Social Media Trend Monitoring

Monitor popular content and trending topics across Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok, and generate comprehensive trend reports.

Trigger Conditions

Activate this skill when the user says:

"Check social trends"
"What's trending today"
"Hot topics"
"trending topics"
"Social media trends"
"What's trending on Reddit/TikTok/Instagram"

Workflow

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                Parallel Monitoring of Three Major Platforms                │
├─────────────────┬─────────────────┬─────────────────────┤
│                 │                 │                     │
▼                 ▼                 ▼                     │
┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐              │
│  Reddit   │  │ Instagram │  │  TikTok   │              │
│  Hot Post Search  │  │  Trending Search  │  │  Trending Search  │              │
└─────┬─────┘  └─────┬─────┘  └─────┬─────┘              │
      │              │              │                     │
      ▼              ▼              ▼                     │
┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐  ┌───────────┐              │
│  Extract  │  │  Extract  │  │  Extract  │              │
│  Top 10   │  │  Top 10   │  │  Top 10   │              │
└─────┬─────┘  └─────┬─────┘  └─────┬─────┘              │
      │              │              │                     │
      └──────────────┼──────────────┘                     │
                     │                                    │
                     ▼                                    │
          ┌─────────────────────┐                        │
          │   Compile Cross-Platform Trends     │                        │
          │   Generate Trend Report       │                        │
          └──────────┬──────────┘                        │
                     │                                    │
                     ▼                                    │
          ┌─────────────────────┐                        │
          │   Save Report Locally     │                        │
          └─────────────────────┘                        │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Execution Steps

Step 1: Define Monitoring Scope

Ask or identify from user input:

Target Platforms: Reddit / Instagram / TikTok (all by default)
Focus Areas: Technology, Business, Entertainment, Lifestyle, etc. (optional)
Time Range: Today, This Week, This Month (Today by default)

Step 2: Reddit Trend Monitoring

Search Strategy:

"Reddit trending today"
"Reddit popular posts {focus area} site:reddit.com"
"r/popular top posts today"
"Reddit front page {date}"

Extracted Information:

Post title
Subreddit
Upvotes/Comments count
Post URL
Post time

Output Format:

json

{
  "platform": "Reddit",
  "trends": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "title": "Post Title",
      "subreddit": "r/technology",
      "upvotes": "45.2k",
      "comments": "3.2k",
      "url": "https://reddit.com/...",
      "posted": "8 hours ago"
    }
  ]
}

Step 3: Instagram Trend Monitoring

Search Strategy:

"Instagram trending hashtags today"
"Instagram viral posts {focus area}"
"Instagram explore trending {date}"
"most popular Instagram hashtags {focus area}"

Extracted Information:

Trending hashtags
Hashtag usage/post count
Representative content themes
Top creators (optional)

Output Format:

json

{
  "platform": "Instagram",
  "trends": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "hashtag": "#trending_topic",
      "posts_count": "2.5M posts",
      "theme": "Theme Description",
      "sample_content": "Sample Content Description"
    }
  ]
}

Step 4: TikTok Trend Monitoring

Search Strategy:

"TikTok trending sounds today"
"TikTok viral videos {focus area}"
"TikTok trending hashtags {date}"
"TikTok discover page trends"

Extracted Information:

Trending sounds/music
Trending challenges/hashtags
Video view count level
Trend duration

Output Format:

json

{
  "platform": "TikTok",
  "trends": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "type": "sound/hashtag/challenge",
      "name": "Trend Name",
      "views": "10M+",
      "description": "Trend Description",
      "duration": "trending for 3 days"
    }
  ]
}

Step 5: Cross-Platform Trend Compilation

Analyze data from three platforms to identify:

Common Trends:

Same topics appearing across multiple platforms
Content spreading across platforms

Platform-Specific Features:

Unique hot topics on each platform
Platform-specific content formats

Trend Insights:

Why is this content trending?
How can content creators learn from it?
Where are the brand marketing opportunities?

