diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 938b79437..331e850e5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ As such, a _Feature_ would map to either major or minor. A _bug fix_ to a patch.
   * Performance
   * Misc
 
+### Master [changes](https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on/compare/v3.3.0...v3.4.0)
+
+  * Features
+    * [@damzcodes #577 Popular feature](https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on/pull/577)
 
 ### [3.3.0 / 2014-07-08](https://github.com/mbleigh/acts-as-taggable-on/compare/v3.2.6...v3.3.0)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a7cb175c..4fc8c4d98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -170,6 +170,22 @@ end
 @user.tag_list # => ["north", "east", "south", "west"]
 ```
 
+### Finding most or least used tags
+
+You can find the most or least used tags by using:
+
+```ruby
+User.most_used
+User.least_used
+```
+
+You can also filter the results by passing the method a limit, however the default limit is 50.
+
+```ruby
+User.most_used(10)
+User.least_most(10)
+```
+
 ### Finding Tagged Objects
 
 Acts As Taggable On uses scopes to create an association for tags.
@@ -201,6 +217,7 @@ You can also use `:wild => true` option along with `:any` or `:exclude` option.
 
 __Tip:__ `User.tagged_with([])` or `User.tagged_with('')` will return `[]`, an empty set of records.
 
+
 ### Relationships
 
 You can find objects of the same type based on similar tags on certain contexts.
diff --git a/lib/acts_as_taggable_on/tag.rb b/lib/acts_as_taggable_on/tag.rb
index e9e49f633..f65358c7e 100644
--- a/lib/acts_as_taggable_on/tag.rb
+++ b/lib/acts_as_taggable_on/tag.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ def validates_name_uniqueness?
     end
 
     ### SCOPES:
+    scope :most_used, ->(limit = 20) { order('taggings_count desc').limit(limit) }
+    scope :least_used, ->(limit = 20) { order(:taggings_count).limit(limit) }
 
     def self.named(name)
       if ActsAsTaggableOn.strict_case_match
@@ -101,6 +103,9 @@ def count
     end
 
     class << self
+
+
+
       private
 
       def comparable_name(str)
diff --git a/spec/acts_as_taggable_on/tag_spec.rb b/spec/acts_as_taggable_on/tag_spec.rb
index 0923c8005..2ceabad16 100644
--- a/spec/acts_as_taggable_on/tag_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acts_as_taggable_on/tag_spec.rb
@@ -286,4 +286,24 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'popular tags' do
+    before do
+      %w(sports rails linux tennis golden_syrup).each_with_index do |t, i|
+        tag = ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.new(name: t)
+        tag.taggings_count = i
+        tag.save!
+      end
+    end
+    
+    it 'should find the most popular tags' do
+      expect(ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.most_used(3).first.name).to eq("golden_syrup")
+      expect(ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.most_used(3).length).to eq(3)
+    end
+
+    it 'should find the least popular tags' do
+      expect(ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.least_used(3).first.name).to eq("sports")
+      expect(ActsAsTaggableOn::Tag.least_used(3).length).to eq(3)
+    end
+  end
 end