Followers
867
About this metric
Public follower count at check time.
Tom's Hardware Mastodon stats
Mastodontomshardware@mastodon.online
Profile data checked Aug 6, 2026, 12:51 PM
Report generated Sep 25, 2026, 6:28 AM · Methodology
62/100
Mixed profile signals
Following
3
About this metric
Public following count at check time.
Posts
14.6K
About this metric
Public post count reported by the network.
Typical post
0
About this metric
Median interactions across 40 sampled original posts.
Category scores
Out of 100Community response
Limited
0/100
Media accessibility
Limited
35/100
Posting rhythm
Mixed
75/100
Verified identity
Mixed
75/100
Bio clarity
Strong
82/100
Topic consistency
Strong
85/100
Profile basics
Strong
100/100
Post context
Strong
100/100
Federated discovery
Strong
100/100
Peer position
98 Mastodon profiles · Under 10K · updated Oct 6, 26Public engagement
12th percentile
Audit score
20th percentile
Bio and content
12 of 40 posts analyzedTom's Hardware identifies itself as the site's RSS feed and offers accessible tech editorial for PC buyers, builders, and families.
Audience
PC buyers, first-time builders, gamers, hardware enthusiasts, and readers following consumer technology and the computing industry.
Positioning
An automated publication feed distributing Tom's Hardware reviews, deals, product news, software coverage, and technology-industry reporting.
Bio/content match
StrongAll 12 sampled posts support the promised technology focus through hardware reviews, deals, computing news, software coverage, and industry reporting.
Public interactions on posts published in the last 30 days
40 posts in windowReply share
11%
Amplification
36%
Media descriptions
0%
Verified links
0
Profile directory
Listed
Network signals
Response consistency
0%
Sample: Median 0 / average 0.7
Hashtag coverage
100%
Sample: 40 of 40 posts
Verified links
0
Sample: 3 public profile fields
Profile discovery
On
Sample: Mastodon profile directory
Category details
Community response
Typical public response is below the network baseline, sparse, or concentrated in a few posts.
- 13 of 40 posts received interactions
- 0 median interactions per post
- 0% median interactions per follower
Media accessibility
Some sampled media attachments were missing descriptions.
- 0 of 40 attachments described
- 0% media-description coverage
Posting rhythm
The captured sample shows frequent, current publishing.
- Newest visible post is 50 days old
- 40 posts published in the 30-day window
- 9.3 visible posts per week
Verified identity
The profile uses Mastodon fields and verified links to establish identity.
- 0 verified links
- 3 public profile fields
- Public destination link found
Bio clarity
Tom's Hardware identifies itself as the site's RSS feed and offers accessible tech editorial for PC buyers, builders, and families.
- The bio explicitly labels the account an RSS feed from tomshardware.com.
- It names laptop and desktop buyers, first-time PC builders, and tech-focused families.
- It promises accessible editorial and a helpful technology community.
Topic consistency
All 12 sampled posts support the promised technology focus through hardware reviews, deals, computing news, software coverage, and industry reporting.
- The sample includes SSD, mini-PC, monitor, gaming-PC, GPU, and DRAM coverage.
- Several posts report on Microsoft, Apple, OpenAI, Nvidia, and the wider technology industry.
- Reviews and buying deals directly serve PC buyers and hardware enthusiasts.
Profile basics
The public profile has enough identity detail to evaluate quickly.
- Bio found
- Avatar found
- 3 public profile fields
Post context
Sampled original posts consistently provide visible text context.
- 40 of 40 posts included text
- 40 of 40 posts included at least 60 characters
Federated discovery
The account is available to Mastodon discovery surfaces and uses searchable post signals.
- Profile directory enabled
- Public indexing enabled
- 100% of sampled posts used hashtags
Profile roast
The “supportive community” claim is a joke when the sample is twelve RSS link dumps stamped with identical #hardware spam.
tomshardware@mastodon.online · C · 62/100
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