HASHTAGS/#bugs

#bugs

The most viral posts using #bugs across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.

596posts tracked
5.7Mtotal engagement
8networks

We track 596 posts using #bugs across 8 networks, carrying 5.7M engagement between them — an average of 9.5K per post.

It is used most on Bluesky: 536 of the 596 posts we hold, 90% of the total.

Where it performs hardest per post, though, is Instagram, averaging 146.3K — 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 →

Top #bugs posts ALL NETWORKS

INST1.7M
INST1.4M
TIKT600K
DOUY285.8K
INST209.4K
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Most viral #bugs on Bluesky

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BLUE2.6K
BLUE661
BLUE655
BLUE548

Most viral #bugs on Instagram

INST1.7M
INST1.4M
INST209.4K
INST179.1K
INST147.9K

Most viral #bugs on TikTok

TIKT600K
TIKT112.4K
TIKT76.8K
TIKT67.8K
TIKT52.1K

Most viral #bugs on Tumblr

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TUMB142
TUMB79
TUMB
Disney's Animal Stories (2000)
@A Digital Shelf for Children's Books that I Come Across · Tumblr
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TUMB54

Most viral #bugs on Mastodon

MAST76
MAST76
MAST30

Most viral #bugs on Douyin

DOUY285.8K
DOUY28.8K
DOUY13.6K

Most viral #bugs on Pinterest

PINT
@isquarepanties
@lovely_day_today · Pinterest
155.7K
PINT
Insects
@gargeerpetnutritions · Pinterest
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Most viral #bugs on X / Twitter

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#bugs in five questions

What is #bugs and where is it used?

A hashtag with 596 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 8 networks, mostly on Bluesky (536 posts). Those posts add up to 5.7M engagement, about 9.5K per post.

Where does #bugs perform best?

On Instagram: 146.3K 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 #bugs?

Mostly on Thursdays, around 16:00 UTC: 21% of the 587 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 #bugs most?

slowdriver25.bsky.social (Bluesky, 23 posts), rogerhorton.bsky.social (Bluesky, 14 posts), science (Instagram, 14 posts), corbyds.bsky.social (Bluesky, 12 posts), johnbcaddell.bsky.social (Bluesky, 12 posts), overtime (TikTok, 4 posts).

Which hashtags go with #bugs?

Other tags with volume on the same networks: #insects, #nature, #photography, #bugsky, #wildlife, #entomology.

When people post with #bugs

Hour of day and day of the week of the 587 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.

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