#dark
The most viral posts using #dark across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 631 posts using #dark across 7 networks, carrying 15.2M engagement between them — an average of 24.1K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 513 of the 631 posts we hold, 81% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is Instagram, averaging 206.2K — 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 #dark on Bluesky
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Most viral #dark on Instagram
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Most viral #dark on TikTok
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Most viral #dark on Douyin
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Most viral #dark on Pinterest
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Most viral #dark on Tumblr
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Most viral #dark on Mastodon
#dark in five questions
What is #dark and where is it used?
A hashtag with 631 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 7 networks, mostly on Bluesky (513 posts). Those posts add up to 15.2M engagement, about 24.1K per post.
Where does #dark perform best?
On Instagram: 206.2K 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 #dark?
Mostly on Mondays, around 16:00 UTC: 15% of the 602 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 #dark most?
michxllangxllo.bsky.social (Bluesky, 28 posts), blondie666-01.bsky.social (Bluesky, 28 posts), sylviahinz.bsky.social (Bluesky, 18 posts), dark-boudoir.bsky.social (Bluesky, 15 posts), indeterminadoz (Instagram, 9 posts), science (Instagram, 2 posts).
Which hashtags go with #dark?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #art, #photography, #horror, #creepy, #blackandwhite, #digitalart.
When people post with #dark
Hour of day and day of the week of the 602 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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