#horror
The most viral posts using #horror across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 8301 posts using #horror across 7 networks, carrying 323M engagement between them — an average of 38.9K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 6617 of the 8301 posts we hold, 80% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is TikTok, averaging 388.4K — 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 #horror on Bluesky
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Most viral #horror on Instagram
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Most viral #horror on TikTok
See all 390 TikTok posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #horror on Douyin
See all 370 Douyin posts and track new ones live.
Most viral #horror on Mastodon
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Most viral #horror on Pinterest
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Most viral #horror on Tumblr
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#horror in five questions
What is #horror and where is it used?
A hashtag with 8.3K posts tracked by ViralHunt across 7 networks, mostly on Bluesky (6.6K posts). Those posts add up to 323M engagement, about 38.9K per post.
Where does #horror perform best?
On TikTok: 388.4K 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 #horror?
Mostly on Mondays, around 19:00 UTC: 18% of the 8.2K 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 #horror most?
magicofhorror.bsky.social (Bluesky, 169 posts), pasquinel.bsky.social (Bluesky, 95 posts), randyepley.bsky.social (Bluesky, 90 posts), thartia.bsky.social (Bluesky, 70 posts), spangerlookrey (Instagram, 36 posts), brianfearsghosts (Instagram, 25 posts).
Which hashtags go with #horror?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #birdoftheday, #viral, #booksky, #travel, #photography, #nowplaying.
When people post with #horror
Hour of day and day of the week of the 8.2K dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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