#rootservers
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #rootservers from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #rootservers
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Day-by-day usage
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-10-01 15:29 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.online (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-10-01 15:29 UTCNo related tags with measured usage found for #rootservers.
Live pulse
measured · mastodon.online (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-10-01 15:29 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 9 public posts (spanning ~23533 hours).
Posting hours (UTC)
Languages: English (9)
Avg boosts / post: 1.6
Top of the latest posts
At #ICANN, they currently discuss the rollover of a root KSK. They switch from an #RSA based key to an elliptic curve algorithm. From algorithm 8 to algorithm 13, a common observation in the past 2 or 3 years. There will be a multi-year (~3
Exploring some insights of the #DNS root servers, and I discovered this small bump of NOTIMP repsonse codes of a.root-servers.net, operated by #Verisign. I checked other server instances with public statistics, and also k.root-servers.net,
Do not read this as criticism of #ipinfo, but I am surprised to see that the b, i, k, l and m #DNS root servers have the "privacy" flag set, meaning the IPs attempted to "hide" themselves. IPInfo suggests methods such as #VPN services. I do
#rootservers across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #rootservers 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/rootservers