#phreaking
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #phreaking 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 · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-25 21:35 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
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measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-25 21:35 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-25 21:35 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~9726 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 15:00
Languages: English (37) · German (1)
Avg boosts / post: 11
Top of the latest posts
Oh my goodness. I think this is the only place on the internet nerdy enough to help me locate this info. My parents met on a what was effectively an unofficial chat room hosted by capital radio (London). In the 1980s, Capital Radio used to
You might be amused to know that my mother is now deeply bored of the phone kit and phone system details I am showing her (please don’t stop sharing it, I’m loving it) but I suspect my dad would be bored instead about the radio and human in
@mattblaze RE one of the early, pioneering #phonephreaks Yea, I heard the #offthehook #2600oth radio #wbai and podcast folks talk about him over the years, since the 1980s. @OffTheHook Thx for the reminder about the doc at #sundancefilmfest
What “phreaking” means
Wiktionary · Wikipediaphreaking
- verbTo engage in phone phreaking.
- nounThe cracking or exploring of a telephone system, e.g. trying to get free calls or to discover special service numbers or other internal technical information.
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) →#phreaking across platforms
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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/phreaking