#placeholder
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #placeholder from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #placeholder
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 · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-11-02 16:18 UTC0 uses by 0 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 2026-11-02 16:18 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-11-02 16:18 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 36 public posts (spanning ~60428 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 19:00
Languages: English (33) · German (1) · Hungarian (1)
Avg boosts / post: 1.4
Top of the latest posts
Just when I thought it was impossible to make a placeholder-that-turns-into-a-label any dumber, Airbnb proved me wrong. #Focus #TextInput #Placeholder #AirBnB
ThumbHash, https://evanw.github.io/thumbhash/. A very compact representation of an image placeholder. Store it inline with your data and show it while the real image is loading for a smoother loading experience. It works pretty well! #image
Das Dada Tarot <Die Platzhalter> The Dada Tarot <The Placeholder> Idea Writing Command AI Realisation Meister Jeder, Dadaist, Realistiker 4/26 #dada #Tarot #Platzhalter #Placeholder {AI am phantasieren, AI fantasising, AI en train de fantas
What “placeholder” means
Wiktionaryplaceholder/ˈpleɪsˌhoʊldɚ/
- nounSomething used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later.
#placeholder across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #placeholder 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/placeholder