Staying ahead of the curve is about knowing where to look at the data. As we navigate the rapidly evolving worlds of AI, visual design, and development, having a "source of truth" is essential.
I’ve compiled a comprehensive list of some of the places to track what's trending right now, from GitHub repositories to aesthetic shifts in the digital ecosystem.
Whether you're tracking the latest open-source projects or monitoring adoption of new image generation models on Google Trends, these are a snapshot of useful URLs.
Find out what's trending:
Development & Tech Stacks
StackShare Trending Tools:
https://stackshare.io/tools/trending BuiltWith Trends:
https://trends.builtwith.com/
GitHub & Open Source Monitoring
GitHub Official Trending Repositories:
https://github.com/trending
Hugging Face & AI Models
Trending Models:
https://huggingface.co/models?p=1&sort=trending Trending Spaces (Live AI Demos):
https://huggingface.co/spaces
Google Trends
Google Trends Home:
https://trends.google.com/trends Daily Trending Searches (US):
https://trends.google.com/trends/trendingsearches/daily?geo=US&hl=en-US AI Art Comparison (Dalle, Midjourney, Nano Banana, Krea, Stable Diffusion):
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=dalle,%2Fg%2F11t4b6xmqk,%2Fg%2F11tcd8vgn9,%2Fg%2F11k3y0ny0s,Krea Open AI vs. Gemini vs. Copilot vs. ChatGPT vs. Claude:
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&geo=US&q=%2Fg%2F11bxc656v6,%2Fg%2F11t4b6xmqk,%2Fg%2F11tcd8vgn9,%2Fg%2F11tsqm45vd,%2Fg%2F11ts49p01g Video Generation (Runway, Luma, Sora):
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&q=%2Fg%2F11hdqhbfk9,Luma%20AI,Krea%20AI,krea,%2Fg%2F11vsvt34wr Prompt Engineering & Logic:
https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=now%207-d&q=%2Fg%2F11tx5bjvbq,soft%20prompt%20tuning,few%20shot%20prompting,zero%20shot%20prompting,mega%20prompt&hl=en
Visual & UX Trends
Creative Market Trends:
https://creativemarket.com/trends/ Getty Images Creative Insights:
https://creativeinsights.gettyimages.com/en/trends Freepik Visual Trends:
https://www.freepik.com/blog/current-photography-techniques/
Data & Market Reports
Exploding Topics:
https://explodingtopics.com/blog/trending-topics Semrush AI SEO Statistics:
https://www.semrush.com/blog/ai-seo-statistics/ DataCamp State of Data and AI Literacy:
https://www.datacamp.com/blog/the-state-of-data-and-ai-literacy-in-2026-definitions-statistics-and-the-ai-skills-gap AI Rankings (Top 250 Tools):
https://airankings.co