X (formerly Twitter) has become one of the most used platforms by Internet users in recent years for various reasons such as the ease of making communities, for the publication of messages in real time and because through the site you can locate the most talked about topics of the moment, so it is also a meter on how much impact certain titles of series and movies have.
With more than 300 million users, more than 65 million tweets are generated daily and 800 thousand search requests are made, so appearing in the trending box on Twitter guarantees notoriety – for better or for worse – and, in the case of entertainment, that more people show interest in playing a certain production.
Although in the new digital age it could be easy to get lost among so many novelties, the trends of X – which will always be characterized by the use of the famous hashtags – can be a guide on which titles are trendy and unmissable.
These are the most mentioned movies in X today:
1. Mortal Kombat
Mentions: 151
A failed boxer discovers a family secret that leads him to a mystical tournament called Mortal Kombat where he encounters a group of warriors who fight to the death to save the kingdoms from the evil sorcerer Shang Tsung.
2. Dune
Mentions: 111
The son of a noble family tries to avenge his father’s death while also saving a spice-rich planet he’s tasked with protecting. New film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s novels, which were already transferred to the big screen by David Lynch in 1984.
3. Titanic
Mentions: 85
During the work of recovering the remains of the famous Titanic, an elderly American woman contacts the expedition to go to a floating platform installed in the North Sea and attend ‘in situ’ the recovery of her memories. Through his memory we will relive the events that marked the most famous accident of the twentieth century: the sinking of the most luxurious ocean liner in the world, the most sophisticated machine of its time, considered unsinkable, which succumbed to the icy waters of the Atlantic in April 1912, taking with it the lives of fifteen hundred people, more than half of the passengers. In the old woman’s memories there is room for more than tragedy, the love story she lived with a young third-class passenger, an amateur painter who had won his ticket in a game of cards in a tavern in Southampton.
4. The Batman
Mentions: 83
When an assassin targets Gotham’s elite with a series of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues sends Batman on an investigation into the underworld. As evidence begins to close in on his home and the magnitude of the author’s plans becomes apparent, Batman must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit, and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that have long plagued Gotham City.
5. M3GAN
Mentions: 52
A robotics engineer at a toy company builds a realistic doll that begins to take on a life of its own.
6. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Mentions: 50
Fifth installment of the ‘Indiana Jones’ saga.
7. Trolls 3: All Together
Mentions: 42
When Floyd, one of Branch’s brothers, is kidnapped by a pair of evil pop stars to take advantage of his musical talent, Branch and Poppy will have to embark on a journey as terrifying as it is emotional to reunite the family and rescue Floyd from a fate even worse than the heartbreaking oblivion of fans.
8. The Marvels
Mentions: 42
When her duties send her into a wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, the powers of Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel, are intermingled with those of Kamala Khan, aka Mrs. Marvel, and Carol’s niece, now S.A.B.E.R. astronaut, Monica Rambeau. Together, they must save the universe as “The Marvels”.
9. Oppenheimer
Mentions: 37
In times of war, the brilliant American physicist Julius Robert Oppenheimer, at the head of the ‘Manhattan Project’, leads the nuclear tests to build the atomic bomb for his country. Shocked by its destructive power, Oppenheimer questions the moral consequences of its creation. From then on and for the rest of his life, he would strongly oppose the use of nuclear weapons. (FILMAFFINITY)
10. Paw Patrol: The Movie
Mentions: 34
Paw Patrol is on a roll. When Humdinger, his greatest rival, becomes mayor of nearby Adventure City and begins to wreak havoc, Ryder and the heroic cubs set off to take on this new challenge. As one of the pups must confront his past in Adventure City, the team finds help in a new ally, the intelligent dachshund Liberty. Together and armed with exciting new gadgets and equipment, the paw patrol fights to save the citizens of Adventure City.
The trends of X, a meter
Although X has been called the SMS of the internet because of its messages that allow a maximum of 280 characters (originally 140 characters), this is not the only thing to which the success of the social network is attributed, but also the trends.
It was in 2008 when the platform launched this tool and the company’s co-founder, Jack Dorsey, described it as the “evolution of morning information”, because while before a person was aware of the most important news by reading the newspapers or watching morning news, now the trends blog gave X users a glimpse of what was considered important at a given time.
With that first glance, the path was formed that allowed one to “explore” a certain topic of interest, not only seeing the opinions of others, but also participating in the conversation.
Nowadays it is possible to see trends or trending topics at a national and global level.
According to the X page, trends are determined by an algorithm and by default are personalized according to the accounts you follow, your interests, and your location. This algorithm identifies topics that are popular at any given time, rather than those that have been popular for a while or daily, to help you discover the most recent ones that are being discussed.
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