#istanbul
The most viral posts using #istanbul across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 174 posts using #istanbul across 6 networks, carrying 5.4M engagement between them — an average of 31K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 123 of the 174 posts we hold, 71% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is Instagram, averaging 278.1K — 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 #istanbul on Bluesky
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Most viral #istanbul on Douyin
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Most viral #istanbul on Instagram
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Most viral #istanbul on TikTok
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Most viral #istanbul on Tumblr
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Most viral #istanbul on Pinterest
#istanbul in five questions
What is #istanbul and where is it used?
A hashtag with 174 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 6 networks, mostly on Bluesky (123 posts). Those posts add up to 5.4M engagement, about 31K per post.
Where does #istanbul perform best?
On Instagram: 278.1K 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 #istanbul?
Mostly on Wednesdays, around 13:00 UTC: 23% of the 165 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 #istanbul most?
thecatsofistanbul.bsky.social (Bluesky, 22 posts), ensonhbr.bsky.social (Bluesky, 4 posts), frozen-f8.bsky.social (Bluesky, 4 posts), medyatilkisi.com (Bluesky, 4 posts), cznburak (Instagram, 2 posts), parametric.architecture (Instagram, 2 posts).
Which hashtags go with #istanbul?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #photography, #streetphotography, #turkey, #cats, #cat, #photographersofbluesky.
When people post with #istanbul
Hour of day and day of the week of the 165 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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