#synthwave
The most viral posts using #synthwave across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 830 posts using #synthwave across 3 networks, carrying 84.8K engagement between them — an average of 102 per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 815 of the 830 posts we hold, 98% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is Instagram, averaging 5.8K — 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 #synthwave on Bluesky
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Most viral #synthwave on Instagram
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#synthwave in five questions
What is #synthwave and where is it used?
A hashtag with 830 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 3 networks, mostly on Bluesky (815 posts). Those posts add up to 84.8K engagement, about 102 per post.
Where does #synthwave perform best?
On Instagram: 5.8K 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 #synthwave?
Mostly on Thursdays, around 15:00 UTC: 19% of the 830 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 #synthwave most?
0daybeats.bsky.social (Bluesky, 190 posts), echothesia.bsky.social (Bluesky, 186 posts), vortexradio.bsky.social (Bluesky, 51 posts), alphaceol.bsky.social (Bluesky, 40 posts), newretronet (Instagram, 4 posts), rogue.vhs (Instagram, 2 posts).
When people post with #synthwave
Hour of day and day of the week of the 830 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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