HASHTAGS/#paleontology

#paleontology

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

441posts tracked
9.8Mtotal engagement
8networks

We track 441 posts using #paleontology across 8 networks, carrying 9.8M engagement between them — an average of 22.2K per post.

It is used most on Bluesky: 201 of the 441 posts we hold, 46% of the total.

Where it performs hardest per post, though, is TikTok, averaging 111.9K — 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 #paleontology posts ALL NETWORKS

DOUY
Could a Spinosaurus Rule Modern Florida Swamps?
@Time Traveler · Douyin
1.2M
DOUY
What If a Kraken Appeared in Modern Oceans?
@Time Traveler · Douyin
727.7K
DOUY
It has been quietly working in your home for years, and you don't even know its name
@Black Hole Editorial Team · Douyin
720.3K
TIKT
Did you know that fish weren't actually the first animals to walk on land, even though it's a common perception? Many scientists believe Millipedes ar
@kurz_gesagt · TikTok
520.9K
DOUY
If a dire wolf appeared in the modern North American Rockies, could it reclaim its title as the king of wolves?
@Time Traveler · Douyin
438.4K
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Most viral #paleontology on Bluesky

BLUE
Me returning from the Cretaceous with a suspiciously Doolysaurus Huhmini shaped suitcase(s)......... #paleoart #paleontology
@emychu.bsky.social · Bluesky
1.8K
BLUE
POV: When you meet someone who's just as odd as you are 🤩✨️ *Creature featured: Zarafasaura 🦕🐟 #plesiosaur | #paleoart | #aquarium | #paleontology |
@gogomrdodo.bsky.social · Bluesky
920
BLUE
A young Afrovenator abakensis suddenly lunges out of a copse in an optimistic attempt to hunt a midsized sauropod in Niger during the Middle Jurassic.
@stavrossk.bsky.social · Bluesky
582
BLUE
Merychippus and a Happy New Year ! ✨🌿 feel free to send this cards to annoy your friends with fun facts about ancient proto-horses ☝️🤓 #paleoart #pale
@emychu.bsky.social · Bluesky
442
BLUE
#art #petroglyph #glyph #ichthyosaur #paleoart #paleontology
@palaeosinensis.com · Bluesky
440
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Most viral #paleontology on Douyin

DOUY
Could a Spinosaurus Rule Modern Florida Swamps?
@Time Traveler · Douyin
1.2M
DOUY
What If a Kraken Appeared in Modern Oceans?
@Time Traveler · Douyin
727.7K
DOUY
It has been quietly working in your home for years, and you don't even know its name
@Black Hole Editorial Team · Douyin
720.3K
DOUY
If a dire wolf appeared in the modern North American Rockies, could it reclaim its title as the king of wolves?
@Time Traveler · Douyin
438.4K
DOUY
What If the Four Divine Beasts Were Merged into One Ultimate Beast and Released in the Cretaceous?
@Prehistoric Era · Douyin
238.1K
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Most viral #paleontology on Instagram

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A trilobite fossil from the Devonian period meeting the waves of today’s modern ocean…. This is a partially enrolled drotops megalomanicus trilobite
@fossilscurated · Instagram
168.5K
INST
Yes. Yes, it is. This Jurassic ichthyosaur was pregnant with quadruplets, but if you look closely, you’ll see that one of her would-be newborns got st
@dean_r_lomax · Instagram
108.9K
INST
🦖 Dinosaur secrets revealed! 🌟 Did you know the T-Rex had arms shorter than a human’s? 😮 Or that Stegosaurus had a built-in ‘thagomizer’ (spikes on it
@sciencefunn · Instagram
58.4K
INST
Two eyes on your face. Two more hiding in your brain. 👀🧠 Read more here: Lei, X., Zhang, S., Cong, P. et al. Four camera-type eyes in the earliest v
@tilscience · Instagram
57.1K
INST
🐚 Cracking open an amazing rock on the beach! @forgottenfossils witnessed a little perfect ammonite fossil inside! Ammonites were shelled cephalopods
@science · Instagram
32.7K
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Most viral #paleontology on TikTok

