Aka
Everywhere a nickname was ever mentioned.
Type a nickname. Aka digs back year by year through forums, comments, code and archives, to the first time anyone wrote it.
Sample nickname: johndoe
Sample- Mentions
- 1,204
- 96 of them in 2026
- Sites
- 87
- Public pages only
- Busiest year
- 2025
- 211 mentions
- First seen
Mentions per year
2011 to 2018 are in the app.
This is a sample dig with invented mentions. The app goes all the way back to the first one.
It also finds what else they go by.
People say it themselves: “formerly jd_94”. Aka reads that, and follows the older name back as well.
- johndoethe name you typed1,204 mentions
- jd_94an older name37 mentions
- the first namein the app
Where the 1,204 sample mentions were.
Forums
Threads, signatures, member lists.
41234%Comments
Under videos, news and posts.
38832%Archives
Pages that are gone from the live web.
23720%Code
Commits, issues, package pages.
968%Marketplaces
Listings and seller feedback.
716%
Before you download Aka
- What counts as a mention?
- Any public page where the nickname is written: a post, a comment, a commit, a listing, an archived copy. Each one opens at the source.
- What about common nicknames?
- Aka groups mentions that link to each other and shows the groups apart, so two people with one nickname do not get mixed up.
- What does it read?
- Public pages only. Nothing behind a password, nothing private, no leaked databases.
- Is this allowed?
- Reading public pages is what anyone can do by hand. Follow each site’s terms and your local law, and do not use it to harass anyone.
First seen
See where it started.
Download for Windows
Windows 10 and 11 · Public pages only · No account