#sharkweek
The most viral posts using #sharkweek across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 297 posts using #sharkweek across 6 networks, carrying 22.5M engagement between them — an average of 75.6K per post.
It is used most on X / Twitter: 184 of the 297 posts we hold, 62% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is TikTok, averaging 969.7K — 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 #sharkweek on X / Twitter
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Most viral #sharkweek on Bluesky
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Most viral #sharkweek on TikTok
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Most viral #sharkweek on Instagram
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#sharkweek in five questions
What is #sharkweek and where is it used?
A hashtag with 297 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 6 networks, mostly on X / Twitter (184 posts). Those posts add up to 22.5M engagement, about 75.6K per post.
Where does #sharkweek perform best?
On TikTok: 969.7K engagement per post on average, even though it is posted more on X / Twitter. It is used in one place and works better in another.
When do people post with #sharkweek?
Mostly on Tuesdays, around 18:00 UTC: 21% of the 294 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 #sharkweek most?
Discovery (X / Twitter, 165 posts), ScienceNews (X / Twitter, 17 posts), oceansolitudeme.bsky.social (Bluesky, 13 posts), sciencechannel (TikTok, 9 posts), thepolymerokapi.bsky.social (Bluesky, 8 posts), science (Instagram, 7 posts).
Which hashtags go with #sharkweek?
Other tags with volume on the same networks: #nzpol, #drawing, #indiemusic, #nature, #photo, #virtualphotography.
When people post with #sharkweek
Hour of day and day of the week of the 294 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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