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X trends API

Get the top 30 of what is trending on X now, with rank: worldwide, or in one country. Up to 30 items a call; $0.0090 per call. Errors and timeouts are not charged; an empty result is free.

GEThttps://api.dataxapi.com/v1/x/trends/list
Also known astwitter trendstwitter trending topicsx trendingIn Chinese: X 趋势榜 API
Price$0.0090/ call · Errors and timeouts are not charged
Returns30 a pageeverything in one answer, no paging
When an upstream failsRetried for youon the same route, or a backup route; never charged
StatusLive statusChecked daily with real calls · 4 days on record

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The first row of a response recorded 2026-10-13 03:29 UTC.
FieldValue
rank1
curl "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/x/trends/list" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "86caa2be-f053-4926-a0ef-f572a73d938b",
  "data": {
    "items": [
      { "name": "Weekend hiking", "rank": 1 },
      // … 29 more
    ]
  },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": null,
    "cursor_expires_at": null,
    "has_more": false,
    "returned": 30
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "x.trends.list",
    "result_status": "complete",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-13T03:29:53.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "unavailable": { "id": "platform", "heat": "capability" },
    "billing": {
      "amount": "0.009",
      "currency": "USD",
      "balance_after": "9.991"
    }
  }
}

From a response recorded 2026-10-13 03:29 UTC. Names, text and IDs are examples, and so are the links: none is the recorded one (the page shows no one's personal data); the figures are as recorded. Long lists are cut. The request ID, cursor and balance are made up.

Size as sent: 1.5 KB in the standard view (1.5 KB compact, 1.5 KB full).

{
  "code": "ok",
  "request_id": "100d1b17-e9a9-4b88-8c1f-b741a6affbf3",
  "data": { "items": [] },
  "page": {
    "next_cursor": null,
    "cursor_expires_at": null,
    "has_more": false,
    "returned": 0
  },
  "warnings": [],
  "meta": {
    "capability": "x.trends.list",
    "result_status": "empty",
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-13T03:29:53.000Z",
    "cached": false,
    "replayed": false,
    "unavailable": { "id": "platform", "heat": "capability" },
    "billing": { "amount": "0", "currency": "USD", "balance_after": "10" }
  }
}

From a recording of 2026-10-13 03:29 UTC, edited by hand to show this case. The request ID and balance are made up.

Size as sent: 431 B in the standard view (431 B compact, 431 B full).

This example as a JSON file

curl "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/x/trends/list" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
from dataxapi import DataXAPI

dx = DataXAPI()  # reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
result = dx.x.trends.list()
print(result["data"]["items"])
import { DataXAPI } from "@dataxapi/sdk";

const dx = new DataXAPI(); // reads DATAXAPI_API_KEY
const result = await dx.x.trends.list();
console.log(result.data.items);
dataxapi call x.trends.list
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dataxapi": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.dataxapi.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${DATAXAPI_API_KEY}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Add this to your MCP client, then ask your agent to call x.trends.list.

Parameters

boardtext

Which list: trends is the only one. Values: trends (default). Example: trends.

regiontext

Which country's trends, by its two-letter code: US, GB, CA, AU, IN, JP, DE, FR, BR or MX; worldwide when left out. Example: US.

viewtext

How much of each item to return. All three cost the same. Values: compact, standard (default), full.

fieldslist of text

Return only these fields. Each by its path, such as author.name.

Known limits

  • 30 items a page. The page size is the platform's; limit is not accepted.
  • Everything comes in one page; no cursor is issued.
  • Answers come from a shared snapshot refreshed every 5 minutes; meta.cached says so and meta.fetched_at is when it was taken.
  • 2 fields of the object are not available from this endpoint

Returned fields

data.items is a list of trend objects. Stable: fields are only ever added.

idtextcompactThe platform has none

The platform's ID for the entry

nametextcompact

Name of the entry

rankintegercompact

Position on the board, from 1; a pinned entry has none

heatintegercompactNot provided here

The platform's heat score

approximatelist of objectcompact

Which numbers of this item are approximate or lower bounds; absent when all are exact

approximate[].fieldtextcompact

Path of the field, such as metrics.views

Show all 7 fields →
approximate[].kindtextcompact

Approximate, or a lower boundapproximatelower_bound

Typical size of one item: compact 36 B, standard 36 B, full 36 B (measured on the response recorded 2026-10-13 03:29 UTC).

