'Trending Ngayon': World Cup, BTS Jin and top Christmas songs

On SBS Filipino's newest segment every Sunday, we learn about the most 'trending topics' everyone is talking about online worldwide, as well as in Australia and the Philippines. Find out in 'Ito ang Trending Ngayon'.

'Trending ngayon': With almost 3-million combined Tweets, FIFA World Cup tops the most trending topic worldwide; in the Philippines, #HappyBirthday and #JINDAY garnered over half a million tweets as the BTS band vocalist Kim Seok-Jin celebrates his birthday today; for many Filipinos in Australia, OPM Christmas songs remain top choice. Credit: SBS/Big Hit Music from BTS (on Twitter) and SBS Filipino

Key Points

• World Cup match between Argentina and Socceroos is in this week's top 5 with a combined total of almost 2.3 million tweets, particularly relating to #ArgentinaAus, #Socceroos, #Argentina, #Messi and #FIFAWorldCup.
• In the Philippines, #HappyBirthdayJin and #JINDAY are among the most popular tweets; 8 out of 10 topics talk about the famous BTS vocalist Kim Seok-Jin.
• The song 'All I want for Christmas' remains number 1 topic relating to Christmas in the last 52 weeks; but for many Filipinos in Australia, OPM Christmas songs remain popular.

Hot trending topics online, are they popular too among Filipinos in Australia?

FIFA World Cup remains in top 10 trending topics this week.

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