Lingshui Power Grid Weibo Hot Search List

What is the Sina Weibo hot search list (HSL)?

The Sina Weibo Hot Search List (HSL) depicts the popularity ranking of the top 50 hashtags in real-time, according to an algorithm in which the number of searches on the hashtags is dominant. The ranking dynamics on Weibo enables us to investigate the dynamics of popular attention in such details which is not available on other platforms.

What is the Hot Search List on Weibo?

The Hot Search List on Weibo is a section that displays the 50 most popular hashtags in real-time. The hashtags on the HSL, to-gether with their ranks and search volume indices are updated every minute and new popular hashtags may emerge and others vanish.

What are the ranking dynamics on Weibo?

The ranking dynamics on Weibo enables us to investigate the dynamics of popular attention in such details which is not available on other platforms. We will focus on the temporal evolution of this ranking in order to study the attention dynamics.

How popular are hashtags on Sina Weibo?

amics: Old trends vanish and new trends emerge. The search volume for hashtags indicates their popularity and on Sina Weibo this quantity is the main underlying for the ranking list HSL, as reflected in the name of the list. Sina Weibo HSL claims to publish the ranking of the top 50 most popu

Does Weibo HSL have dynamic properties?

Clearly, Weibo HSL belongs to the latter with rich dynamic properties. This ranking provides a proxy for the attention preferences of Weibo users enabling the quanti cation of the dynamics thereof, which re ects the changes in the attention due to events and measures.

What is 'rank diversity' in Sina Weibo HSL?

Instead of capturing the public attention using segmented key words from retrieved posts, we adopted the “rank diversity” measure on Weibo HSL to describe the rank dynamics of real-time popular hashtags which can serve as an indication of public attention in the Sina Weibo system.