indiedev
Popularity Analysis
Stable
72
out of 100
Good Performance
Key Insights
- 1Audience & behavior: Engagement clusters around North America + Europe time overlap (roughly 16:00–21:00 UTC) and late NA evening (00:00–02:00 UTC). The most responsive segments are other devs, tool/engine communities, and players who follow storefront/wishlist CTAs; posts that invite lightweight interaction (vote on art, choose a mechanic, name a character) consistently outperform pure announcements because the tag’s audience is primed to give feedback.
- 2Best-performing content: Short native video (5–20s) showing a single “wow” moment (combat loop, traversal, VFX, UI polish) tends to generate higher dwell time and repost rate than static text; image carousels of before/after iterations also perform well. Posts that pair a visual with one clear metric or milestone (e.g., “+1,200 wishlists since demo update”, “Day 30 of devlog”) get more saves/bookmarks and follow-through than broad “working on my game” updates.
- 3Platform nuances: X favors velocity—front-load the hook in the first 1–2 lines, keep media native, and reply quickly in the first 30–60 minutes to boost ranking; #indiedev is saturated there, so specificity (genre + platform + hook) is critical. Bluesky currently rewards conversational threads and cross-posted media with strong reply chains; asking a question in the post body increases discussion depth and extends lifespan. Mastodon discovery is instance-driven and hashtag-dependent—using 2–4 focused tags (including #indiedev) improves placement in local/federated tag timelines, and slower-burn engagement benefits from posting when your target instances (gamedev/art) are most active.
Pro Tip: Turn #indiedev into a feedback + funnel loopAI
Post a 10–15s gameplay clip with one explicit question (A/B choice) and one CTA (wishlist/follow/devlog link in a reply). Then spend 20 minutes replying to every early comment to drive thread depth—on X this boosts initial velocity, while on Bluesky/Mastodon it extends the post’s half-life in feeds and hashtag timelines.