#MLKDay on X: trending history

#MLKDay has trended in 44 locations since 21 January 2019, reaching #3 in Greensboro, United States. It was last on a list 19 January 2026.

First seen
21 Jan 2019
Last seen
19 Jan 2026
Locations
44
Best rank
#3 Greensboro, United States

Biggest days

21 Jan 2019
9 locations
20 Jan 2020
14 locations
21 Jan 2020
15 locations
18 Jan 2021
11 locations
19 Jan 2021
10 locations
19 Jan 2026
19 locations

Where it trended most

Hour by hour on 19 January 2026

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

HourCleveland, United StatesColorado Springs, United StatesColumbus, United StatesDallas-Ft. Worth, United States
10:00#12---
11:00-#7#7#6
12:00----
14:00----

Every time it trended

List updates per year, all locations.

2019
12 updates, 2 days
2020
39 updates, 2 days
2021
21 updates, 2 days
2022
19 updates, 3 days
2023
8 updates, 2 days
2024
6 updates, 2 days
2025
6 updates, 2 days
2026
19 updates, 1 day

Post volume on its busiest days

Highest volume recorded with the trend; 15 days have a figure.

  • 22 January 2019721,296 posts
  • 19 January 2021691,227 posts
  • 21 January 2020630,186 posts
  • 18 January 2022526,952 posts
  • 18 January 2021455,417 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. 4 hours on the lists since then. Counted across 3 spellings.