You may have heard your elder sibling or parent saying that this or that has been in the mainstream news around the world, or some event is the talk of the town, you may have wondered how did they know about it. Well, maybe they found out from the newspaper, TV, social network, etc., but you can also get to know what is trending around the different parts of the world in just a few seconds through Global trend tracker — an interactive 3D global map that allows visitors to see the hot and trending news, events, etc., across the countries of the world.

The site is fun to visit not only for knowledge but also for information related to social studies, world cultures and languages as one can see what people in various parts of the world are interested in and following on Google. According to the creators of the Global trend tracker, the data on the 3D world map has been taken from Google Hot Trends.

While users can easily navigate the world by zooming in and out, going up and down, right or left by using the wheel and right click of the mouse and select any country on the map; there is also a drop down menu at the right, where one can select the country, colour of the ocean, its opacity and background colour white, black or stars. This gives the site quite a live feel as users can see the Earth revolving with a custom background of one’s choice.

One can see the trending headlines appear on the countries while the Earth keeps spinning in the sky; by clicking any region, the most read and searched news list appear at the left; click on any news and a drop down brief detail of that news appears so that one can go through it instantly without leaving the main page.

For children and even grownups this 3D interactive world map is a sure way to know instant hot and trending topics around the world. Perhaps you don’t know what is hot these days, let me tell you the ‘most’ trending in ‘most’ countries these days is “X-Men Apocalypse,” you can find out more on http://neomam.com/interactive/trendmap

Published in Dawn, Young World, May 28th, 2016