#retrowave
The most viral posts using #retrowave across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 105 posts using #retrowave across 2 networks, carrying 7.2K engagement between them — an average of 69 per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 97 of the 105 posts we hold, 92% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is Instagram, averaging 851 — 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 #retrowave on Bluesky
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Most viral #retrowave on Instagram
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#retrowave in five questions
What is #retrowave and where is it used?
A hashtag with 105 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 2 networks, mostly on Bluesky (97 posts). Those posts add up to 7.2K engagement, about 69 per post.
Where does #retrowave perform best?
On Instagram: 851 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 #retrowave?
Mostly on Fridays, around 18:00 UTC: 21% of the 105 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 #retrowave most?
wavesonwaves.bsky.social (Bluesky, 27 posts), jessymach.bsky.social (Bluesky, 8 posts), archonode.com (Bluesky, 7 posts), retrodelight.bsky.social (Bluesky, 6 posts), newretronet (Instagram, 4 posts), neon_cyberpank_citi (Instagram, 1 posts).
Which hashtags go with #retrowave?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #synthwave, #synthpop, #newwave, #80smusic, #cyberpunk, #musiciansky.
When people post with #retrowave
Hour of day and day of the week of the 105 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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