#vpns
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #vpns from the open social web. Every number carries a named source and the time it was fetched. Nothing is estimated.
Own #vpns
This #name is available to claim. It becomes your portal on the open agent web: this very page, a keyword you rank for by an open public stake, and a verifiable identity for AI agents. Nobody else sells a page like this for every #name.
Day-by-day usage
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-09-15 17:46 UTC0 uses by 0 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-09-15 17:46 UTCLive pulse
measured · fosstodon.org (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-09-15 17:46 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~1891 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 13:00
Languages: English (35) · German (2) · French (1)
Avg boosts / post: 4.4
Top of the latest posts
So which VPN are we switching to? mullvad: fash Mozilla: resells mullvad nym: fash ExpressVPN/PIA: israeli military guys Windscribe: openly transphobic on Twitter (someone here linked it), also sent out a newsletter with homophobic rape jok
The only way to create an ironclad age verification system in the UK is extreme digital authoritarianism. Restrictions on VPNs are an attack on the open Internet and our ability to be secure online – the antithesis of online safety. Read ou
VPNs can help protect children's security online too. They aren’t just used to avoid content blocks. Restrictions will deter people from using a core cybersecurity tool and create greater risks. Privacy is online safety ✊️ Sign the petition
What “vpns” means
WikipediaA virtual private network (VPN) is an overlay network that uses network virtualization to extend a private network across a public network, such as the Internet, via the use of encryption and tunneling protocols. In a VPN, a tunneling protocol is used to transfer network messages from one network host to another.
“Virtual private network” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#vpns across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #vpns 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/vpns