Trending API for real-time popular content discovery
Pull platform trend lists into dashboards, agents, newsletters, and discovery products without scraping each site yourself.
Endpoint
Bring current community attention into products without scraping GitHub, Hacker News, or other trend pages yourself.
Hot repos, posts, and community items.
Rank and momentum signals.
Stars, comments, authors, and links.
Useful for
Trend dashboards / Digests / Agents
Structured trends for content and research products
The Trending endpoint returns popular items from supported platforms such as GitHub and Hacker News. It is useful when an agent or product needs to know what developers and communities are paying attention to now.
Live Trends
Track platform trending lists in real-time. Keep your AI applications updated with what's currently popular and relevant.
Structured Format
Receive trending content in a consistent, structured format. Preserve original details while minimizing integration effort.
Expanding Coverage
Currently supporting GitHub and Hacker News, with more platforms coming soon. Future-proof your application with fresh data.
Trend Analysis
Identify patterns and emerging topics across platforms. Give your AI applications context about what matters right now.
What is a trending API?
A trending API is a service that returns currently popular content from platforms like GitHub, Hacker News, and others in a structured format. Instead of scraping each platform individually and dealing with HTML changes, rate limits, and bot detection, a trending API gives you titles, URLs, ranks, and metadata in consistent JSON. Search1API supports GitHub Trending and Hacker News, with more platforms planned.
Typical workflow
Pull platform trend lists into dashboards, agents, newsletters, and discovery products without scraping each site yourself.
Choose a supported trending service such as GitHub or Hacker News.
Request the number of trending items your product needs.
Normalize titles, URLs, ranks, and metadata into your feed or agent context.
Best for
Get the latest trending topics and stories from popular platforms
Developer trend dashboards and daily digests.
AI agents that need context about current community attention.
Content discovery workflows for newsletters and research feeds.
FAQ
Which platforms does Trending API cover?
The existing guide highlights GitHub Trending and Hacker News, with the API designed to expand to more platforms over time.
How many credits does Trending API use?
A Trending API request costs 1 credit.
What is a trending API?
A trending API returns currently popular content from platforms like GitHub and Hacker News in a structured JSON format. It includes titles, URLs, ranks, and metadata, so you can build dashboards, newsletters, or agent workflows without scraping each platform individually.
Is there a free GitHub trending API?
Yes. Search1API offers 100 free credits when you sign up, no credit card required. Each Trending API request costs 1 credit, so you can make 100 trending requests for free. The API covers GitHub Trending and Hacker News.