#optics
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #optics from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #optics
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Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-16 20:58 UTC14 uses by 9 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 20:58 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-16 20:58 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~437 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 16:00
Languages: English (40)
Avg boosts / post: 1.6
Top of the latest posts
🌈 TIL: Color #tv had to solve one stubborn problem. Millions of black-and-white sets were already in American homes, so #RCA had to encode #color signals that rode invisibly inside existing broadcasts and only color receivers could decode.
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A new twist on a timeless geometric shape opens the door to bending light into novel chiral patterns, which could advance polarization control and optical devices. I find this blend of geometry and optics quietly exciting. #Optics #Innovati
What “optics” means
Wiktionary · WikipediaOptics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour, manipulation, and detection of electromagnetic radiation, including its interactions with matter and instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultraviolet, and infrared light. The study of optics extends to other forms of electromagnetic radiation, including radio waves, microwaves, and X-rays. The term optics is also applied to technology for manipulating beams of elementary charged particle
“Optics” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#optics across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #optics 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/optics