How to Scrape and Extract Trending Topics with Airtop Studio

Social media trends evolve rapidly, especially on platforms like X (formerly Twitter), where news, opinions, and discussions happen in real-time. Staying ahead of trending topics is critical for marketers, analysts, and content creators but tracking this data manually is tedious, error-prone, and impractical at scale. Standard scraping or manual tracking techniques can fail due to API limitations, complex authentication methods, and anti-scraping measures like Captchas.

The Extract X Trending Topics automation by Airtop streamlines the process of reliably monitoring and capturing valuable trending data from X. Users can automatically extract a well-structured dataset that includes comprehensive details like topic names, post counts, and associated categories—critical elements for thorough trend analysis. Leveraging Airtop Studio, this automation navigates login barriers effectively, including OAuth and two-factor authentication (2FA), and handles Captcha verifications effortlessly, ensuring continuous and reliable data collection.

By utilizing real browser sessions, Airtop Studio closely replicates human browsing behavior, improving the reliability of extracting accurate trending data while significantly reducing detection risks. Outputting structured JSON data enables seamless integration into your analytics or business intelligence platforms, allowing marketers, researchers, and analysis teams immediate actionable insights into current social dynamics on X.

Who is this Automation for?

• Social Media Analysts monitoring trends for insight and reporting.

• Marketing Professionals seeking real-time idea generation and campaign development.

• News Outlets and Journalists tracking evolving news stories and viral topics.

• Product Teams conducting market research and competitor monitoring.

Key Benefits

• Reliable, structured JSON output for integration into analytics workflows

• Real browser sessions for accurate and secure data extraction

• Seamless login support including OAuth, two-factor authentication, and Captcha handling

• Effortless scalability to automate analysis of high volumes of trending data

Use Cases

• Daily monitoring of trends to inform marketing campaign strategies

• Real-time content ideation based on topics actively discussed on X

• Automated capture of trending hashtags to boost brand visibility

• Competitive analysis by understanding trending discussions in industry segments

• Crisis monitoring by tracking rapid shifts in trending topics and public sentiment

• Journalism support by identifying emerging stories and breaking news

Getting Started with the Extract X Trending Topics Automation

Start reliably capturing trending topics on X in just a few clicks with Airtop.

How the Extract X Trending Topics Automation Works

This Airtop Studio automation initiates real browser sessions, securely authenticates your Airtop profile with X, and seamlessly bypasses Captcha and authentication hurdles. It then systematically navigates X's trending page, extracting up-to-date information such as trending topic names, number of posts, and relevant categories. Upon completion, Airtop generates structured data output in JSON format, immediately ready for further analysis, reporting, or integration into your existing analytics or marketing technology stack.

What You'll Need

• A free Airtop account

• A free Airtop Profile authenticated to X (formerly Twitter) (set up here)

Setting Up the Automation

• Click on Try Automation

• Under Advanced Settings, enter your Airtop Profile name authenticated to X

• Click on Start Session

• Click Run to execute the automation

• Optional: Export to Python or TypeScript by clicking Get Code or integrate with Make or n8n by copying the prompt and JSON schema.

Customize the Automation

This Airtop Studio automation can be easily adjusted to precisely suit your monitoring goals:

• Modify scraping frequency to capture trends multiple times daily for real-time analysis and reaction.

• Select subsets of trend categories, such as politics, technology, or sports, based on relevance to your project.

• Set filters to monitor only topics with a certain threshold of posts, ensuring high-impact trends are prioritized.

Automation Best Practices

• Regularly review your automation schedules to match your team’s analytic needs.

• Create clear naming conventions for Airtop Profiles authenticated to X for easy management.

• Integrate extracted JSON data into visualization tools immediately after extraction to manage real-time decision-making efficiently.

Try this Automation

Quickly capture and harness the latest trending topics from X to enhance your analytics, content strategies, and competitive insight.

Extract X Trending Topics with Airtop Studio.

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