Twitter/X Trends Scraper: Trends, Places, Locations & More!

ScrapeBadger provides powerful data extraction capabilities to scrape Twitter/X trending topics, offering an incredibly affordable solution for trend analysis. Get current trends by category (Trending, For You, News, Sports, Entertainment), location-specific trends using WOEID, and discover all available trend locations. All this starts at just $0.20 per 1,000 results.

Stay ahead of the conversation with real-time access to what's trending on Twitter/X. Whether you're monitoring brand mentions, tracking breaking news, analyzing market sentiment, or researching social trends, our tool provides structured trend data for your analysis needs.

What can X Trends Scraper do?

• Effortless Operation: Designed for ease of use, ScrapeBadger requires you to select a Mode and configure optional parameters (e.g., category for "Get Trends", WOEID for "Get Place Trends").
• Comprehensive Trend Data:
  • Get Trends - Fetch current trending topics with tweet counts and context.
  • Get Place Trends - Get location-specific trends using Where On Earth ID (WOEID).
  • Get Available Locations - Discover all locations where Twitter trends are available.
• Multiple Categories:
  • Trending - General trending topics
  • For You - Personalized trends
  • News - News-related trending topics
  • Sports - Sports-related trends
  • Entertainment - Entertainment trends
• Flexible and Structured Output: Data is delivered in Apify's standard Dataset, ready for export in CSV, JSON, etc.
• Enterprise-Grade Reliability: Built on the robust Apify platform for consistent results.
• Cost-Effective Solution: Just $0.20 per 1,000 results.

Why scrape X (Twitter) trends?

• Brand Monitoring: Track when your brand or competitors trend.
• News & Media: Monitor breaking news and emerging stories.
• Market Research: Understand what topics are capturing public attention.
• Social Listening: Analyze trends related to your industry or products.
• Content Strategy: Identify trending topics for content creation.
• Academic Research: Study trend patterns and social phenomena.

How to scrape X trending topics

Mode	Description	Key Input Parameter	JSON Parameter	Optional
Get Trends	Get current trending topics	-	-	category, max_results
Get Place Trends	Get trends for a specific location	WOEID	woeid	-
Get Available Locations	Get all locations with trend data	-	-	max_results

Request and response examples

1. Get Trends

Request:

{
  "mode": "Get Trends",
  "category": "Trending",
  "max_results": 20
}

Response (array of trends):

{
  "name": "#TrendingTopic",
  "query": "%23TrendingTopic",
  "tweet_count": 125000,
  "url": "https://twitter.com/search?q=%23TrendingTopic",
  "domain_context": "Technology"
}

Category Options:

• Trending - General trending topics (default)
• For You - Personalized trends
• News - News-related trends
• Sports - Sports trends
• Entertainment - Entertainment trends

2. Get Place Trends

Request:

{
  "mode": "Get Place Trends",
  "woeid": "23424977"
}

Common WOEID Values:

Location	WOEID
Worldwide	1
United States	23424977
United Kingdom	23424975
Canada	23424775
Germany	23424829
France	23424819
Japan	23424856
India	23424848
Brazil	23424768
Australia	23424748

Response:

{
  "location": {
    "name": "United States",
    "woeid": 23424977
  },
  "trends": [
    {
      "name": "#USATrend",
      "query": "%23USATrend",
      "tweet_count": 85000
    }
  ],
  "as_of": "2025-01-15T12:00:00+00:00"
}

3. Get Available Locations

Request:

{
  "mode": "Get Available Locations",
  "max_results": 500
}

Response (array of locations):

{
  "woeid": 23424977,
  "name": "United States",
  "country": "United States",
  "country_code": "US",
  "place_type": "Country"
}

What data can X Trends Scraper extract?

Trend objects include:

• Core: name, query (URL-encoded search query)
• Metrics: tweet_count (volume of tweets)
• Links: url (link to Twitter search)
• Context: domain_context (topic category)

Location objects include:

• Core: woeid, name
• Geographic: country, country_code
• Type: place_type (Country, City, etc.)

Place Trends response includes:

• Location: Location metadata
• Trends: Array of trend objects
• Timestamp: as_of (when trends were retrieved)

Important Note: To prevent API abuse and ensure fair resource allocation, you will be charged for requests that return an empty results set.

How much does it cost to scrape X trends?

• Real-Time Data: Get the latest trending topics as they happen.
• Location Intelligence: Access trends from any supported location worldwide.
• Multiple Categories: Filter trends by topic type (News, Sports, Entertainment).
• Efficient and Reliable: Built for speed and stability on the Apify platform.
• Unbeatable Value: Just $0.20 per 1,000 results.
• User-Friendly: Easy to configure regardless of technical expertise.
• Seamless Integration: Output data readily available for analysis.

About ScrapeBadger

This actor is powered by ScrapeBadger - a reliable Twitter/X data extraction service.

• Official Website: scrapebadger.com
• Faster Support: Get priority support directly through the ScrapeBadger website
• SDK & API Access: Want to use ScrapeBadger outside of Apify? The Python SDK and REST API are available for direct integration into your own applications

Ready-to-run examples

Each of these is a live, pre-configured task — open one and press Start, no setup:

• Track worldwide trending topics
• Monitor local trends by city
• Build a daily trend archive
• Find trend locations and WOEIDs
• Spot breaking news early

What can you do with X (Twitter) trends data?

Build the trend history nobody publishes

X shows what is trending right now and keeps no archive. Run this on a schedule and you accumulate a historical dataset that cannot be bought or backfilled later.

Breaking news detection

Trends move before headlines do. Polling on a short interval puts you ahead of the newswires on a developing story.

Real-time marketing

Newsjacking only works inside a narrow window. Watching trends per market tells you when to publish and, just as importantly, when the moment has passed.

Regional and cultural comparison

Trends are intensely local. Comparing several WOEIDs shows what travels across markets and what stays domestic — the whole brief for global campaign planning.

Trading and market sentiment

Cashtags and company names appearing in trends signal retail attention shifting, often minutes before the coverage that explains it.

Is scraping X legal?

This Actor requests only public X fields — the same content any logged-out visitor can see. It does not access private accounts, direct messages or anything behind a login.

Results can still contain personal data. Personal data is protected by the GDPR in the European Union and by other regulations around the world. You should not scrape personal data unless you have a legitimate reason to do so. If you're unsure whether your reason is legitimate, consult your lawyers.

Frequently asked questions

What is a WOEID?

A Yahoo 'Where On Earth ID' — the location identifier X uses for trends. Run Get Available Locations to list every city and country it reports, with their WOEIDs.

How often should I run this?

Hourly is plenty for trend archives; every few minutes if you are watching for breaking news. Each run is a single cheap request.

Can I get historical trends?

Not from X — it publishes only the current list. That is exactly why scheduling this Actor is worth doing: you build the history yourself.

Your feedback and support

Found a bug, missing a field, or need a mode that is not here? Open a ticket on the Issues tab, or email support@scrapebadger.com.