rip trending 

you will be missed

july 18, 2025

We gather here today to lay to rest the Farcaster Trending Feed; beloved by few, gamed by many, ignored by the rest (the 95% of you who never checked it).

Born with noble intentions, the feed aspired to surface the best of Farcaster. Instead, it spent its final days as a popularity contest judged by a select group of accounts with oversized influence and  ̶i̶m̶p̶e̶c̶c̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ questionable taste in inside jokes.

Some posts trended because they were genuinely good. Others… because they were liked by the right four people in a row.

To its credit, the Trending Feed never asked to be worshipped. It didn’t scream “LOOK AT ME.” It just sat there quietly, hidden on mobile where most people never saw it. 

It was buggy. It was exploitable. It was sometimes funny. And occasionally, it even got it right.

Farewell, Trending. You tried your best.

You will not be missed.

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I am the 5% who checked it daily to see if there was something interesting that I may have missed on the feed. 

But it was so random. I’d much rather have a curated feed.

my “miss” part is because i use it to surface fc news, i think that was a good use for it, but other than that i pretty much agree with you

I have thoughts…

https://farcaster.xyz/pichi/0x47fd901f

Starting today, the trending feed will be removed from Farcaster apps. 

Trending was launched a few years ago to help user discovery. Since then we've added better ways to discover users: in-feed suggestions, rewards leaderboards and algo recommendations. 

Fewer than 5% of users check the trending feed everyday, and the algo we use for trending is no longer helpful for discovering new users. In the spirit of simplifying the app, we're removing this feature which has long outlived its purpose.

Missed???😳

Speaking for the 95%😂
Because the 5% who checked it won’t be missing it 😂😂😂