#autocratization
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #autocratization from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-29 12:06 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-29 12:06 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-29 12:06 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 15 public posts (spanning ~31107 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 13:00
Languages: English (10) · German (2) · Danish (1) · Galician (1) · Spanish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.5
Top of the latest posts
What is autocratization and how can we measure it? We have a new paper forthcoming in the Journal of Peace Research which conceptualizes episodes of #democratization and #autocratization and develops a new dataset. The ERT dataset, codebook
That great intelectual adventure with Charlotte Heyl and the amazing authors that contributed to the special issue last year in Democratization is out as a book. We are so proud! #presidentialTermLimits #ComparativePolitics #PoliticalInstit
https://cfe.torontomu.ca/blog/2026/06/while-we-watch-us-canadas-democracy-quietly-eroding #Democracy #DemocraticErosion #CivicEngagement #PoliticalAnalysis #DemocraticBacksliding #Autocratization #PoliticalScience #PublicPolicy #CivicResili
What “autocratization” means
WikipediaDemocratic backsliding is a form of autocratization, a process of structural government transition from democracy toward authoritarianism in which the exercise of political power becomes less limited and more arbitrary and repressive. The process typically restricts the space for public contest and political participation in the process of government selection. Democratic backsliding involves the weakening of democratic institutions, such as the peaceful transition of power or free and fair elec
“Democratic backsliding” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#autocratization across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #autocratization straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/autocratization