#doomscrolling
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #doomscrolling from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #doomscrolling
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-16 03:25 UTC7 uses by 7 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 2026-09-16 03:25 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-16 03:25 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~1356 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 13:00
Languages: English (25) · German (10) · Portuguese (2) · Ukrainian (1)
Avg boosts / post: 2.6
Top of the latest posts
While doomscrolling a neuroscience news site* I learned that "Digital media ... By saturating the mind with effortless, instant algorithmic rewards, digital platforms subjectively inflate the cost of mental exertion, training users to aband
#Liebes Tagebuch Heute erfahre ich ein noch nie dagewesenes und unerträgliches #doomscrolling, sowohl auf #Mastodon als auch #Bluesky. Das schadet der mentalen Gesundheit. Es scheint, als wäre die Welt auf ihren schlimmsten Kern geschrumpft
Apfelblüten im September, an einem halbtoten Baum. #klimakrise #bloomscrolling #doomscrolling
What “doomscrolling” means
WikipediaDoomscrolling is the act of spending an excessive amount of time on digital content that elicit negative emotions. The concept was coined around 2018, and became more widespread in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) observed that the pandemic was accompanied by widespread misleading information, conspiracy theories, and false reports, which it referred to as an "infodemic".
“Doomscrolling” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#doomscrolling across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #doomscrolling 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/doomscrolling