Twitter is a place where enormous topics are discussed at a single time. Just with a hashtag and @, you can be a part of your favorite topic discussion. But with the number of topics, it can be overwhelming to follow. In such cases, you might want to follow only topics of your interest.
And, this is where Twitter topics come in. Following topics on Twitter is a great way to keep a check on things that are relevant and of interest to you. Twitter topics help you to find what’s most relevant to you from time to time. Twitter introduced this feature in “2019”.
The significance of this feature is to give you a more personalized feed. To show you only those topics which are relevant to you. In, this article we will tell you how you can do this.
What are Twitter Topics?
Twitter Topics are a way for Twitter to help you find relevant content. They are a way for Twitter to help you find the most important and interesting conversations on Twitter.
Twitter Topics are curated by humans and algorithms, and they change every day.
Twitter designed the Topics concept so that users can find more useful and related content to the topic. If you follow a specific topic on Twitter, it allows you to stay informed on what’s happening and see more related and relevant content, including tweets, events, and announcements about the topic.
Following topics on Twitter helps you to see the contents in which you are interested, spam and misleading content is reduced.
How do Twitter Topics work?
Every day or even every second new topic are being added on Twitter. Twitter selects new topics on the basis of conversation that is happening on Twitter. Twitter selects topics that are healthy and have volume.
The volume of a topic is decided by how many times it has been retweeted, replying, and likes on the tweets that are about that topic. Twitter selects topics that are broader and reflect the behavior of people in the conversation.
When you follow a new topic on Twitter, Twitter personalizes your feed according to that topic. Twitter makes sure that the topic is healthy that is they don’t have any abusive or explicit content.
How to Follow Topics on Twitter
There are two ways to follow a topic, Both ways are easy and quick. To follow a topic follow the steps mentioned below.
From your home timeline
STEP 1: When you are scrolling through your Twitter home timeline, Twitter may suggest a topic for you to follow.
STEP 2: Click on the follow button that is beside the suggested topic to follow the topic.
From your Topics menu
STEP 1: Go to the more icon and click on the topic option.
STEP 2: From the page that opens, go to the suggested page.
STEP 3: Topics will appear here, you can select and follow the topics that you want to follow.
If you are not interested in some topic, click on the cross option, that topic will appear under the Not interested category of topic.
How to See the Topics You Follow on Twitter
You can follow any topic that is in your interest and in which you have an interest. You can view the topics that you follow easily, you just need to do a few clicks.
Step 1- Go to more icons (three dots) and select the topic option.
Step 2- On the popup menu that appears, click on the topic option.
All the topics that you have followed will appear here.
How to Unfollow a topic on Twitter
You may have decided to unfollow a topic when that topic doesn’t seem relevant to you anymore.
To Unfollow a topic is as simple and quick as following it. There are two ways to unfollow a topic.
From your home Timeline
STEP 1: In your home timeline, go to any tweet of the topic that you are following.
STEP 2: Now, click on the topic, this will take you to the topic page.
STEP 3: Click on the following button, to unfollow the topic.
From your Topics
STEP 1: If you are using Twitter on mobile, click on Topics in your profile icon menu. If you are using Twitter on the web, click on the more icon and select the Topics option.
STEP 2: This will take you to all the topics that you follow.
STEP 3: Click on the cross icon next to the topics to unfollow them.
How to See the Topics Someone follows on Twitter
Twitter allows users to see the topics of someone they follow. Topics that you follow on Twitter are public, that is anyone who follows you can see the topics that you follow.
To view the topics that someone follows, go to their profile.
Click on the More icon at the top of their profile and select the view topics option.
How to Find the top trending topics Twitter website right now?
Every day new topics are trending on Twitter. It’s not easy to find which topic is trending between all the spam and misleading tweets.
To find which topic is trending on Twitter, all you need to do is some clicks and you will be able to see what’s trending.
STEP 1: Open Twitter and login into your Twitter account using your login credentials.
STEP 2: Open the Explore Tab and select the #Explore option.
STEP 3: Go to the trends section and here, you would be able to see all the trending topics and you can follow them here.
How to See Trending Topics on Twitter App
To find the trending topics on the mobile application just follow the steps mentioned below.
STEP 1: Open your Twitter app and login into your account using your username and password.
STEP 2: Go to the explore tab and click on the magnifying glass icon from the menu bar.
STEP 3: Here you can see a current list of trending topics on Twitter.
How to Get Twitter to Stop Suggesting Topics
Twitter keeps Suggesting Topics that are of your interest and according to what tweets you are retweeting and your likes and replies on tweets of your interest. But sometimes these suggestions are not right and not in your interest.
Also, the suggestions are of something that is not useful to you or something that you previously liked but now have no interest in. To remove these notifications, follow the steps mentioned below.
STEP 1: Tap on your profile picture.
STEP 2: Click on the settings and privacy option.
STEP 3: In the menu that appears, click on the notification option and then select the preferences option.
STEP 4: Tap on the push notifications option and scroll down to the Twitter section.
STEP 5: Now, deselect the topic option under it and that’s it, you won’t get suggestions anymore.
How to Mute Topics on Twitter
Sometimes you may get too many notifications about topics that can be annoying and distracting you. But there are times when you don’t want to unfollow that topic because that topic is of interest to you.
The solution to this problem is that you can mute that topic. Muting any topic will prevent any notification from the topic whatsoever. You can mute any topic by following the steps mentioned below.
STEP 1: Go to your notifications tab and click on the gear icon.
STEP 2: Select muted words and click on the plus icon.
STEP 3: Type in the topic that you want to hide. And select whether to enable this in-home timeline or notifications or both.
STEP 4: Then select for how long? And choose between forever, 24 hours from now,7 days from now, or 30 days from now.
STEP 5: Tap save and you will see a muted icon next to the topic.
Twitter Topics Not Working? What to do?
There can be various reasons when your Twitter topic may not work. You may not be able to see the trending topics or the topics are not showing the relevant amount of content on it.
This problem can arise due to various reasons, it may be because of a problem in the server, or you may have changed your preferences.
If any of the mentioned happens you may need to refresh your site if you are using Twitter on desktop or you may need to restart your app if you are using it on Android/iOS.
You can also contact Twitter support to help you with the issue.
Best Topics to Post on Twitter
There are many things that you can post on Twitter. There is no foundation on what you post until it follows the Twitter guidelines.
Anything you post can become a topic if it gets retweeted many times so that twitter recognizes it as a trending topic. Some of the things that you can post on Twitter is:
- Current affairs and Political news
- GIFs and memes
- Brand announcement
- Blogging content
- Events
Does Twitter Repeat Trending Topics
Twitter works on an algorithm that powers Twitter topics. This machine-learning algorithm suggests a topic based on what it thinks someone likes. Twitter shows trending topics based on your location.
So it may be possible that Twitter may sometimes repeat some trending topics because it’s all decided by the algorithm, even Twitter is also analyzing what its algorithm will surface. So it’s possible that a trending topic may get repeated.
