#cryptic

Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #cryptic from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.

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2
Uses / 7 days
Mastodon
2
Accounts / 7 days
Mastodon
40
Recent posts
Mastodon
~0/hr
Recent pace
Mastodon · last 40
0.3
Avg reactions / post
Mastodon · last 40
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Reddit posts / month
Reddit search
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Open-web mentions
hashtag.org Firehose

Day-by-day usage

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-29 05:43 UTC
1
10-23
0
10-24
0
10-25
0
10-26
0
10-27
1
10-28
0
10-29

2 uses by 2 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.

Related hashtags

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-29 05:43 UTC
#crypticclue
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#crypticcrosswords
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#CrypticCrosswordPuzzles
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#crypticshift
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#crypticatarot
4 uses · 4 accounts / 7d
#MinuteCryptic
6 uses · 6 accounts / 7d
#crypticcrossword
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#crypticwritings
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#crypticlifeposts
1 uses · 1 accounts / 7d
#crypticcrosswordclue
1 uses · 1 accounts / 7d
#crypticclueaday
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d
#crypticlust
0 uses · 0 accounts / 7d

Live pulse

measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-29 05:43 UTC

Everything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~927 hours).

Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 08:00

00:0012:0023:00

Languages: English (40)

Avg boosts / post: 0.6

Top of the latest posts

  • If you’d pay for a subscription of daily #cryptic #crosswords by Independent setters, please tell Mike. Comment #151 https://fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/independent-cryptic-crossword-the-future/#comment-756062

    The Void ザ・ヴォイド@[email protected]♥ 6↻ 62026-09-30 20:04 UTCView post →

  • I was raised in a Dutch family of cryptic crossword puzzlers. So when I encountered English cryptic crosswords, they felt wrong to me. The general ideas are the same, but the way the clues are set up is different. The English ones are gener

    Daan@[email protected]♥ 2↻ 02026-09-26 16:48 UTCView post →

  • Here's a second #cryptic #crossword from me. "You're joking, not another one‽" https://www.mycrossword.co.uk/cryptic/3952

    Skirwingle ☑@[email protected]♥ 1↻ 12026-09-24 21:23 UTCView post →

What “cryptic” means

Wiktionary

cryptic/ˈkɹɪptɪk/

  • nounA cryptic crossword.
  • adjectiveHaving hidden meaning.
Full entry on Wiktionary →

#cryptic across platforms

every network with a public tag surface

Follow #cryptic 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.

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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/cryptic