#cat
The most viral posts using #cat across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 5002 posts using #cat across 8 networks, carrying 433.4M engagement between them — an average of 86.6K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 4073 of the 5002 posts we hold, 81% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is TikTok, averaging 1.1M — 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 #cat posts ALL NETWORKS
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Most viral #cat on Bluesky
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Most viral #cat on TikTok
See all 357 TikTok posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cat on Douyin
See all 207 Douyin posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cat on Mastodon
See all 161 Mastodon posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cat on Instagram
See all 139 Instagram posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cat on Pinterest
See all 42 Pinterest posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cat on Tumblr
See all 15 Tumblr posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cat on X / Twitter
See all 8 X / Twitter posts and track new ones live.
#cat in five questions
What is #cat and where is it used?
A hashtag with 5K posts tracked by ViralHunt across 8 networks, mostly on Bluesky (4.1K posts). Those posts add up to 433.4M engagement, about 86.6K per post.
Where does #cat perform best?
On TikTok: 1.1M 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 #cat?
Mostly on Saturdays, around 21:00 UTC: 16% of the 4.8K 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 #cat most?
thatgoodnewsgirl (TikTok, 142 posts), freecatsdaily.bsky.social (Bluesky, 115 posts), maiumaiu.bsky.social (Bluesky, 100 posts), romanpiso.bsky.social (Bluesky, 93 posts), lifux.bsky.social (Bluesky, 69 posts), joyousjoyness (Mastodon, 37 posts).
Which hashtags go with #cat?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #nowplaying, #fyp, #wildlife, #blackandwhite, #indiedev, #science.
When people post with #cat
Hour of day and day of the week of the 4.8K dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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