Twitter trends in South Africa
Updated 7 min ago · refreshed every 15 min
New this hour
1
not in the top 50 for 24 h
Biggest climb, 1 h
Teffo
up 6 places
Hashtags
5 of 49
See each trend's last 24 hours: how long it has trended, its peak rank, an hourly chart and the city-by-city lists.
| Rank | Trend |
|---|---|
1up 1 | |
2up 1 | |
3up 1 | |
4up 3 | |
5up 3 | |
6down 5 | |
8back | |
9up 1 | |
10up 1 | |
11up 1 | |
12up 1 | |
13up 1 | |
14up 2 | |
15up 2 | |
16up 2 | |
17up 2 | |
18up 3 | |
19new | |
20= | |
21up 1 | |
22back | |
23down 17 | |
24up 1 | |
25down 1 | |
26up 1 | |
27down 4 | |
28down 2 | |
29= | |
30up 1 | |
31up 2 | |
32up 2 | |
33down 1 | |
34up 2 | |
35= | |
36up 4 | |
37= | |
38= | |
39up 6 | |
40up 1 | |
41down 11 | |
42up 5 | |
43down 1 | |
44down 1 | |
45down 6 | |
46= | |
47back | |
48down 33 | |
49up 1 | |
50back |
The top trends on X in South Africa, in X's own order. Click any trend to see how it has moved and to open its posts. "Only here" marks trends that aren't in the worldwide top 50, and the 24-hour history shows what is trending locally in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria.
How this list works
- Where it comes from. Every 15 minutes we fetch X's own trend list for South Africa through our trends endpoint. The order is X's; we don't re-rank it. It's the location list, not the personalised "For you" tab, so it can differ from what your app shows you.
- What we add. X only gives a name, a search query and a rank. We keep each check, so the page can show how a trend moved in the last hour and, after a quick check that keeps automated scraping out, how long it has been in the top 50, its best rank in 24 hours and how many of the country's cities it is trending in.
- What it can't tell you. X's trend list carries no post counts, so we don't show any rather than guess. To count the posts behind a trend, open a row and use the search call.
- Filtered tags. This page hides a small number of betting and casino, adult and spam trends, plus gambling-ad boilerplate. National lotteries and their draw tags stay in. For X's unfiltered list, use the trends API call shown above.
Go further with a trend
- Build a precise search for a trend's posts, by date, language or minimum likes, with the Twitter advanced search builder.
- Read any public post or profile without logging in using the Twitter viewer.
- Pull trends into your own app or dashboard: the Python tutorial for the trends API walks through it, and API pricing is pay as you go.
Questions
How often are South Africa trends updated?
The national list for South Africa is fetched every 15 minutes, and the city lists (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, Pretoria) every 30 minutes. The label at the top shows how old the data is.
What does "only here" mean?
The trend is in the top 50 for South Africa but not in the worldwide top 50 right now: a story that is big locally and hasn't spread.
Why are the trends in my X app different?
The app's Trending tab is personalised for you. This page shows X's list for the location, the same for everyone.