Elon on X: trending history

Elon has trended in 296 locations since 16 June 2019, reaching #1 in Russia. It was last on a list today.

First seen
16 Jun 2019
Last seen
7 Nov 2026
Locations
296
Best rank
#1 Russia

Biggest days

2 Jul 2023
53 locations
23 May 2026
58 locations
13 Jun 2026
99 locations
9 Oct 2026
56 locations
10 Oct 2026
60 locations
17 Oct 2026
111 locations

Where it trended most

Hour by hour on 17 October 2026

Its rank on each location's list, by hour (UTC), on its busiest day.

HourAustraliaCanadaSouth AfricaArgentina
00:00#2#6#12#10
01:00----
02:00#4#10#13#29
03:00#3#9#13-
04:00#2#8#15-
05:00#4#7#14-
06:00#10#8#19#20
07:00#11#7#18#19
08:00#7#6#18#19
09:00#5#6#14#18
10:00#9#5#14#20
11:00#11#7#15#19
12:00#9#14#16#21
13:00#7#19#26#24
14:00#7#14#29#26
15:00#7#13#37#24
16:00#10#14#42#27
17:00#12#12#40#29
18:00#10#12--
19:00#8#11--
20:00#9#15--
21:00#9#15#36-
22:00#9#19#33-
23:00#12#18#34-

Every time it trended

List updates per year, all locations.

2019
27 updates, 6 days
2020
68 updates, 25 days
2021
357 updates, 73 days
2022
605 updates, 117 days
2023
748 updates, 163 days
2024
361 updates, 136 days
2025
633 updates, 161 days
2026
1689 updates, 122 days

Post volume on its busiest days

Highest volume recorded with the trend; 693 days have a figure.

  • 6 June 20254,640,000 posts
  • 26 April 20224,368,569 posts
  • 6 November 20242,900,000 posts
  • 7 June 20252,900,000 posts
  • 27 April 20222,803,701 posts

From twtData's records of X trends in 450+ locations: the biggest countries every hour, the rest once a day. An "update" is one snapshot that listed this topic. Rank and hours on the lists count from November 2025, when our snapshots started keeping X's order; earlier days count only for locations and dates. 505 hours on the lists since then. Counted across 8 spellings.