Distinct topic records
China trends: August 2026
12,811 distinct topic records appeared across 21 platforms during 16 recorded days in this period.
Coverage: 2026-08-16 to 2026-08-31 / Updated Sep 15, 2026, 5:31 PM CST
Platforms represented
Days with archived observations
What stands out in this dataset
QQ Music contributed the largest number of topic-day records (5,249). A topic appearing on several days is counted once on each observed day in this comparison. This measures collection coverage rather than platform popularity.
The most persistent topic record, The Continent, appeared on 16 recorded days. Different source listings can describe the same event, so topic records are not a count of unique real-world events.
Platform coverage
QQ Music5,249
Bilibili2,371
Baidu Hot Search1,578
Weibo Hot Search1,548
Toutiao1,535
Kuaishou1,482
NetEase News1,438
Douyin1,401
Juejin1,131
Hupu630
Tencent News608
CSDN578
The Paper552
36Kr480
Zhihu Daily480
Guokr417
Xiaohongshu320
SSPAI163
Topics observed on the most days
The Continent
16 days / 1 platform
Leviticus
16 days / 1 platform
I Remember
16 days / 1 platform
Later
16 days / 1 platform
China's Three Major A-Share Indices Open Lower; Zhongji Innolight and Eoptolink Fall Over 10%
16 days / 1 platform
Out of Control
16 days / 1 platform
Love Song
16 days / 1 platform
Prank
16 days / 1 platform
Pixel Beads Can Be Used for Painting Too
16 days / 1 platform
Blue and White Porcelain
16 days / 1 platform
China’s July RatingDog Services PMI was 50.4, down from 54.1 previously
16 days / 1 platform
Dusk
16 days / 1 platform
Category breakdown
Reproduce and cite this report
Download the platform-by-day counts used in this report. Counts include published topics from currently available sources. Missing collection days are not filled with zeros, heat metrics are not compared between platforms, and results may change after corrections.
Download platform coverage CSVSuggested citation: ThreadEast, "China trends: August 2026", https://threadeast.xyz/reports/2026-08. Read the collection methodology.