About

📡📡📡 is a catchphrase which has gained prominence as a title for posts and comments, mostly on r/shitposting.

Origin

In September 2024, u/luxusbeurg made a post on r/shitposting proposing the use of the radar dish emoji (📡) as a "universal emoji" (see 📡📡📡). This sparked an (as of June 2026) ongoing trend of posts using "📡📡📡" as a post title, in lieu of a more descriptive title.

Spread

The 📡📡📡 trend is mostly prevalent within r/shitposting. On October 24, 2024, u/Haunting-Bid3170 posted a question about the meaning of on r/TooAfraidToAsk (see What does 📡📡📡 mean?).

Varying interpretations

Since 2024, other interpretations of the meaning of 📡📡📡 have arisen. For example, on UrbanDictionary, it is defined as

An emoji used to denote a statement or meme deserving broadcast to a larger audience: ironic or not.
- Alduiner (via UrbanDictionary), June 12, 2025

Furthermore, on r/shitposting itself, a sub-trend of using 🛰️🛰️🛰️ as a response to 📡📡📡 (and vice versa) has also emerged, with the earliest post with this title being posted by u/Blood_of_lucifer on the 17th of February 2025 (see 🛰️🛰️🛰️)