#scam
The most viral posts using #scam across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 180 posts using #scam across 6 networks, carrying 6.3M engagement between them — an average of 34.8K per post.
It is used most on Douyin: 74 of the 180 posts we hold, 41% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is Instagram, averaging 521.2K — 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 #scam on Douyin
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Most viral #scam on Bluesky
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Most viral #scam on TikTok
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Most viral #scam on Mastodon
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Most viral #scam on Instagram
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Most viral #scam on X / Twitter
#scam in five questions
What is #scam and where is it used?
A hashtag with 180 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 6 networks, mostly on Douyin (74 posts). Those posts add up to 6.3M engagement, about 34.8K per post.
Where does #scam perform best?
On Instagram: 521.2K engagement per post on average, even though it is posted more on Douyin. It is used in one place and works better in another.
When do people post with #scam?
Mostly on Fridays, around 10:00 UTC: 21% of the 173 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 #scam most?
andyyjiang (TikTok, 15 posts), toppnews.bsky.social (Bluesky, 8 posts), kingstonist.bsky.social (Bluesky, 4 posts), phishingnews.bsky.social (Bluesky, 4 posts), Handsome Pro (Douyin, 3 posts), randyepley.bsky.social (Bluesky, 3 posts).
Which hashtags go with #scam?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #ai, #anti_fraud, #fraud, #cybersecurity, #crime, #news.
When people post with #scam
Hour of day and day of the week of the 173 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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