral #ad on TikTok
See all 907 TikTok posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #ad on Instagram
See all 218 Instagram posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #ad on Pinterest
See all 206 Pinterest posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #ad on X / Twitter
See all 168 X / Twitter posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #ad on Facebook
Most viral #ad on Douyin
#ad in five questions
What is #ad and where is it used?
A hashtag with 16.1K posts tracked by ViralHunt across 7 networks, mostly on Bluesky (14.6K posts). Those posts add up to 685.8M engagement, about 42.7K per post.
Where does #ad perform best?
On TikTok: 738.4K engagement per post on average, even though it is posted more on Bluesky. It is used in one place and works better in another.
When do people post with #ad?
Mostly on Tuesdays, around 14:00 UTC: 17% of the 15.9K dated posts fall in the three hours around that time. Posting when the tag is active is posting when someone is reading it.
Who uses #ad most?
spacefeed.bsky.social (Bluesky, 4734 posts), wario64.bsky.social (Bluesky, 2951 posts), cheapassgamer.com (Bluesky, 1520 posts), travelingadvisor.bsky.social (Bluesky, 386 posts), goodnews_movement (Instagram, 133 posts), kallmekris (TikTok, 79 posts).
Which hashtags go with #ad?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #news, #oc, #photography, #landscape, #illustration, #foryou.
When people post with #ad
Hour of day and day of the week of the 15.9K dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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