USSD on X: trending history

USSD has trended in 14 locations since 19 October 2019, reaching #3 in South Africa. It was last on a list 4 November 2026.

First seen
19 Oct 2019
Last seen
4 Nov 2026
Locations
14
Best rank
#3 South Africa

Biggest days

20 Oct 2019
3 locations
6 Dec 2025
7 locations
12 Dec 2025
1 location
13 Dec 2025
7 locations
16 Jun 2026
3 locations
5 Oct 2026
3 locations

Where it trended most

  • South Africa 36 updates
  • Kenya 10 updates
  • Nigeria 9 updates
  • Cape Town, South Africa 2 updates
  • Durban, South Africa 2 updates
  • Johannesburg, South Africa 2 updates
  • Mombasa, Kenya 2 updates
  • Nairobi, Kenya 2 updates

Hour by hour on 13 December 2025

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

HourSouth AfricaDurban, South AfricaJohannesburg, South AfricaPort Elizabeth, South Africa
00:00#8---
05:00-#9#9#8
08:00#6---
11:00#6---

Every time it trended

List updates per year, all locations.

2019
6 updates, 3 days
2020
8 updates, 4 days
2021
6 updates, 5 days
2023
1 update, 1 day
2024
2 updates, 2 days
2025
45 updates, 19 days
2026
7 updates, 3 days

Post volume on its busiest days

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

  • 21 October 201930,679 posts
  • 17 March 202123,872 posts
  • 20 October 201922,180 posts
  • 16 March 202110,184 posts
  • 12 December 20259,418 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. 17 hours on the lists since then. Counted across 4 spellings.