#whales
The most viral posts using #whales across TikTok, Instagram, X, Facebook and Pinterest — ranked by real engagement tracked by ViralHunt.
We track 148 posts using #whales across 8 networks, carrying 9.4M engagement between them — an average of 63.2K per post.
It is used most on Bluesky: 85 of the 148 posts we hold, 57% of the total.
Where it performs hardest per post, though, is Instagram, averaging 256.5K — 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 #whales on Bluesky
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Most viral #whales on Instagram
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Most viral #whales on TikTok
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Most viral #whales on X / Twitter
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Most viral #whales on Douyin
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#whales in five questions
What is #whales and where is it used?
A hashtag with 148 posts tracked by ViralHunt across 8 networks, mostly on Bluesky (85 posts). Those posts add up to 9.4M engagement, about 63.2K per post.
Where does #whales perform best?
On Instagram: 256.5K 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 #whales?
Mostly on Wednesdays, around 19:00 UTC: 27% of the 142 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 #whales most?
science (Instagram, 25 posts), dolphinseeker.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy (Bluesky, 4 posts), whaletalesorg.bsky.social (Bluesky, 4 posts), Discovery (X / Twitter, 4 posts), b2o6n4.bsky.social (Bluesky, 3 posts), biologicaldiversity.org (Bluesky, 3 posts).
When people post with #whales
Hour of day and day of the week of the 142 dated posts carrying this tag (times in UTC). The busiest hour and day are marked.
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