#sadfishing
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #sadfishing from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #sadfishing
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-10 09:42 UTCNo measured public usage for #sadfishing in the last 7 days. That is a real result, and a good one to know: this hashtag is wide open right now. We show a dash before we ever show a made-up number. Browse the trending index for tags with live measurements.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-10 09:42 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #sadfishing.
Live pulse
measured · Mastodon tag timeline · fetched 2026-10-10 09:42 UTCNo recent public posts found for #sadfishing on Mastodon. Nothing measured, so nothing shown.
What “sadfishing” means
WikipediaSadfishing is a term used to describe a behavioural trend where people make exaggerated claims about their emotional problems to generate sympathy. The name is a play on "catfishing." Sadfishing is a common reaction for someone going through a hard time, or pretending to be going through a hard time. Sadfishing is said to hurt younger people, exposing them to bullying and child grooming. This is due to people sharing their personal and emotional stories online, a practice which sometimes result
“Sadfishing” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#sadfishing across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #sadfishing 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/sadfishing