About Social Media Trends API
Social Media Trends API is a hosted MCP server for querying cross-platform trend signals. It is intended for clients that need weekly histories, growth rates, and live ranked feeds using authenticated requests.
Key features
- 01Weekly trend histories
- 02Percentage growth results
- 03Live ranked trend feeds
- 04Hosted HTTP MCP endpoint
Use cases
- 01Review trends across social sources
- 02Measure keyword growth
- 03Retrieve current ranked feeds
MCP support
Exposes get_trends, get_growth, and get_top_trends to MCP clients at https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp. Requests use a token for authentication.
Configuration
Remote servers need no local install. Pick your client, then copy the config or install in one click.
https://social-media.api.trendsapi.ai/mcpclaude mcp add --transport http ai-trendsapi-social-media https://social-media.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp{"mcpServers":{"ai-trendsapi-social-media":{"type":"http","url":"https://social-media.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"}}}Open in Cursor{"servers":{"ai-trendsapi-social-media":{"type":"http","url":"https://social-media.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"}}}Open in VS Code{"mcpServers":{"ai-trendsapi-social-media":{"type":"http","url":"https://social-media.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"}}}{"mcpServers":{"ai-trendsapi-social-media":{"serverUrl":"https://social-media.api.trendsapi.ai/mcp"}}}Run commands in a terminal; paste JSON into the client’s MCP config and restart. Servers that need sign-in will prompt on first connect.
https://social-media.api.trendsapi.ai/mcpAuth requiredTools
Details
From the project READMERemote MCP server
Hosted MCP at https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp. Same three operations and catalogs as REST. Token: trendsapi.ai/#get-key.
REST contract: trendsapi-ai/trendsapi.
Tools
| MCP tool | REST mode | Required | Returns |
|---|---|---|---|
get_trends | get_time_series | source, keyword | Weekly history |
get_growth | get_growth | source, keyword | Percent change |
get_top_trends | get_top_trends | type | Live ranked feed |
Sources, feeds, and keyword formats: hub keyword sources and live feeds.
app downloads / app rankings still need an Android bundle ID (com.openai.chatgpt).
Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json:
{
"mcpServers": {
"trend-feeds": {
"url": "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp",
"transport": "http",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}
VS Code
.vscode/mcp.json:
{
"servers": {
"trend-feeds": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp",
"headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}
Claude Desktop
{
"mcpServers": {
"trend-feeds": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp", "--header", "Authorization:${AUTH_HEADER}"],
"env": { "AUTH_HEADER": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" }
}
}
}
Claude.ai: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector → https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp.
No local production server in this repo.
License
MIT. See LICENSE.
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