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October 17, 2026

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Preserved ranking signals

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Chinese Music Trends

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

6signals
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China News and Web Trends

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

17signals
netease-news

NetEase News

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

About this platform
5

Chinese source / Guest reading usually available

  1. #5
    High Jump Prince Zhu Jianhua at 63: Looking Older, With His Wife and Child Settled in the United States—How Does He Make a Living?
    OtherMachine translated
  2. #5
    Qin Tan: White House Spokesperson Dismissed After Living in Beijing for Three Years and Disparaging China
    OtherMachine translated
  3. #6
    Shanghai woman obsessed with homemade enzyme drinks stores 30 75-kilogram barrels, filling her home and alarming neighbors
    SocietyMachine translated
  4. #7
    White House press secretary dismissed; she once worked in China, and the key reason for her departure is revealed
    SocietyMachine translated
  5. #7
    Li Bin, He Xiaopeng and Others Speak Out: Three Major Questions Remain About “Tesla Can Fly”
    TechMachine translated
thepaper

The Paper

An internet-native Chinese news outlet known for public-affairs reporting and social topics.

About this platform
2

Chinese source / Guest reading usually available

  1. #5
    Customer Says 14 Tubs of Häagen-Dazs Worth Tens of Thousands of Yuan Melted and Were Damaged; SF Maintains Its 2,000-Yuan Compensation Offer
    BusinessMachine translated
  2. #6
    Second Trial Begins Today in Nantong High School Student's On-Campus Fall Death Case; Whether the School Fulfilled Its Duty of Care Is the Focus
    SocietyMachine translated
toutiao

Toutiao

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

About this platform
4

Chinese source / Guest reading usually available

  1. #5
    Truck Collides with Five Vehicles in Shanghai, Leaving One Dead and Two Injured
    SocietyMachine translated
  2. #5
    Inner Mongolia: Beautiful Autumn at Huangqihai
    OtherMachine translated
  3. #6
    Zhang Xue's Motorcycle Racing Push for a Seventh Championship
    OtherMachine translated
  4. #6
    Why Can Tesla's All-New Roadster Take to the Sky?
    TechMachine translated
baidu

Baidu Hot Search

Baidu's ranked search-topic discovery list. It is distinct from Baidu Index and is not an equivalent Google Trends dataset.

About this platform
4

Chinese source / Guest reading usually available

  1. #6
    Several Banks Step Up Checks on Loans Illegally Flowing into the Stock Market
    BusinessMachine translated
    7.4MSource metric
  2. #6
    Liu Dingshuo and Zhang Jike
    OtherMachine translated
    7.4MSource metric
  3. #7
    Liquor Maker Fined 2.52 Million Yuan for Adding Viagra to Medicinal Liquor
    BusinessMachine translated
    7.3MSource metric
  4. #7
    Man Falls Asleep While Stewing Fish at Dawn; Wakes to Find It Carbonized
    SocietyMachine translated
    7.3MSource metric
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Chinese Tech and AI Trends

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

12signals
sspai

SSPAI

A productivity, software, and digital-lifestyle publication for power users and tool enthusiasts.

About this platform
3

Chinese source / Guest articles; some require sign-in

  1. #5
    Shortcuts You Can Learn: A Beginner’s Guide to Apple’s Productivity Magic
    TechMachine translated
    comments: 1 likes: 6Source metric
  2. #6
    App+1 | Mangata: Turn Every Walk into an Exploratory Journey
    TechMachine translated
    comments: 10 likes: 27Source metric
  3. #7
    More Freedom for Photographers: Austin Mann Reviews the iPhone 18 Pro Camera ExperienceFull Brief
    TechMachine translated
    comments: 6 likes: 24Source metric
csdn

CSDN

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

About this platform
2

Chinese source / Guest articles; some require sign-in

  1. #6
    What Is a Time-Series Database? A 2026 Comparison of Five Industrial Time-Series Databases and Their Use Cases
    TechMachine translated
    7.3KSource metric
  2. #7
    Networking Fundamentals | Stage One: The Network Layer, IP Datagrams, Network Interfaces, and Hop-by-Hop Forwarding
    TechMachine translated
    6.8KSource metric
ithome

IT Home

A fast-moving Chinese IT news site covering gadgets, software, telecom, and consumer technology.

About this platform
4

Chinese source / Guest reading usually available

  1. #6
    Tesla Roadster sports car can fly; He Xiaopeng calls it “very cool,” while NIO’s Li Bin says, “We really don’t have that”
    TechMachine translated
  2. #6
    JAC Motors shares hit the daily limit as three Chinese ministries jointly investigate brake pedal bracket fractures in related vehicles
    BusinessMachine translated
  3. #7
    Dongchedi Denies “All Videos Were Deleted After July”: It Was a Malicious Collage and Urges Users to Verify Information Carefully
    TechMachine translated
  4. #7
    Reports say Apple has sent invitations for October 28, with its first touchscreen MacBook, iPad mini 8, and M6 Mac reportedly on the way
    TechMachine translated
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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.

16signals
weibo

Weibo Hot Search

A Chinese public social network where news, entertainment, creators, and institutional accounts meet in topic-based discussion.

About this platform
4

Chinese source / Sign-in may be required

  1. #5
    Keep Running

    Context: Keep Running is a Chinese reality variety show.

    EntertainmentAI context · definition
    533KSource metric
  2. #5
    Doctor Finds Pubic Lice on a Four-Year-Old Child's Eyelashes
    SocietyMachine translated
    306.7KSource metric
  3. #6
    Li Yunrui Seems to Be Madly in Love with Meng Ziyi
    EntertainmentMachine translated
    291.9KSource metric
  4. #6
    Xu Zhisheng the Prophet
    EntertainmentMachine translated
    464.9KSource metric
zhihu-daily

Zhihu Daily

A curated daily read from Zhihu, focused on explainers and thoughtful answers.

About this platform
2

Chinese source / Guest reading usually available

  1. #5
    What Birds Are Poisonous Like the Legendary Zhen Bird in “Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst”?

    Context: The zhen is a legendary poisonous bird from Chinese tradition.

    CultureAI context · definition
  2. #6
    If Chinese People Dislike Mooncakes for Being High in Oil and Sugar, Why Not Export Them to the United States, Which Loves Sugar-and-Oil Combinations?
    CultureMachine translated
zhihu

Zhihu Hot List

A Chinese Q&A and publishing community, similar to Quora, with personal contributors, professionals, and institutional accounts.

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4

Chinese source / Sign-in may be required

  1. #5
    Are teachers really the people with the least social experience?
    SocietyMachine translated
    4.2M heatSource metric
  2. #5
    Japan Falsely Reported That a Magnitude 9.9 Earthquake Had Occurred. What Could Cause This? What Would a Magnitude 9.9 Earthquake Mean?
    SocietyMachine translated
    2M heatSource metric
  3. #6
    Lee Jae-myung's disruptive push for a “dual-capital relocation” in South Korea would move the Foreign Ministry, Defense Ministry and other agencies out of Seoul and concentrate them in Sejong. What do you think?
    SocietyMachine translated
    2M heatSource metric
  4. #6
    After the Roadster launch, Tesla and SpaceX continued to slide, while Elon Musk's fortune shrank by 528.6 billion yuan in four days. How should this be understood?
    BusinessMachine translated
    3.7M heatSource metric
douban-movie

Douban Movies

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

About this platform
2

Chinese source / Guest reading usually available

  1. #6
    Another Mother
    EntertainmentMachine translated
    5.6Rating
  2. #7
    Hope
    CultureMachine translated
    5.5Rating
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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