#howto
The most viral posts using #howto across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 291 posts using #howto across 7 networks, carrying 16M engagement between them — an average of 55.1K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 90 of the 291 posts we hold, 31% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is TikTok, averaging 159.7K — 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 #howto on Bluesky
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Most viral #howto on TikTok
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Most viral #howto on Pinterest
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Most viral #howto on Instagram
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Most viral #howto on X / Twitter
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#howto in five questions
What is #howto and where is it used?
A hashtag with 291 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 7 networks, mostly on Bluesky (90 posts). Those posts add up to 16M engagement, about 55.1K per post.
Where does #howto perform best?
On TikTok: 159.7K 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 #howto?
Mostly on Thursdays, around 16:00 UTC: 23% of the 273 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 #howto most?
linuxsc.bsky.social (Bluesky, 45 posts), earthed.co (Instagram, 16 posts), 5.min.science (TikTok, 14 posts), doctormyro (TikTok, 13 posts), modernday_eratosthenes (TikTok, 8 posts), PeopleCrafts (Pinterest, 8 posts).
Which hashtags go with #howto?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #diy, #linux, #opensource, #fyp, #tutorial, #biodiversity.
When people post with #howto
Hour of day and day of the week of the 273 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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