4chan/Flags
Five boards on 4chan currently have flags. Four of them have country flags, which display the country you're posting from (or the location of your VPN or proxy if you are using one.) Flags are used on 4chan as a method of pseudo-identification.
Country Flags
Country flags, or geoflags, display the country of the IP address that was used to submit a post. This flag is displayed to the right of a poster's name, or to the right of their ID, depending on the board. There are around 254 countries that can appear. During certain sporting events, /sp/ gains specific flags for England, Scotland, and Wales. These flags can very rarely be found on /pol/ and /bant/ if a thread is moved from /sp/. Outside of these events, posting from one of those countries would normally display a Union Jack labelled United Kingdom.
Unknown Flag
"Unknown" is a relatively common flag on 4chan. It appears when a thread is moved from a board without flags to a board with them, as on flag-boards ever post must have one. Its ID is XX.
Rare Flags
Certain flags are more common to find than others. Countries with very low populations, or limited access to the Internet can be very rare to come across while browsing 4chan. These are often referred to as rare flags, and are pointed out by many when they are sighted.
Retired Flags
There are various flags that have been retired, and now will no longer appear on posts from their previous IP ranges. Not much is known about them; we can only infer from the archives that they have been retired due to an extremely long time since the last post from that country.
| Country | ID | Last Seen | Total Posts | Flag | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown (Anonymous Proxy) | A1 | - | - |  |
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| Unknown (Satellite Provider) | A2 | - | - | |
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| Netherlands Antilles | AN | 13 June 2017 | 24 |  |
to be written |
| Asia/Pacific Region | AP | - | - | |
Would say "Unknown" when hovered over but redirect to ap.gif when clicked on. |
| Serbia and Montenegro | CS | n/a | 0 |  |
This flag is still on 4chan's servers despite the country dissolving in 2006. |
| Europe | EU | - | - |  |
Not to be confused with the memeflag |
| Other | O1 | n/a | 0 | ? | On the drop-down on 4plebs. Not sure if this was ever even on 4chan. Could have been one of the anomalous flags. |
Outdated Flags
Over the years some flags have been updated.
| Country | ID | Old Flag | New Flag | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antarctica | AQ |  |
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| Brunei | BN |  |
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This flag was posted on /pol/ with the filename "Brunei__Saturated_Glitch_.gif" which implies the saturation was applied by accident |
| Libya (prev. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya) | LY |  |
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| Montenegro | MM |  |
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| Uzbekistan | UZ |  |
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| Holy See | VA |  |
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| Kosovo | XK | |
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Andorra was used as a placeholder until Kosovo's flag was added |
Anomalous Flags
These flags are incredibly rare and were probably only ever used by 4chan staff.
| Country | ID | Flag | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhutan Vaporwave | ? |  |
"posted on /int/ in 2011"[1] |
| Easter Egg/Senpai | ? | ? | Possibly fam.gif? |
| Portoia | ? |  |
"posted once on early /sp/ with zalgo text before being deleted"[1] |
Board Flags
Board flags, previously troll flags, are colloquially referred to as meme flags by most posters. These flags are not determined by poster location, and instead can be chosen from a drop-down menu underneath the posting field.
Current board flags on /pol/
| Display Name | Drop-down Name | ID | Date Added | Icon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anarcho-Capitalist | - | AC | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Anarchist | - | AN | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Black Lives Matter | Black Nationalist | BL | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Confederate | - | CF | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Commie | Communist | CM | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Catalonia | - | CT | 27 October 2017[2] | 
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| Democrat | - | DM | 13 June 2017 | 
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| European | - | EU | 13 June 2017 |
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| Fascist | - | FC | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Gadsden | - | GN | 13 June 2017 | 
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| LGBT | Gay | GY | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Jihadi | - | JH | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Kekistani | - | KN | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Muslim | - | MF | 13 June 2017 | 
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| National Bolshevik | - | NB | 13 June 2017 | 
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| NATO | - | NT | 19 May 2022 | 
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| Nazi | - | NZ | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Hippie | - | PC | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Pirate | - | PR | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Republican | - | RE | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Task Force Z | - | MZ | 19 May 2022 | 
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| DEUS VULT | Templar | TM | 13 June 2017 | 
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| Tree Hugger | - | TR | 13 June 2017 | 
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| United Nations | - | UN | 13 June 2017 | 
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| White Supremacist | - | WP | 13 June 2017 | 
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Pre /pol/ Harbor
Prior to the event known as /pol/ Harbor, there were no country flags on /pol/, only board flags. Most returned in 2017 but some did not.
| Icon | Display Name | Drop-down Name | ID | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - |
/mlp/ pony flags
-board town hall feb 2021
-anon proposes flags, twimod agrees
-board designs flags for a couple weeks
-eventually 80 get added, 319 were made in total: https://www.duendeinexistente.com/flags/
/lgbt/ pride month flags
-/lgbt/ got flags for pride month (June) 2022
-todo: crop and label them
