Mpesa on X: trending history

Mpesa has trended in 7 locations since 8 December 2018, reaching #7 in Kenya. It was last on a list 28 October 2026.

First seen
8 Dec 2018
Last seen
28 Oct 2026
Locations
7
Best rank
#7 Kenya

Biggest days

9 Dec 2018
1 location
17 May 2019
1 location
3 Mar 2020
1 location
12 May 2022
1 location
24 Aug 2026
6 locations
28 Oct 2026
1 location

Where it trended most

  • Kenya 94 updates
  • Cape Town, South Africa 1 update
  • Durban, South Africa 1 update
  • Johannesburg, South Africa 1 update
  • Port Elizabeth, South Africa 1 update
  • Pretoria, South Africa 1 update
  • Soweto, South Africa 1 update

Every time it trended

List updates per year, all locations.

2018
4 updates, 3 days
2019
15 updates, 9 days
2020
22 updates, 15 days
2021
11 updates, 8 days
2022
12 updates, 8 days
2023
6 updates, 5 days
2024
20 updates, 15 days
2026
10 updates, 2 days

Post volume on its busiest days

Highest volume recorded with the trend; 23 days have a figure.

  • 9 January 202433,400 posts
  • 28 July 202326,000 posts
  • 27 July 202325,000 posts
  • 22 January 202414,600 posts
  • 1 October 202113,463 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. 5 hours on the lists since then. Counted across 7 spellings.