TIKT
Did you know that fish weren't actually the first animals to walk on land, even though it's a common perception? Many scientists believe Millipedes ar
@kurz_gesagt · TikTok
520.9K
TIKT
Paleontology is NUTS. This could rewrite our entire human history. I need to know if there’s been any updates!! #archaeology #paleontology #ancienthis
@tilscience · TikTok
211.3K
TIKT
Los hongos prototaxites #paleontology #ciencia #evolution #geologia #prehistoric #hongos
@archivogeologico · TikTok
177.6K
TIKT
200 dinosaur footprints found in an Oxfordshire quarry. This is SUPER rare to find so many well preserved footprints withstand 166 million years of ge
@tilscience · TikTok
167.9K
TIKT
que pasaría si despertaras en el periodo carbonífero? #paleontology#evolution#ciencia #fpy#geology
@tiemposremotos7 · TikTok
164.1K
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Most viral #paleontology on X / Twitter

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Dinosaurs Ten Million Years Older Than Thought - http://bit.ly/aUYq3r #news #science #paleontology
@NatGeo · X / Twitter
75
X /
The #evolution of snake fangs: http://on.natgeo.com/hH1BX8 #paleontology #animals
@NatGeo · X / Twitter
58
X /
Snake Caught Attacking Dinosaur—First Fossil Proof - http://bit.ly/bDtFeD #news #paleontology #snakes #fossils
@NatGeo · X / Twitter
48
X /
Huge New Dinosaur Found via "Mind-boggling" Skulls - http://bit.ly/dhfxNU #news #paleontology #dinosaurs
@NatGeo · X / Twitter
46
X /
Ancient Horned Crocodile Found—Ate Early Humans? - http://bit.ly/aKvYKi #news #paleontology
@NatGeo · X / Twitter
35
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Most viral #paleontology on Mastodon

MAST
A bespoke Mastodon #FossilFriday to catch up on my #paleoart backlog: three Pelorosaurus against a stormy sunset. Peleorosaurus was one of the first s
@markwitton · Mastodon
83
MAST
There are these repeated injuries in hadrosaur tails. There were a few theories on this, but one of them stands out. No easy way to say this: some din
@ombialik · Mastodon
79
MAST
Filling in more #paleoart from my posting hiatus: near-monochrome and full-colour takes on Styracosaurus albertensis. They serve as the opening and cl
@markwitton · Mastodon
76
MAST
More new-to-Mastodon #paleoart: this is the sauropod Xenoposeidon and the theropod Altispinax. Their collective fossil inventory is a whopping four ve
@markwitton · Mastodon
73

Most viral #paleontology on Pinterest

PINT
How to Make Your Own Dinosaur Fossil Rocks - Raising Veggie Lovers
@raisingveggielovers · Pinterest
6.9K
PINT
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45

Most viral #paleontology on Tumblr

TUMB
Hey! If you don't know already, I co-host a natural history-themed YouTube series called Through Time and Clades with my good...
@A Way For The Universe To Know Itself · Tumblr
59

#paleontology in five questions

What is #paleontology and where is it used?

A hashtag with 441 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 8 networks, mostly on Bluesky (201 posts). Those posts add up to 9.8M engagement, about 22.2K per post.

Where does #paleontology perform best?

On TikTok: 111.9K 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 #paleontology?

Mostly on Fridays, around 09:00 UTC: 19% of the 419 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 #paleontology most?

bobnichollsart.bsky.social (Bluesky, 25 posts), geologyjohnson.bsky.social (Bluesky, 14 posts), Prehistoric Era (Douyin, 13 posts), science (Instagram, 13 posts), morphobank.bsky.social (Bluesky, 12 posts), yee-qi.bsky.social (Bluesky, 12 posts).

Which hashtags go with #paleontology?

Other tags with volume on the same networks: #science, #dinosaurs, #paleoart, #sciart, #prehistoric_giants, #fossils.

When people post with #paleontology

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