#MOTD on X: trending history

#MOTD has trended in 49 locations since 2 December 2018, reaching #2 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. It was last on a list 25 October 2026.

First seen
2 Dec 2018
Last seen
25 Oct 2026
Locations
49
Best rank
#2 Cardiff, United Kingdom

Biggest days

23 Aug 2026
27 locations
30 Aug 2026
25 locations
6 Sep 2026
26 locations
13 Sep 2026
27 locations
20 Sep 2026
21 locations
25 Oct 2026
27 locations

Where it trended most

  • United Kingdom 253 updates
  • Ireland 73 updates
  • Belfast, United Kingdom 6 updates
  • Blackpool, United Kingdom 6 updates
  • Bournemouth, United Kingdom 6 updates
  • Bristol, United Kingdom 6 updates
  • Cardiff, United Kingdom 6 updates
  • Coventry, United Kingdom 6 updates

Hour by hour on 25 October 2026

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

HourUnited KingdomBirmingham, United KingdomBlackpool, United KingdomBournemouth, United Kingdom
00:00#11---
01:00-#13#13#12
09:00#50---
13:00#30---
14:00#45---

Every time it trended

List updates per year, all locations.

2018
14 updates, 12 days
2019
109 updates, 41 days
2020
62 updates, 32 days
2021
39 updates, 23 days
2022
22 updates, 15 days
2023
49 updates, 22 days
2024
32 updates, 29 days
2025
20 updates, 17 days
2026
167 updates, 17 days

Post volume on its busiest days

Highest volume recorded with the trend; 12 days have a figure.

  • 11 March 2023352,563 posts
  • 12 March 2023195,010 posts
  • 10 March 2023161,155 posts
  • 13 March 202371,151 posts
  • 14 March 202334,013 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. 26 hours on the lists since then. Counted across 4 spellings.