Hoping to put the matter to rest, Facebook said Monday its internal investigation into allegations of political bias within its Trending Topics feature has turned up no evidence of systematic ...

First, instead of just seeing a bare-bones topic, like “Saturn” or “X-men,” two things that had been trending for me, you’ll see a full headline of one of the news stories about that topic.

Meta Platforms Inc. today announced that it will soon start testing a trending topics feature in the U.S. on its X competitor social network, Threads. “For those of you who have been calling for ...

And, of course, trending topics have also amplified marginalized voices and become viable tools for activism. The #BringBackOurGirls hashtag in 2014 is one example, or 2009’s #IranElection.

Bluesky has become the home for users joining in the exodus of X, formerly known as Twitter, after Musk bought the platform and subsequently joined the Trump administration. Trending Topics is one ...

However, the topics don't appear to necessarily rank from most popular to least. For example, Drake’s new hit “For All the Dogs” ranked first with 59.4K threads while “Loki Season 2 ...