#popular
The most viral posts using #popular across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 171 posts using #popular across 6 networks, carrying 32.9M engagement between them — an average of 192.7K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 65 of the 171 posts we hold, 38% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is Instagram, averaging 1.4M — 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 #popular on Bluesky
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Most viral #popular on TikTok
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Most viral #popular on Pinterest
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Most viral #popular on Douyin
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Most viral #popular on Tumblr
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Most viral #popular on Instagram
#popular in five questions
What is #popular and where is it used?
A hashtag with 171 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 6 networks, mostly on Bluesky (65 posts). Those posts add up to 32.9M engagement, about 192.7K per post.
Where does #popular perform best?
On Instagram: 1.4M 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 #popular?
Mostly on Tuesdays, around 23:00 UTC: 20% of the 160 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 #popular most?
sallyfaceexe.bsky.social (Bluesky, 28 posts), svpgames.bsky.social (Bluesky, 12 posts), brandon.vela (TikTok, 9 posts), demetrioymedio.bsky.social (Bluesky, 8 posts), platanooficial_ (TikTok, 8 posts), naturepeace874 (TikTok, 8 posts).
When people post with #popular
Hour of day and day of the week of the 160 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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