# Peptides

Breaking news: Peptides are trending as the new wellness cure-all, with discussions ranging from skincare and weight loss to controversial research-grade applications. Recent social posts highlight their growing popularity and diverse uses.

### About Peptides
Peptides are short chains of amino acids with diverse biological functions and emerging therapeutic uses.  

### Insights
- peptides creators is up 30.38% from the previous week.
- peptides mentions is up 37.17% from the previous week.
- peptides posts created is up 47.24% from the previous week.

### Engagements: [---------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:peptides/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/peptides/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [---------]  
Daily Average: [---------]  
[--] Week: [---------] -35%  
[--] Month: [-----------] -43%  
[--] Months: [-------------] +377%  
[--] Year: [-------------] +484%  
1-Year High: [-----------] on 2025-12-06  
1-Year Low: [-------] on 2025-04-28  

Engagements by network (24h):
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### Mentions: [-----] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:peptides/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/peptides/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [-----]  
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Week: [-----] +37%  
[--] Months: [-----] -24%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-12  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-03-15  

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### Creators: [-----] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:peptides/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/peptides/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[-----] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Peptides in the last [--] hours which is up 18% from [-----] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [-----]  
[--] Week: [-----] +30%  
[--] Months: [-----] -9.90%  
1-Year High: [-----] on 2025-12-12  
1-Year Low: [---] on 2025-03-15  

The most influential creators that mention Peptides in the last [--] hours

| Creator                                                    | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                                    | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@barclayahmed](/creator/tiktok/barclayahmed)              | [--]    | [------]    | [--]     | [-------]     |
| [@thepeaklabs](/creator/tiktok/thepeaklabs)                | [--]    |           | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@ojayto](/creator/tiktok/ojayto)                          | [--]    | [------]    | [--]    | [------]      |
| [@SolJakey](/creator/twitter/SolJakey)                     | [--]    | [-------]   | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@otpept1de](/creator/tiktok/otpept1de)                    | [--]    | [------]    | [--]    | [------]      |
| [@reagans_peppers](/creator/tiktok/reagans_peppers)        | [--]    | [-----]     | [--]    | [------]      |
| [@peptide_tech](/creator/twitter/peptide_tech)             | [--]    | [---]       | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@mysistersskin](/creator/tiktok/mysistersskin)            | [--]    | [-------]   | [--]     | [------]      |
| [@tunemusicalmoments](/creator/youtube/tunemusicalmoments) | [--]    | [---------] | [--]    | [------]      |
| [@nickyminjaj](/creator/tiktok/nickyminjaj)                | [--]   | [-----]     | [--]     | [------]      |

[View More](/list/creators/peptides/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: 84%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:peptides/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/peptides/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 84%  
Daily Average: 83%  
[--] Week: 76% -1%  
[--] Month: 80% -6%  
[--] Months: 80% -2%  
[--] Year: 80% -15%  
1-Year High: 100% on 2025-03-12  
1-Year Low: 16% on 2025-02-28  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Skincare and Anti-Aging: (40%) Peptides are highlighted for their role in skincare products, focusing on anti-aging benefits like wrinkle reduction and skin firming.
- Weight Loss and Health: (30%) Discussions around peptides are prevalent in the context of weight loss, with mentions of specific peptides and their potential effects.
- Research and Therapeutic Applications: (20%) Peptides are recognized for their diverse biological functions and emerging therapeutic uses, with news articles pointing to current applications and future directions.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Controversial and Research-Grade Peptides: (10%) There's a segment of discussion around controversial peptides and the testing of research-grade peptide sites, indicating a more niche or potentially unregulated area.
  

### Top Peptides News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"Mutant KRAS vaccine with dual checkpoint blockade in resected pancreatic cancer: a phase I trial Nature Communications KRAS mutations are keenly associated with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and represent a potential therapeutic target. Here the authors present the findings from a phase I clinical trial testing pooled KRAS mutant peptides in combination with immune checkpoint blockade in patients with resected pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma"  
[News Link](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68324-4) [@NaturePortfolio](/creator/x/NaturePortfolio) 2026-02-15T15:33Z 228.6M followers, [---] engagements


"Peptides Are the New Wellness Cure-All Says everyone whos buying the drugs from looksmaxxers on Instagram or AI bots in China"  
[News Link](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/peptides-from-instagram-china-wellness-cure.html) [@NYMag](/creator/x/NYMag) 2026-01-27T10:26Z 1.6M followers, 132.3K engagements


"Chinese Peptides Are the Latest Biohacking Trend in the Tech World - The New York Times The gray-market drugs flooding Silicon Valley reveal a community that believes it can move faster than the F.D.A"  
[News Link](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/chinese-peptides-silicon-valley.html) [@nytimes](/creator/x/nytimes) 2026-01-03T05:18Z 52.9M followers, 1.3M engagements


"Therapeutic peptides: current applications and future directions Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy - Therapeutic peptides: current applications and future directions"  
[News Link](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41392-022-00904-4) [@NaturePortfolio](/creator/x/NaturePortfolio) 2023-03-21T19:50Z 2.1M followers, 936.5K engagements



### Top Peptides Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"I figured it out everyone. In the coming years of hell we're all going to turn into weird splicer monsters injecting ourselves with everything we find. Out of the crucible of biotech sludge will emerge the great blob american a [---] pound [----] brained tentacle monster made of peptides mRNA vaccines and CRISPR edits. @Xenoimpulse @insurrealist maybe after China wins the robot age the US will win the biotech age and we'll emerge in the later half of the 21st century as the strange species [----] cronenberg monsters to counter china's borg @Xenoimpulse @insurrealist maybe after China wins the robot"  
[X Link](https://x.com/SkyeSharkie/status/2023257123627692367) [@SkyeSharkie](/creator/x/SkyeSharkie) 2026-02-16T04:44Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Over 2% of supply has been bought back and burnt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/peptidessolana/status/2023249997479989335) [@peptidessolana](/creator/x/peptidessolana) 2026-02-16T04:16Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"as a reta user i love this coin. i lost [--] pounds in [--] weeks on reta 🫡 not only is it in NATIONAL news right now $peptides are the shit SEND IT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/6figureP/status/2023247461695823990) [@6figureP](/creator/x/6figureP) 2026-02-16T04:05Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"cookbook and peptides on my page If you click the link in my bio you can get my cookbooks mealpans peptides skillets skincare preworkout seasoning brand and more"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aYrannWmSyM) [@cookingforgains](/creator/youtube/cookingforgains) 2026-02-16T03:24Z 450K followers, [----] engagements

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