GET trends/current

API version 1
Updated on Wed, 2012-08-22 08:55

This method is deprecated and has been replaced by GET trends/:woeid. Please update your applications with the new endpoint.

Returns the current top 10 trending topics on Twitter. The response includes the time of the request, the name of each trending topic, and query used on Twitter Search results page for that topic.

It is recommended to use authentication with this method.

Resource URL

http://api.twitter.com/1/trends/current.json

Parameters

exclude optional

Setting this equal to hashtags will remove all hashtags from the trends list.

Example Request

GET http://api.twitter.com/1/trends/current.json

  1. {
  2.   "trends": {
  3.     "2011-01-14 21:20:00": [
  4.       {
  5.         "name": "#sidechick",
  6.         "events": null,
  7.         "query": "#sidechick",
  8.         "promoted_content": null
  9.       },
  10.       {
  11.         "name": "#confessionhour",
  12.         "events": null,
  13.         "query": "#confessionhour",
  14.         "promoted_content": null
  15.       },
  16.       {
  17.         "name": "#mainchick",
  18.         "events": null,
  19.         "query": "#mainchick",
  20.         "promoted_content": null
  21.       },
  22.       {
  23.         "name": "Maria Cino",
  24.         "events": null,
  25.         "query": "Maria Cino",
  26.         "promoted_content": null
  27.       },
  28.       {
  29.         "name": "Alicia Silverstone",
  30.         "events": null,
  31.         "query": "Alicia Silverstone",
  32.         "promoted_content": null
  33.       },
  34.       {
  35.         "name": "Dave Grohl",
  36.         "events": null,
  37.         "query": "Dave Grohl",
  38.         "promoted_content": null
  39.       },
  40.       {
  41.         "name": "Keanu Reeves",
  42.         "events": null,
  43.         "query": "Keanu Reeves",
  44.         "promoted_content": null
  45.       },
  46.       {
  47.         "name": "Michael Steele",
  48.         "events": null,
  49.         "query": "Michael Steele",
  50.         "promoted_content": null
  51.       },
  52.       {
  53.         "name": "Leonie",
  54.         "events": null,
  55.         "query": "Leonie",
  56.         "promoted_content": null
  57.       },
  58.       {
  59.         "name": "Anuzis",
  60.         "events": null,
  61.         "query": "Anuzis",
  62.         "promoted_content": null
  63.       }
  64.     ]
  65.   },
  66.   "as_of": 1295039359
  67. }