Melbourne Cup on X: trending history

Melbourne Cup has trended in 41 locations since 30 January 2019, reaching #1 in Australia. It was last on a list today.

First seen
30 Jan 2019
Last seen
5 Nov 2026
Locations
41
Best rank
#1 Australia

Biggest days

5 Nov 2019
2 locations
3 Nov 2020
4 locations
2 Nov 2026
9 locations
3 Nov 2026
37 locations
4 Nov 2026
12 locations
5 Nov 2026
8 locations

Where it trended most

  • Australia 77 updates
  • New Zealand 18 updates
  • United Kingdom 11 updates
  • Adelaide, Australia 4 updates
  • Brisbane, Australia 4 updates
  • Canberra, Australia 4 updates
  • Darwin, Australia 4 updates
  • Melbourne, Australia 4 updates

Hour by hour on 3 November 2026

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

HourAustraliaUnited KingdomNew ZealandPerth, Australia
00:00#1#43#6-
01:00---#1
02:00#1---
05:00#2---
06:00#1---
07:00#1---
08:00#1#21--
09:00#1#31--
10:00#2#35--
11:00#2#28--
12:00#2#34--
13:00#2---
14:00#2---
15:00#2---
16:00#2---
17:00#2---
18:00#2---
19:00#2---
20:00#2---
21:00#3---
22:00#2---
23:00#2---

Every time it trended

List updates per year, all locations.

2019
11 updates, 7 days
2020
10 updates, 6 days
2021
6 updates, 5 days
2022
1 update, 1 day
2023
3 updates, 3 days
2024
3 updates, 3 days
2025
1 update, 1 day
2026
131 updates, 8 days

Post volume on its busiest days

Highest volume recorded with the trend; 10 days have a figure.

  • 7 November 202318,200 posts
  • 3 November 202016,522 posts
  • 2 November 202112,726 posts
  • 2 November 202211,130 posts
  • 3 November 202110,248 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. 67 hours on the lists since then. Counted across 2 spellings.