#cats
The most viral posts using #cats across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 6023 posts using #cats across 9 networks, carrying 153.1M engagement between them — an average of 25.4K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 4436 of the 6023 posts we hold, 74% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is TikTok, averaging 449.9K — 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 #cats posts ALL NETWORKS
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Most viral #cats on Bluesky
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Most viral #cats on Douyin
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Most viral #cats on Mastodon
See all 437 Mastodon posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cats on Instagram
See all 130 Instagram posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cats on TikTok
See all 128 TikTok posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cats on Pinterest
See all 33 Pinterest posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cats on Tumblr
See all 13 Tumblr posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cats on X / Twitter
See all 6 X / Twitter posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #cats on Facebook
#cats in five questions
What is #cats and where is it used?
A hashtag with 6K posts tracked by ViralHunt across 9 networks, mostly on Bluesky (4.4K posts). Those posts add up to 153.1M engagement, about 25.4K per post.
Where does #cats perform best?
On TikTok: 449.9K 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 #cats?
Mostly on Saturdays, around 12:00 UTC: 16% of the 5.8K 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 #cats most?
chestertonphotos.bsky.social (Bluesky, 231 posts), cats-dogs-world.bsky.social (Bluesky, 156 posts), toptags.bsky.social (Bluesky, 122 posts), ninamarinn.bsky.social (Bluesky, 109 posts), EricIndiana (Mastodon, 65 posts), Jasperthecat (Mastodon, 44 posts).
Which hashtags go with #cats?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #nba, #rnb, #drawing, #pixelart, #streetphotography, #naturephotography.
When people post with #cats
Hour of day and day of the week of the 5.8K dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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