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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 Social Media Trends

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

19signals
zhihu

Zhihu Hot List

China’s largest Q&A community, similar to Quora.

5
  1. #8
    Driver Arrested After Roadside Warning Rope Fatally Strangles Passing Woman: Legal Analysis
    SocietyMachine translatedSource metric 61 万热度
  2. #8
    How do you think Hu Ge’s film career is not going smoothly? He is so popular with the public, why does he keep losing money at the box office?
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 188 万热度
  3. #9
    The hero of No. 1 Middle School dropped out of school, what do you think?
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 168 万热度
  4. #10
    Is the toilet for foreigners called "WC"?
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 59 万热度
  5. #10
    Why did Sun Wukong bow to the Taiyin Star Lord?
    CultureMachine translatedSource metric 164 万热度
douban-movie

Douban Movies

China’s influential film-rating and cinephile community, similar to Letterboxd plus IMDb ratings.

2
  1. #9
    Da Meng
    EntertainmentMachine translatedRating 8.2
  2. #10
    A Guide to Failed Time Travel
    EntertainmentMachine translatedRating 6.5
weibo

Weibo Hot Search

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

4
  1. #9
    Chinese women's volleyball team advances to Asian Games finals
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 340781
  2. #9
    Pan Zhanle felt like he was going to lose before the last meter.
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 232275
  3. #10
    Atletico Madrid 2-1 Real Madrid
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 212685
  4. #10
    Chen Yao's Mother Defends Zhang Jiaqi Four Times
    EntertainmentMachine translatedSource metric 328732
Category

Chinese Tech and AI Trends

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

17signals
csdn

CSDN

One of China’s largest developer portals for programming articles, Q&A, and technical community content.

6
  1. #9
    Deploy Excalidraw with Docker and Configure Fixed Public Access
    TechMachine translatedSource metric 6174
  2. #9
    [Computational Geometry] Clipper Offsetting
    TechMachine translatedSource metric 1.0w
  3. #10
    PyTorch reinforcement learning in action - distributed policy gradient
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 5856
  4. #10
    C++20 template metaprogramming 05: Understand the variable parameter template and unlock the ability of universal parameters during compilation
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 1.0w
  5. #11
    Complete Guide to Choosing a Time-Series Database: Apache IoTDB in Industrial Big Data
    TechMachine translatedSource metric 1.0w
  6. #11
    How to reappear the weak network problem of App stably? Use Raspberry Pi + ATC to build a controllable test gateway
    OtherMachine translatedSource metric 5748
guokr

Guokr

A science and knowledge community known for popular science, rational discussion, and explainers.

3
  1. #9
    The King of England convened an AI safety summit; OpenAI released a report on a model out of control; a new cat species was discovered in Bolivia
    TechMachine translated
  2. #10
    A thing that may cause premature puberty in children, many people use it when washing their children...
    OtherMachine translated
  3. #11
    DLSS 5 Pushes GPUs to the Limit, but Nvidia Says It Matters
    TechMachine translated
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China News and Web Trends

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

13signals
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Chinese Video Platform Trends

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

9signals
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Chinese Music Trends

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

2signals
qq-music

QQ Music

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

2
  1. #9
    Lover
    EntertainmentMachine translated
  2. #10
    What I Miss
    EntertainmentMachine translated