# @v: Farcaster removes trending feed as fewer than 5% of users check it daily

Source: https://farcaster.xyz/v/0xddb82a96
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/v-Farcaster-removes-trending-feed-as-fewer-than-5percent-of-users-check-it-daily?index=0x68792ffc012a5750da5955f2d1fc742cd846ca3db77b36dc336395099094475dfcb3a9a0
Submitted by tim on 2025-07-17 UTC, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

## Summary

Farcaster is removing the trending feed from its apps, effective today. The company says trending was launched a few years ago to help user discovery, and that newer tools such as in-feed suggestions, rewards leaderboards and algorithmic recommendations have since taken over that role. It states that fewer than 5% of users check the trending feed daily and that its trending algorithm is no longer helpful for discovering new users, so the feature is being removed to simplify the app.

## Article

Starting today, the trending feed will be removed from Farcaster apps. 

Trending was launched a few years ago to help user discovery. Since then we've added better ways to discover users: in-feed suggestions, rewards leaderboards and algo recommendations. 

Fewer than 5% of users check the trending feed everyday, and the algo we use for trending is no longer helpful for discovering new users. In the spirit of simplifying the app, we're removing this feature which has long outlived its purpose.