There are tools available at no cost to help you discover what is trending.
Identify the most popular and controversial topics and happenings online.
A feed aggregator or reader that allows you to follow and get updated with your favorite websites and blogs.
Easily track trends by typing in a few well chosen keywords.
Monitor a search term or phrase and get an in-depth analysis of the people searching for the specified keywords.
Pew Research: Social & Demographic Trends
A nonpartisan fact tank that identifies issues, attitudes, and trends shaping the world.
Identify the number of times a specified keyword is mentioned, the sources of mentions (i.e., particular social media where the keyword appeared), and top hashtags used with the keyword.
A number of free publications focused on identifying and discussing trends.
This publication's detailed indexing helps to quickly find the news information you need. Each issue is indexed thoroughly, so you have access to not only top news stories but also the information contained on the various sections of the paper. The indexing covers not only complete bibliographic information but also companies, people, products, etc.
