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September 21, 2026

A preserved view of the public China internet signals recorded by ThreadEast for this day.

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Chinese Music Trends

Popular-song charts, streaming rankings, and youth music culture from China's major music platforms.

6signals
qq-music

QQ Music

Tencent’s mainstream music streaming service and one of China’s largest digital music platforms.

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  1. #40
    Preference
    EntertainmentMachine translated
  2. #41
    Ten Years
    EntertainmentMachine translated
  3. #42
    Bad Girl
    EntertainmentMachine translated
  4. #43
    Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies
    EntertainmentMachine translated
  5. #44
    Moment
    EntertainmentMachine translated
  6. #45
    Won't Settle
    EntertainmentMachine translated
Category

China News and Web Trends

Search, portal, internet-native news, and creator-media trend lists from China's public web.

22signals
toutiao

Toutiao

ByteDance’s algorithmic news and content feed, driven by personalized recommendations and creator posts.

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  1. #40
    Luxury Gas-Powered Cars See Across-the-Board Price Cuts of Nearly Half
    BusinessMachine translated
  2. #40
    The Whole Crowd Sings Along to Chyi Chin's "The World Outside"
    EntertainmentMachine translated
  3. #41
    Sales of Mooncake Gift Boxes Priced Above 1,000 Yuan Fall by About 76%
    BusinessMachine translated
  4. #41
    South Korea's men's basketball team won the Asian Games and was exempted from military service
    OtherMachine translated
  5. #42
    Mourinho shows controversial foul photos at press conference
    OtherMachine translated
  6. #42
    46-Year-Old Man Diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease
    SocietyMachine translated
  7. #43
    All Four Major A-Share Indexes Rise
    BusinessMachine translated
  8. #43
    Media: Does It Take Just One Trending Search to Force a Company Out of Business?
    BusinessMachine translated
  9. #44
    Ren Zeping: AI Is Exploding
    TechMachine translated
  10. #44
    How Can China’s Men’s Basketball Team Bring About “Systemic Change”?
    EntertainmentMachine translated
  11. #45
    How to Preserve the Value of Your Savings
    BusinessMachine translated
  12. #45
    Multiple Energy Routes in Crisis as Global Stagflation Risks Rise
    BusinessMachine translated
baidu

Baidu Hot Search

China’s dominant search engine trend list, similar to Google Trends plus real-time search buzz.

5
  1. #41
    New Zealand Warship Transits Taiwan Strait, PLA Monitors
    SocietyMachine translatedSource metric 4069142
  2. #42
    Nagoya Asian Games Miscounted China's First Gold
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 3985067
  3. #43
    Extra-Long Egg Tart Gets a Strong Rival: Extra-Long Roujiamo
    CultureMachine translatedSource metric 3882456
  4. #44
    Woman Chases Elderly Person with Knife; Shop Owner Disarms Her Barehanded
    SocietyMachine translatedSource metric 3814296
  5. #45
    “Moutai of Apparel” Biemlfdlkk Gross Margin Reaches 75.88%
    BusinessMachine translatedSource metric 3703787
netease-news

NetEase News

A major portal-style news and commentary app with strong internet-media distribution.

5
  1. #41
    Decision on Countermeasures Against Applied DNA Sciences and Five Other U.S. Entities
    SocietyMachine translatedSource metric 0
  2. #42
    Xi'an Reports on Dispute Between SEG Mall and Person Who Fell
    SocietyMachine translatedSource metric 0
  3. #43
    Yu Donglai Says He Won't Help Companies for Three Years, Will Stop All Business Expansion After 2030
    BusinessMachine translatedSource metric 0
  4. #44
    Hongguo Denies 40,000 Yuan Daily Pay Cap for Short-Drama Actors
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 0
  5. #45
    Property Fee Hike Wins 90% Owner Support, Challenging the 'Property Managers Are the Enemy' Myth
    SocietyMachine translatedSource metric 0
Category

Chinese Social Media Trends

Q&A boards, lifestyle communities, forums, movie lists, and other places where Chinese internet users discuss what is trending.

