HASHTAGS/#iss

#iss

The most viral posts using #iss across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.

182posts tracked
15.5Mtotal engagement
5networks

We track 182 posts using #iss across 5 networks, carrying 15.5M engagement between them — an average of 85.1K per post.

It is used most on Instagram: 76 of the 182 posts we hold, 42% of the total.

Where it performs hardest per post, though, is TikTok, averaging 485.5K — 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 #iss posts ALL NETWORKS

TIKT5.2M
TIKT3.4M
TIKT1.2M
TIKT997.5K
TIKT592.7K

Most viral #iss on Instagram

INST340.6K
INST284.9K
INST84.3K
INST39.2K
INST36.1K

Most viral #iss on Bluesky

BLUE4.2K
BLUE232
BLUE80
BLUE72
BLUE65

Most viral #iss on TikTok

TIKT5.2M
TIKT3.4M
TIKT1.2M
TIKT997.5K
TIKT592.7K

Most viral #iss on X / Twitter

X / 1.5K
X / 240
X / 135
X / 71
X / 45

Most viral #iss on Mastodon

MAST47

#iss in five questions

What is #iss and where is it used?

A hashtag with 182 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 5 networks, mostly on Instagram (76 posts). Those posts add up to 15.5M engagement, about 85.1K per post.

Where does #iss perform best?

On TikTok: 485.5K engagement per post on average, even though it is posted more on Instagram. It is used in one place and works better in another.

When do people post with #iss?

Mostly on Thursdays, around 00:00 UTC: 11% of the 181 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 #iss most?

itscosmoknowledge (Instagram, 60 posts), iss.stefanbohacek.online.ap.brid.gy (Bluesky, 24 posts), revesdespace.eurosky.social (Bluesky, 8 posts), space5600 (TikTok, 8 posts), science (Instagram, 5 posts), stellarvisions.bsky.social (Bluesky, 5 posts).

Which hashtags go with #iss?

Other tags with volume on the same networks: #space, #nasa, #earth, #astronomy, #esa, #cosmoknowledge.

When people post with #iss

Hour of day and day of the week of the 181 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.

By hour (UTC)

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