Trending API for real-time popular content discovery
Pull platform trend lists into dashboards, agents, newsletters, and discovery products without scraping each site yourself.
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.
Structured trends for content and research products
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.
Trending Topics API
Get the latest trending topics and stories from popular platforms
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.