Trending
AdminCP > Logs > Search Analytics > Trending. Queries whose volume is rising fast relative to their own recent history.
Periods
Three independent snapshots:
| Period | Compares |
|---|---|
| Day | Today's volume against the average of the previous four days. |
| Week | This week's volume against the average of the previous four weeks. |
| Month | This month's volume against the average of the previous four months. |
All three snapshots are refreshed once a day by the Trending cron entry. Switching the period selector loads the matching snapshot from xf_mc_sa_search_trending_snapshot.
Candidacy
A query is considered for trending only when:
- Enable trending detection is on.
- The query reached at least Minimum searches for trending in the current period (default 5).
- The query has at least one prior period of aggregate data to compare against.
Queries that have never been seen before are excluded by candidacy rule 3, even if their current count is large. This is intentional: a one-off spike from a single visitor would otherwise dominate the list.
List columns
| Column | Notes |
|---|---|
| Query | Normalised query. Click to open the query detail view. |
| Current | Volume in the current period. |
| Baseline | Average volume across the previous four periods. |
| Velocity | Multiplier of current over baseline. |
When the list is empty
- Trending detection is disabled.
- The Trending cron entry has not yet run a full pass.
- No query in the current period cleared Minimum searches for trending.
- Every candidate's prior periods were empty (no baseline to compare against).