#names
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #names from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #names
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-13 00:50 UTC8 uses by 8 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-13 00:50 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-13 00:50 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~1208 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 13:00
Languages: English (37) · Lithuanian (2)
Avg boosts / post: 1.5
Top of the latest posts
I registered for an event, seemingly organised by one of my favourite professors, who retired a few years ago. I was super excited to get to see him again. Turns out he shares a name with the *actual* organiser of the event 😅 I'm sure that
How important is it to call things by their right name? #EvanPoll #poll #names #TheRightName
"These tiny expressions of creativity show up all over public datasets. Air traffic controllers choose funny names for airplane navigation waypoints. Rejected vanity license plate registrations turn up in state motor vehicle databases. [...
What “names” means
Wiktionary · Wikipedianames/neɪmz/
- nounAny nounal word or phrase which indicates a particular person, place, class, or thing.
- verb(ditransitive) To give a name to.
A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. A name can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A personal name identifies, not necessarily uniquely, a specific individual human. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name and is, when consisting of only one word, a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes called "common names" or (obsolete
“Name” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#names across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #names 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/names