What's Trending on Twitter Right Now - Top X Trending Topics, USA and Worldwide

X (Twitter) trending topics and hashtags, worldwide and by location, read straight from X's own trends feed. Covers 45 countries and 26 cities, from the USA to Japan. Click any trend to open the conversation on X.

Worldwide Trends

Updated 4 hours ago30 trends, ranked in the order X returns them

Where these trends come from, and how fresh they are

PlayerSells reads X's own trends feed for 72 places: worldwide, 45 countries and 26 cities. The board is not re-ranked, filtered or blended - a topic appears because X put it on its own list for that location, in the order X returned it. The worldwide board above currently holds 30 trends, read from X 4 hours ago.

Each location is refreshed at most once every 360 minutes and is shared across every visitor, which is what keeps 72 pages from hammering the read path. When the upstream fails, the last snapshot is served for up to 24 hours and is labelled as an older snapshot on the page. Past 24 hours it is not served at all: the board switches to an unavailable notice.

That ceiling exists because of a real failure. When the paid trends endpoint behind this page ran out of balance on 11 August 2026, the fallback kept serving the snapshot from that day under the words "Live" and "Updated throughout the day" for thirteen days, and nothing looked broken. A board that renders perfectly and is weeks out of date is the worst outcome available, so the freshness label on this page is now computed from when the data was actually pulled rather than written into the template.

Trend names, their order and their search links come from X and are not edited. The 360-minute refresh interval and the 24-hour staleness ceiling are ours and are enforced in code, not promised in copy. Trend volumes are not shown because X's trends feed does not reliably return them.

Trends by Country

Trends by City

Why Follow the Top Trends on X (Twitter)?

Trending topics on X move fast. A trend can peak and fade inside an hour. Creators watch the board to catch the next viral moment. Marketers watch it to time a campaign. Buyers watch it to see which niches have momentum. This free tool reads live trends straight from X for 72 locations and refreshes them throughout the day.

Pick 🌍 worldwide for the global picture, or open a country or city to see what that audience is talking about. Every trend links to the live X search results, so you can gauge volume before you post. Want to grow on the back of a trend? Promotion services and our free X tools can help you turn momentum into followers.

What These Twitter Trends Are, and Where They Come From

The data comes straight from X

Every board on this page is read from X's own trends feed for that location. It is the source behind the trending topics the app shows, minus the personalization. We do not re-rank it, filter it or blend two places together. A topic is on our board because X put it on theirs.

How often the boards refresh

Each location is re-read on a short timer, all day, every day. The list you see is minutes behind X, not days. When X stops answering, the board switches to an unavailable notice instead of quietly serving an old snapshot. A stale board is worse than an empty one.

How to read a trend board

Trends are ranked in the order X returns them, so the first row is the strongest right now. A hash icon marks a hashtag. A magnifier marks a plain phrase, a name or an event. Click any row to open the live X search results behind that trend.

Trending topics in the USA and other countries

Trends are local. The top trend in the USA is rarely the top trend in Japan, and a city board often splits from its own country. This tool covers the United States plus 44 more countries, and 26 major cities including New York, Los Angeles, London and Tokyo. Open a location to view trends for that place alone.

How to Find Trends on X Yourself

You do not need a tool for your own location. Here is the manual route, and where it runs out.

  1. 1Open X and go to the Explore tab. It is in the left sidebar on desktop and behind the magnifier in the bottom bar on mobile.
  2. 2The explore tab opens on Trending. The trending tab lists the topics X ranks for your account's location at that moment.
  3. 3Tap a trend to see the posts behind it, or type it into the search bar at the top of the page.
  4. 4In the search results, switch between Top and Latest. Latest shows whether people are still posting, which is how you spot a trend that is already fading.
  5. 5X only shows you trends for your own location. To find trends anywhere else, use the country and city list above.

X only shows you the trends for your own location. The country and city boards above are the part of this you cannot do yourself from inside the app.

Frequently asked questions

What's trending on Twitter right now?

The board at the top of this page is the live answer. It lists the top trending topics and hashtags on X (Twitter) worldwide, ranked in the order X returns them. Open any country or city below to see what is trending there instead.

How often do the Twitter trends update?

Every location is re-read on a short timer, all day. A board here is minutes behind X, not days. If X stops answering, the board shows an unavailable notice rather than an old list.

Can I see what's trending in a specific country or city?

Yes. We cover worldwide trends plus 45 countries and 26 major cities. That includes the United States, the United Kingdom, India and Japan, and cities such as New York, London, Tokyo and Istanbul. Pick a location to view trends for that place alone.

What are the trending hashtags on X today?

Hashtags sit in the same ranked list as plain topics, marked with a hash icon. The trending hashtags on X today differ by country, so check the location you actually care about rather than the worldwide board.

Where does this trend data come from?

Straight from X's own trends feed for each location. It is the source behind the trending list in the app, without the personalization X layers on top of your own feed. We do not re-rank it, filter it or blend locations together.

Is this Twitter trends tool free?

Yes, it is completely free with no sign-up or login required. Click any trend to open the X search results behind it.

PlayerSells is not affiliated with X Corp. Trend names, their ranking and their search links are read from X’s own trends feed for each location and are not edited, re-ranked or merged. The worldwide board on this page was read from X 4 hours ago. Boards refresh at most once every 360 minutes and are never served past 24hours old. Trend volumes are not shown because X’s feed does not reliably return them.