Big Data Sources and Finding What's Popular

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Hi Guys

I need to up my game when it comes to "big data", by which I mean finding trends and working out what's popular.

I remember years ago, I subscribed to the Wordtracker newsletter which was a great data source for popular terms and websites (although I think it has changed now).

Anyway, what I want in this thread is suggestions for finding cool data. For example, I recently found:

http://www.trendinalia.com/twitter-trending-topics/globales/globales-141020.html

and I would like to know other sources of data similar to this, e.g. Yahoo Popular searches, Alexa Most Visited list, etc etc

Please post your suggestions in the thread.

Thanks guys

Chris :mrgreen:

 

[scottmccloud]

I presume you already know about http://www.google.com/trends/

 

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I presume you already know about http://www.google.com/trends/

I have visited it a while ago, but not recently, so thanks for the reminder! That's what this thread is about, finding the resources to improve data sources and trend awareness.

Hopefully more people will post so we can build this thread into a valuable resource.

Thanks guys!

 

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OK guys, another one from me, the top UK sites according to Alexa:

http://www.alexa.com/topsites/countries/GB

Please give your further suggestions of useful data sources and let's make this a valuable thread.

Thanks

 

[martin-s]

http://www.semrush.com/uk/info/rank.html

 

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http://www.semrush.com/uk/info/rank.html

Good one, thanks for sharing. More please chaps.

Thanks

 

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Another from me, the Amazon UK Best Sellers:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Sellers-Welcome/zgbs/ref=zg_bsnr_tab

More please guys.

Thanks