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Ask HN: Is there an API to get what is trending at this time?

7 points by ychandler 11y ago

Google Trends does a good job and there is a roundabout way of programmatically getting that data. Twitter has trends but needs location to work. I was wondering if there are any APIs that can surface this information? Ideally looking at a 24 hour day, useful to have trends based on keywords, facebook trends and twitter hashtags

mrmrcoleman 11y ago
+1
gexos 11y ago
I only know topsy.com, never used their api but they're twitter's only valid partner on trends and stats etc. http://about.topsy.com/support/api/ http://about.topsy.com/support/api/ i hope it helps.
- ychandler 11y ago
  thanks!
147 11y ago
Perhaps http://buzzsumo.com http://buzzsumo.com might do what you're after? Their plan that includes the API is expensive if you just want to play around with it.
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nstart 11y ago
Trendspottr. They were the first major player in this space I could remember. Their API can be found here https://trendspottr.com/api/ https://trendspottr.com/api/
- yalli 11y ago
  Yeah, I second TrendSpottr. They not only have an API for surfacing trends for any topic or keyword but also an API for trending alerts. http://trendspottr.com/api http://trendspottr.com/api. I also use their trends dashboard Signal http://trendspottr.com/signal http://trendspottr.com/signal.