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China trends: September 2026

English reading guides, names and explanations preserved during this period, with original sources.

23,405 distinct topic records appeared across 20 platforms during 30 recorded days in this period.

Ranking coverage: 2026-09-01 to 2026-09-30 / Updated Oct 1, 2026, 12:00 AM CST

23,405

Distinct topic records

20

Platforms represented

30 / 30

Days with archived observations

What stands out in this dataset

QQ Music contributed the largest number of topic-day records (9,807). A topic appearing on several days is counted once on each observed day in this comparison. This measures collection coverage rather than platform popularity.

Among non-music records, Night King appeared on 30 recorded days. Different source listings can describe the same event, so topic records are not a count of unique real-world events.

Platform coverage

Topic-day records by platform; exact counts accompany every bar.
QQ Music9,807
Bilibili4,653
Baidu Hot Search3,006
Weibo Hot Search2,987
Toutiao2,963
Kuaishou2,811
NetEase News2,756
Douyin2,599
Juejin2,104
Zhihu Hot List1,696
Hupu1,206
Tencent News1,157
The Paper1,065
CSDN1,042
Zhihu Daily908
Guokr813
Xiaohongshu600
SSPAI308
Douban Movies305
NetEase Cloud Music30

Topics observed on the most days

Selected recurring records within each topic area, ordered by recorded days, platform count, then most recently first observed. First observed is a collection date, not a publication date. Technology, business and news have separate selections; music-chart records appear below. These selections are not a single overall ranking or verified news summaries.

Technology & AI

Business & economy

News & society

Culture, science & curiosities

Entertainment beyond music charts

Night King

First observed: 2026-08-31 (CST)

30 recorded days / 1 platform

Other discussions

冠军经理

First observed: 2026-08-23 (CST)

20 recorded days / 1 platform

Music chart records

Music-only records are listed separately and remain included in the complete coverage totals and downloads. Repeated chart entries do not establish continuing public attention.

Chengdu

30 recorded days / 1 platform

Category breakdown

Entertainment trends: 6,377 recordsOther trends: 5,656 recordsSociety trends: 5,483 recordsTechnology trends: 2,341 recordsBusiness trends: 1,887 recordsCulture trends: 1,661 records

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 CSV

Suggested citation: ThreadEast, "China trends: September 2026", https://threadeast.xyz/reports/2026-09. Read the collection methodology.

Source archives

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