Step 6: Generate Trend Report

Output a complete Markdown report:

markdown

# Daily Social Media Trend Report

**Generation Time**: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
**Monitored Platforms**: Reddit, Instagram, TikTok
**Focus Area**: [User-specified or "Comprehensive"]

---

## 📊 Trend Overview

| Platform | Top Trending Topic | Popularity Metric |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|
| Reddit | #1 Topic | 45.2k upvotes |
| Instagram | #1 Hashtag | 2.5M posts |
| TikTok | #1 Sound | 10M+ views |

---

## 🔴 Reddit Trending

### Top 1: [Post Title]
- **Subreddit**: r/subreddit
- **Popularity**: ⬆️ 45.2k | 💬 3.2k
- **Link**: [View Original Post](url)
- **Key Insight**: Brief analysis of why it's trending

### Top 2: ...

---

## 📸 Instagram Trending

### Top 1: #hashtag
- **Post Count**: 2.5M posts
- **Theme**: Theme Description
- **Sample Content**: Content format description
- **Creation Suggestions**: How to follow this trend

### Top 2: ...

---

## 🎵 TikTok Trending

### Top 1: [Sound/Challenge Name]
- **Type**: Sound / Hashtag / Challenge
- **Views**: 10M+
- **Duration**: Trending for 3 days
- **How to Participate**: Ways to join the trend

### Top 2: ...

---

## 🔥 Cross-Platform Common Trends

1. **[Topic A]** - Trending on both Reddit and TikTok
   - Reddit Perspective: ...
   - TikTok Perspective: ...

2. **[Topic B]** - Common trend on Instagram and TikTok
   - ...

---

## 💡 Insights and Recommendations

### Content Creators
- Recommendation 1: ...
- Recommendation 2: ...

### Brand Marketing
- Opportunity 1: ...
- Opportunity 2: ...

### Worth Watching
- Emerging Trends: ...
- Predict Next Hot Topic: ...

---

*Report automatically generated by Claude Code social-trend-monitor skill*

Usage Examples

Example 1: Comprehensive Trend Check

User: What's trending on social media today?

Claude:
1. Parallel search for trends across three platforms
2. Extract Top 10 from each platform
3. Analyze cross-platform common trends
4. Generate daily trend report

Example 2: Vertical Field Trends

User: What are people discussing in the tech circle on Reddit and TikTok recently?

Claude:
1. Focus on tech-related keywords
2. Search Reddit r/technology, r/programming, etc.
3. Search TikTok #tech #coding trends
4. Output comparative analysis

Example 3: Content Creation Inspiration

User: I want to make short videos, help me find what content formats are trending on TikTok

Claude:
1. In-depth search for TikTok trends
2. Analyze common features of popular videos
3. Provide specific creation recommendations

Data Storage

Trend reports are saved in:

~/.claude/cache/social-trends/

File naming convention:

trends-{YYYY-MM-DD}.md

Historical trends are available for comparative analysis.

Search Optimization Tips

Use
```
site:reddit.com
```
to limit search scope
Search specific subreddits:
```
r/popular
```
,
```
r/all
```
,
```
r/technology
```
Time restrictions:
```
"today"
```
,
```
"this week"
```

Instagram

Search hashtag report websites for statistical data
Follow meta hashtags like
```
#trending
```
,
```
#viral
```
Combine with field-specific terms like
```
#techtok
```
,
```
#fashiontok
```

TikTok

Search TikTok trend report websites
Follow
```
trending sounds
```
,
```
viral challenges
```
Search TikTok creator analysis content

Dependent Tools

WebSearch: Search for trend information across platforms
WebFetch: Fetch detailed trend page data
Write: Save trend reports

Limitations

Cannot directly access platform APIs, relies on public search results
Instagram/TikTok data may be less complete than Reddit data
Real-time performance is affected by search engine indexing speed
Some platform content requires login to view details

Original Source

Adapted from n8n template:

Template ID: 8450
Original Name: Monitor Social Media Trends Across Reddit, Instagram & TikTok with Apify
Link: https://n8n.io/workflows/8450

social-trend-monitor

NPX Install

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SKILL.md Content (Chinese)

Social Media Trend Monitoring

Trigger Conditions

Workflow

Execution Steps

Step 1: Define Monitoring Scope

Step 2: Reddit Trend Monitoring

Step 3: Instagram Trend Monitoring

Step 4: TikTok Trend Monitoring

Step 5: Cross-Platform Trend Compilation

Step 6: Generate Trend Report

Usage Examples

Example 1: Comprehensive Trend Check

Example 2: Vertical Field Trends

Example 3: Content Creation Inspiration

Data Storage

Search Optimization Tips

Reddit

Instagram

TikTok

Dependent Tools

Limitations

Original Source