Live ranked Reddit Hot Posts as structured JSON through one get_top_trends call. Pair the board with reddit and google search growth follow-ups for the same topics.
Live data as of 2026-08-03
The Reddit Hot Posts API on Trends MCP returns today's ranked hot listing as JSON from one get_top_trends call with type Reddit Hot Posts. From the August 3, 2026 scan (as_of_ts 2026-08-03T04:01:36 UTC), the feed returned 25 posts at limit 25 and offset 0. Rank 16 covered a Ticketmaster monopoly ruling; rank 20 covered Spider-Man: Brand New Day and The Odyssey's $430 million weekend. A free tier covers 100 requests per month. This page shows the exact call, the live board sample, and growth follow-ups that separate Reddit heat from search demand.
From the Trends MCP scan of August 3, 2026, the Reddit Hot Posts board returned these 15 ranked titles (truncated for display):
| Rank | Post title (truncated) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Hamill and his wife Marilou have been married for 47 years (1978) |
| 2 | Favorite actor is against killing children. |
| 3 | Super problem solver. |
| 4 | Young bird thinking food will automatically jump to their mouth |
| 5 | [OC] the kissing couple at Amsterdam Pride |
| 6 | me_irl |
| 7 | Same friend group, 40 years apart |
| 8 | Drivers in Greece have been driving over a collapsed bridge |
| 9 | Sick teacher finished his students grades in hospital |
| 10 | TIL Canada $1 coin is commonly called the loonie |
| 11 | why she tryna flirt |
| 12 | Japanese street photographer Masayuki Oki, Tokyo street cats |
| 16 | Federal jury ruled Ticketmaster is an illegal monopoly |
| 20 | Spider-Man Brand New Day and The Odyssey, $430 million weekend |
| 24 | RFK Jr tells U.S. families to vaccinate children against measles |
The board count was 25. News-adjacent items sat beside image posts: Ticketmaster at rank 16, box-office coverage at rank 20, measles vaccination headlines at rank 24. That mix is why a hot-post pull alone is not a growth story; the next section adds period math.
Two calls cover most Reddit hot-post research. get_top_trends with type Reddit Hot Posts returns the current ranked titles. get_growth with source reddit and a subreddit keyword (no r/ prefix) returns percentage moves across windows such as 7D, 14D, and 30D. Google Search follow-ups use the same keyword shape as any other Trends MCP search query.
{
"type": "Reddit Hot Posts",
"limit": 25,
"offset": 0
}
Pagination uses offset. The August 3, 2026 pull used offset 0 and returned count 25. Raising limit above 25 is allowed up to the API max of 200 when a longer board is needed.
Spider-Man Brand New Day was the clearest cross-platform climber tied to the board. On Google Search, the keyword rose 342.11% over 7 days, 600% over 14 days, and 740% over 30 days (recent value 84.0 on August 1, 2026 versus baselines 19.0, 12.0, and 10.0). On YouTube, the same phrase rose 305.26% over 7 days, 541.67% over 14 days, and 670% over 30 days (recent value 77.0). SummerSlam, which co-dominated entertainment demand the same weekend, rose 240% over 7 days, 466.67% over 14 days, and 750% over 30 days on Google Search.
Ticketmaster told a different story. Google Search for Ticketmaster fell 5.0% over 7 days, 17.39% over 14 days, 26.92% over 30 days, and 36.67% over 3 months, with estimated recent volume 8,400,000 against a 3-month baseline of 13,300,000. News volume for Ticketmaster was mixed: -4.35% over 7 days (388 vs 405 articles), +6.02% over 14 days (388 vs 364), then -24.14% over 30 days (388 vs 510). The narrower phrase Ticketmaster monopoly fell 33.33% over 7 days and 66.67% over both 14 and 30 days on Google Search. A hot Reddit rank does not mean rising search demand.
Subreddit growth calls use source reddit and the community name only. On August 3, 2026, r/movies showed recent_volume 1,273 subscribers in the growth response versus 2,202 seven days earlier (volume_growth -42.19%), with normalized value collapsing from 35.6 to 0.5 (-98.6% over 7 days). r/todayilearned held recent_volume 1,709 versus 1,941 over 7 days (volume_growth -11.95%) and 3,329 over 30 days (volume_growth -48.66%). r/funny recent_volume was 1,026 versus 2,045 over 7 days (volume_growth -49.83%) and 5,224 over 30 days (volume_growth -80.36%). r/news recent_volume was 1,143 versus 1,432 over 7 days (volume_growth -20.18%).
Those volume figures matter more than the extreme percentage swings on the 0-100 index when recent_value sits near zero. Absolute subscriber snapshots keep a quiet board day from being misread as a community collapse.
Social listening teams pull the board once or twice a day to spot narrative posts before they migrate to Google News or X. Entertainment desks watch ranks like 20 when a film weekend is still forming, then confirm with Google Search and YouTube growth before committing coverage. Policy and consumer stories such as Ticketmaster need the same cross-check: Reddit heat without rising search or news volume is often a one-thread event.
A practical loop: call Reddit Hot Posts at limit 25, keep 3 to 5 titles that match the niche, then run get_growth on google search and youtube for each shortened keyword. The August 3, 2026 Spider-Man numbers show when the loop pays off; the Ticketmaster numbers show when it stops a false alarm. For a wider social stack, start from the social media trends API overview, then specialize with this board.
Reddit Hot Posts covers public hot rankings only. Comment volume, vote totals, and private communities are not in this feed. Titles can repeat (ranks 12 and 19 both pointed at Masayuki Oki street-cat photos on August 3, 2026), so dedupe before scoring uniqueness. Growth percentages on reddit can look extreme when the normalized index drops near 0.0 even if thousands of subscribers remain; always read recent_volume beside growth.
Coverage is a daily scan stamped with as_of_ts, not a live websocket. Intraday reshuffles between scans are invisible. For breaking conversation shapes outside Reddit titles, pair this board with X Twitter trending topics or TikTok trends. Do not invent subreddit names from titles; if the response omits the community, treat the title as a topic string for google search or youtube follow-ups.
Sign up on the free tier, copy the API key, and call get_top_trends with type Reddit Hot Posts. Authentication is one bearer header on https://api.trendsmcp.ai. Free tier: 100 requests per month. Starter is $19 per month for 1,000 requests; Pro is $49 for 5,000; Business is $199 for 25,000. See pricing for current numbers and the social media trends API page for the multi-platform path that this Reddit board narrows.
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