12signals
weibo

Weibo Hot Search

China's largest public microblogging network, where breaking news, entertainment, and public conversation move quickly.

12
  1. #40
    A store manager who has worked in Xibei for 6 years will resign.
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 95240
  2. #40
    Chinese women's volleyball team defeated Thailand women's volleyball team 3-2
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 183235
  3. #41
    Zhang Ziyi's Face
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 95067
  4. #41
    Ma Ning uses Honor Magic 9 to get yellow cards online
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 183234
  5. #42
    Zhang Jiaqi’s mother asks to buy a house in Beijing
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 94774
  6. #42
    An Indian couple came home late and were surrounded and raped by many people
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 183233
  7. #43
    Xu Song’s fan filter is broken
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 179180
  8. #43
    Teacher-student love does not exist between in-service teachers and students
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 94212
  9. #44
    My mom retired and became a wildlife photographer
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 179041
  10. #44
    Zhang Jiaqi Refuses to Play Along with the Show of Mother-Child Harmony
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 94122
  11. #45
    Internet celebrity Han Hyuna in Shencheng attracts attention by splashing at the entrance of University
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 178935
  12. #45
    Mbappe Atletico Madrid
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 93838
Category

Chinese Video Platform Trends

Short-video, long-video, and creator-community rankings from major Chinese video platforms and online culture hubs.

15signals
bilibili

Bilibili

China’s youth-oriented video community, similar to YouTube with stronger anime, gaming, and creator subcultures.

5
  1. #41
    November's Three-Way IP Showdown: WoW Players Must Choose WoW
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 136507播放
  2. #42
    Arknights: Endfield "Snowy Dreams" Version Update Details
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 302862播放
  3. #43
    When Bro Tells the Truth in a Job Interview
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 1098255播放
  4. #44
    10 Minutes, 6 Dishes? Taking on the World Championship's Toughest Challenge!
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 171424播放
  5. #45
    Yu-Made Moments Episode 19: Indoor Surfboard Adventure Begins
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 11789播放
douyin

Douyin

China’s short-video and live-content platform, sister product to TikTok.

5
  1. #41
    Don't Let Work Make You Forget Life
    SocietyMachine translatedSource metric 7681355
  2. #42
    2026 Douyin Creator Conference
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 7677720
  3. #43
    Striped control goes out on the street ootd
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 7677489
  4. #44
    Your existence to me is only about you and me
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 7672689
  5. #45
    Naruto mobile game new skin review
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 7665784
kuaishou

Kuaishou

A short-video and livestreaming platform with strong everyday-life, regional, and creator-economy communities.

5
  1. #41
    2026 Chongqing Motorcycle Expo officially opens
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 893.6万
  2. #42
    Apple 18Pro and 17Pro are like twins
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 891.3万
  3. #43
    KPL Players' Form at the Asian Games
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 888.4万
  4. #44
    Little Warrior No. 8 Appears on a Giant Screen in Hangzhou
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 885.8万
  5. #45
    Why five-nut mooncakes have not been eliminated
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 883.7万
Category

Chinese Tech and AI Trends

Developer communities, tech media, product sites, AI discussion, and IT boards from China's internet.

5signals
juejin

Juejin

A developer and tech-writing community, similar to DEV.to for Chinese engineers.

5
  1. #41
    Switching from ZCode to DeepSeek Harness: Building Windows Packages with GitHub Actions
    TechMachine translatedSource metric 热度:72
  2. #42
    AI Begins Improving Itself: Zhipu Triples Efficiency in Two Weeks on a 100,000-GPU Cluster
    TechMachine translatedSource metric 热度:72
  3. #43
    From Assembly Lines to Metro Networks: Why Complex AI Systems Use Multiple Agents (Part 1) — An Introduction to LangGraph
    TechMachine translatedSource metric 热度:72
  4. #44
    September LLM Rankings: A New No. 1, But Developers Should Look Elsewhere
    TechMachine translatedSource metric 热度:72
  5. #45
    One Open Source Project a Day #220: WeKnora, Tencent's Enterprise Knowledge Framework from RAG Q&A to Self-Evolving Wikis
    TechMachine translatedSource metric 热度:72