Monitoring · June 2024 — present

The flag goes up June 1.
We record when it comes down.

Pride Watch checks the avatars of 970 of the biggest brand accounts on X, every hour. A change to a Pride flag is logged with its timestamp. The change back is logged the same way. No commentary, no scoring — just the record, kept since 2024.

Reading the data…

flag up reverted no change
Tracked
Flag up now
Reverted this season
Returned from 2025

Trend · avatars up by day

The shape of the season

How many tracked accounts had a Pride avatar up on each day — this June against the last two. The drop after June 30 is the story.

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Watchlist · accounts with Pride history

Every participant, and where it stands today

Every account that has set a Pride avatar at least once since tracking began in 2024, held to one question: is the flag up, and how long did it stay up? The rest of the 970 tracked accounts have no Pride history and aren't listed — they're counted in the numbers above.

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Changes · detected hourly

Latest changes

Every avatar change lands here within the hour: before, after, timestamp, direction. Full change log →

Record · 2024 — 2026

Three Junes on file

2024: 139 accounts set a Pride avatar. 2025: 81 — and 73 of those reverted before year's end. 2026 is being written now.

    Boards · both ends of the data

    Longest standing, fastest reversals

    One board for the accounts that have flown the flag every year on file. One for the quickest up-and-down turnarounds. Both are just the data, sorted.

    Longest standing

    Set a Pride avatar every year since 2024.

      Fastest reversals

      Shortest time from flag up to flag down, any year.

        Method · what's counted, and what isn't

        How the record is kept

        What we track

        The avatar, nothing else. Banners, posts, and rainbow logos elsewhere don't count. Avatars are captured hourly; a change to Pride imagery is classified automatically and reviewed by hand before it's logged. Every event keeps its timestamp and an archived image.

        What it means

        An avatar is a signal, not proof. Some brands do the work year-round without touching a logo; some change the logo and do nothing. And in some markets a flag is a genuine risk to local staff. The record tells you what happened and when — what it means is your call.

        Why June

        Pride is in June because of the Stonewall uprising of June 1969, and the first march a year later. The rainbow flag is Gilbert Baker's (1978); the Progress variant most brands use is Daniel Quasar's (2018). It belongs to the people who fought for it — which is exactly why a brand borrowing it for four weeks is worth writing down.

        Where to put your money instead

        A logo is free. If the data here moves you, these do year-round work: The Trevor Project, GLAAD, or a local LGBTQ+ organisation.