What this endpoint cannot give

idThe platform has none
heatNot provided here

When you are charged

A result with data$0.0090, once per call
An empty resultnot charged
Invalid parameters, a failure of ours or of the data source, a timeoutnot charged
CaseCharged
The most one call can cost$0.0090 (send X-Max-Price to refuse anything above your own limit)

Prices as read 2026-10-21 09:10 UTC, under price book 2, in effect since 2026-10-17 11:00 UTC; the Playground reads the price in force before a run.

Errors

What this endpoint can answer with; codes all endpoints share are on the full list.

HTTPCodeMeaningCharged
400invalid_paramsA parameter is invalidRetry: After a fixNo
402insufficient_balanceThe balance is too lowRetry: After a fixNo
429uncharged_cost_limitToo many of this account's calls today returned nothing and were not charged; endpoints of this kind can be called again tomorrow (UTC)Retry: YesNo
502upstream_failedThe data source failedRetry: YesNo
504timeoutThe data did not arrive in time; retry with the same idempotency keyRetry: YesNo

All error codes →

Questions

How much does the X trends API cost?

$0.0090 per call. The most one call can cost is $0.0090.

When am I not charged?

Errors and timeouts are not charged; an empty result is free.

How many items does one call return, and how do I get the next page?

30 items a page. The page size is the platform's; limit is not accepted. Everything comes in one page; no cursor is issued.

The same thing on other platforms

Bilibili hot searches$0.0020Douyin hot search board$0.0020Kuaishou hot list$0.0020Weibo hot search board$0.0020Xiaohongshu trends$0.0200Reddit trending searches$0.0020Zhihu hot list$0.0020

All 21 X (Twitter) endpoints

X (Twitter) endpoints
X article detail$0.0020X post detail$0.0003X post quotes$0.0003X post replies$0.0020X post retweeters$0.0020X post search$0.0020X thread context$0.0003X trends$0.0090X user followers$0.0001X user following$0.0001X user profile$0.0004X user mentions$0.0003X user posts$0.0020X user search$0.0004X video transcript$0.0020
X Communities endpoints
X community posts$0.0003X community profile$0.0004X community members$0.0004
X Lists endpoints
X list posts$0.0020X list followers$0.0004X list members$0.0004

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Read https://dataxapi.com/apis/x/trends/list.md and help me use the DataXAPI endpoint x.trends.list (X trends).
Prefer to set it up by hand?
dataxapi setupgives the agents on your machine (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) the DataXAPI MCP server and the base skill. The key is read from DATAXAPI_API_KEY; none is written into a file.MCP server: https://api.dataxapi.com/mcp. The entry for your client is under MCP in the request examples of this page; then ask your agent to call x.trends.list.Other clients →
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Use the DataXAPI endpoint x.trends.list (X trends). Get the top 30 of what is trending on X now, with rank: worldwide, or in one country.
Call GET https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/x/trends/list with the header "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY". Read the key from the environment variable DATAXAPI_API_KEY; never write it into code.
Parameters:
- board: Which list: trends is the only one. Values: trends (default). Example: trends.
- region: Which country's trends, by its two-letter code: US, GB, CA, AU, IN, JP, DE, FR, BR or MX; worldwide when left out. Example: US.
- view: How much of each item to return. All three cost the same. Values: compact, standard (default), full.
- fields: Return only these fields. Each by its path, such as author.name.
Price: $0.0090 per call. Errors and timeouts are not charged; an empty result is free.
The answer is JSON: data.items holds trend; meta.billing.amount is what this call was charged.
Example:
curl "https://api.dataxapi.com/v1/x/trends/list" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DATAXAPI_API_KEY"
Full reference in Markdown: https://dataxapi.com/apis/x/trends/list.md

Names and identifiers

In Chinese
X 趋势榜 API
Endpoint ID
x.trends.list
Endpoint
GET /v1/x/trends/list
Last checked 2026-10-21 09:10 UTC.View the Markdown versionopenapi.jsonllms.txt

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