#phreak
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #phreak from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-27 08:36 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-27 08:36 UTCLive pulse
measured · mastodon.social (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-27 08:36 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~26797 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 08:00
Languages: English (38) · Polish (1)
Avg boosts / post: 7.9
Top of the latest posts
It's been *40 years* since #EmmanuelGoldstein launched the seminal, essential, world-changing *@2600: The #Hacker Quarterly*. *2600* wasn't the first #phreak/hacker zine, but it was the most important, spawning a global subculture dedicated
@rechner, @nican, and friends came by the @connections museum and showed everyone what animal to animal communication looks like :vlpn_say_henlo: :vlpn_yawn: #furry #phreak
So the @connections crew have gotten a chance to do something Amazing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBXu7qJ7dNQ More info soon. If you're in the #denver area and like #phones -- We need archivists and docents and the like who are passion
What “phreak” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediaphreak
- nounA person who engages in phone phreaking.
- verbTo engage in phone phreaking.
Phreaking is a slang term coined to describe the activity of a culture of people who study, experiment with, or explore telecommunication systems, such as equipment and systems connected to public telephone networks. The term phreak is a sensational spelling of the word freak with the ph- from phone, and may also refer to the use of various audio frequencies to manipulate a phone system. Phreak, phreaker, or phone phreak are names used for and by individuals who participate in phreaking.
“Phreaking” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#phreak across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #phreak straight to each platform’s own tag page. Where a platform publishes open data we measure it above; the rest lock their numbers behind paid APIs, so we link rather than guess.
Every number above is measured from a named public API at the shown fetch time. Nothing is estimated or extrapolated. Platforms that lock their data behind paid APIs are not shown. Agents: the same numbers, as JSON, at /api/hashtags/phreak