#retrocomputing
Live, measured metrics for the hashtag #retrocomputing 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 · mas.to (Mastodon public tags API) · fetched 2026-11-08 05:52 UTC414 uses by 271 unique accounts across the window. Real per-day counts, not estimates. Newest bar is today so far.
Related hashtags
measured · mas.to (Mastodon public search API) · fetched 2026-11-08 05:52 UTCLive pulse
measured · mas.to (Mastodon tag timeline) · fetched 2026-11-08 05:52 UTCEverything below is measured over the latest 40 public posts (spanning ~9.8 hours).
Posting hours (UTC) — busiest: 20:00
Languages: English (39)
Avg boosts / post: 1.2
Top of the latest posts
Just fired up my older brother's old Apple IIc. This is literally the computer that got me into computers. When it was 6-year-old me watching my brother tinker with this thing, I saw all the amazing things he did with it and it filled me wi
Quirkafleegs galore. Shall be performed! hahahahaha 🤣 #ZXSpectrum #Speccy #Spectrum #ZXOpal #ZXGUI #retrocomputing #retrogaming #foss #golang
New Short: visited the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, saw the Amstrad Mega PC (playing Mega Drive games on PC hardware) and an Acorn Archimedes running. Also picked up a BBC Micro disc drive and a dual Pentium III motherboard at
What “retrocomputing” means
WikipediaRetrocomputing is the current use of older computer hardware and software. Retrocomputing is usually classed as a hobby and recreation rather than a practical application of technology; enthusiasts often collect rare and valuable hardware and software for sentimental reasons.
“Retrocomputing” on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) →#retrocomputing across platforms
every network with a public tag surfaceFollow #retrocomputing 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/retrocomputing