r/OSINT

General Information

As of February 8, 2024

Subreddit Name

r/OSINT

Title

Open Source Intelligence

Language

en

Public Description

Welcome to the Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Community on Reddit. This is a platform for members and visitors to explore and learn about OSINT, including various tactics and tools. We encourage discussions on all aspects of OSINT, but we must emphasize an important rule: do not use this community to "investigate or target" individuals.

Description

News and resources on open source intelligence.

RULES

Do not attempt to Dox other users, this is a place for sharing knowledge not other people's personal lives. This includes posts asking to identify users on other social media platforms. THERE WILL NOT BE A SECOND WARNING.
This sub-red...

Subscribers

103,635

Created

August 26, 2008

Type

public

Whitelist Status

all_ads

Flags

Restricted Submissions

Community Reviewed

Total Submissions

9,871

Total Comments

56,115

Earliest Submission

August 26, 2008

Earliest Comment

January 22, 2018

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Most Distinctive Words

Year

2024

Total Words in Subreddit

900,113

Total Words in Reddit

119,924,722,855

Rank↕	Word↕	Occurrences in Subreddit ↕	Total Occurrences ↕	Rate in Subreddit (per 1M words) ↕	Rate in Reddit (per 1M words) ↕	Ratio (Sub Rate / Reddit Rate) ↕
#1	osint	6,105	29,327	6782.5	0.2	27735.10
#2	duplication	555	59,320	616.6	0.5	1246.53
#3	jeopardize	665	73,995	738.8	0.6	1197.38
#4	geolocation	96	21,414	106.7	0.2	597.29
#5	pertain	282	88,419	313.3	0.7	424.93
#6	exif	40	15,153	44.4	0.1	351.70
#7	opsec	118	47,320	131.1	0.4	332.24
#8	hunts	662	273,420	735.5	2.3	322.58
#9	ctf	71	30,543	78.9	0.3	309.71
#10	lookups	37	17,779	41.1	0.1	277.27
#11	theoretical	664	413,129	737.7	3.4	214.14
#12	organizing	665	441,068	738.8	3.7	200.88
#13	investigations	402	304,924	446.6	2.5	175.65
#14	0t	58	44,033	64.4	0.4	175.49
#15	constructively	70	55,373	77.8	0.5	168.43
#16	grep	41	34,213	45.5	0.3	159.66
#17	queries	710	594,329	788.8	5.0	159.16
#18	foia	61	53,639	67.8	0.4	151.52
#19	interpreted	661	587,325	734.4	4.9	149.95
#20	broader	676	609,283	751.0	5.1	147.82
#21	cooperation	797	750,950	885.4	6.3	141.40
#22	whois	44	44,473	48.9	0.4	131.82
#23	databases	183	185,344	203.3	1.5	131.55
#24	monitoring	757	838,123	841.0	7.0	120.34
#25	lookup	182	210,086	202.2	1.8	115.42
#26	wayback	71	82,635	78.9	0.7	114.47
#27	pim	33	40,016	36.7	0.3	109.87
#28	imei	42	57,103	46.7	0.5	97.99
#29	pacer	37	51,096	41.1	0.4	96.48
#30	investigative	77	110,243	85.5	0.9	93.06
#31	delving	67	96,625	74.4	0.8	92.38
#32	investigator	150	220,592	166.6	1.8	90.60
#33	rbi	91	135,338	101.1	1.1	89.58
#34	breaches	117	174,407	130.0	1.5	89.38
#35	forensics	50	78,249	55.5	0.7	85.13
#36	voip	56	87,773	62.2	0.7	85.00
#37	targeting	690	1,087,070	766.6	9.1	84.57
#38	sherlock	159	254,883	176.6	2.1	83.11
#39	metadata	105	179,244	116.7	1.5	78.05
#40	investigators	91	158,848	101.1	1.3	76.33
#41	attribution	41	71,740	45.5	0.6	76.14
#42	searches	397	695,093	441.1	5.8	76.10
#43	gdpr	49	86,476	54.4	0.7	75.49
#44	tcm	52	91,857	57.8	0.8	75.42
#45	undermines	69	122,640	76.7	1.0	74.96
#46	ethical	796	1,427,925	884.3	11.9	74.27
#47	utilize	585	1,095,460	649.9	9.1	71.15
#48	mcafee	36	70,204	40.0	0.6	68.32
#49	dorks	50	98,711	55.5	0.8	67.49
#50	intelligence	1,281	2,591,113	1423.2	21.6	65.87

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