X / Twitter
Wemby leads X (Twitter) Trending for October 21, 2026, snapshot 08:01:46.633513, the first new stamp since 18:01:51.542942 dated September 30. All 10 names are new. NBA.com said Oklahoma City beat San Antonio 116-104 on opening night. Victor Wembanyama shot 1-for-13 for 12 points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32. get_growth is skipped: X is not a get_growth source. Flydubai and the two Vaquera hashtags drop off.
Top trending topics on X: October 21
Wemby
Victor Wembanyama nickname at rank 1, new. ESPN said he missed his first 12 shots, then dunked at the third-quarter buzzer, and finished 1-for-13 with 13 rebounds and 6 blocks.
Spurs
San Antonio franchise at rank 2, new. Same 116-104 home loss. NBA.com called it a Western Conference Finals rematch.
Shai
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander nickname at rank 3, new. NBA.com and Yahoo listed 32 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists.
Chet
Chet Holmgren nickname at rank 4, new. ESPN listed 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 blocks on Wembanyama.
EAGLE-4
Model token at rank 5, new. Eagle's blog dated EAGLE-4 to October 20, with 2.74 times vanilla throughput on Nemotron 3.5 Super VL for one request on four B300 GPUs. On this NBA board it may also be a game tag; both readings sit on the same string.
Mara
Aday Mara at rank 6, new. NBA.com said the Thunder rookie logged 7 points in 12 minutes in his debut against Wembanyama.
#VisionQuest
Disney+ series hashtag at rank 7, new. 9to5Marvel said episodes 3 and 4 dropped October 20, with Ultron taking Vision's body at the close of episode 4. Wikipedia pageviews listed VisionQuest at 53187 on October 20.
#ThunderUp
Oklahoma City hashtag at rank 8, new. Pair with ranks 3, 4, 6, and 10 on the same game.
#dwts
Dancing with the Stars hashtag at rank 9, new. No October 21 result was confirmed beyond the ranked row. A October 13 TV roundup had flagged a Super Bowl Night episode.
Jared McCain
Thunder guard at rank 10, new. NBC Sports said he scored 20 points off the bench on 7-of-9 shooting with 6 threes, matching a career high. See the X Twitter Trending API page.
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What changed on X since yesterday
New: all 10 topics. Drop-off: Flydubai, #OlandriaxVaqueraSS27, Kroger, Unites States, WNBA, #VaqueraNYCSS27, ETBs, Family Guy, Omani, Bulletproof. The as_of clock jumped from 18:01:51.542942 on 2026-09-30 to 08:01:46.633513 on 2026-10-21, 21 days.
What today's X topics reveal
The X ten is no longer a September 30 reprint. Eight of 10 strings point at the Thunder-Spurs opener. #VisionQuest and #dwts are the two entertainment tags. Generating call limit is 10. Snapshot type remains X (Twitter) Trending. The lagged Flydubai board is gone after matching October 16 through October 20.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
The ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool with type X (Twitter) Trending and limit 10. Desks tracking this board can poll the same call.
{
"type": "X (Twitter) Trending",
"limit": 10
}
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