3 Websites To Find Hottest Stuff On Twitter

By: Karan Goel | 19th June 2010

Twitter, started as a micro-blog, is now more or less being used as real-time news feeder. The magnitude of the content being posted on the site cannot be defined. Whatever that happens in the world, and that doesn’t :), is first talked about on Twitter.

But, with so much information, it becomes difficult to sort out what you need – based on a topic or popularity. In this article, we’ll take a look at search engines for Twitter that display the most popular stories by the number of retweets or favourites it receives.

TweetMeme

Of the crowd of tons of Twitter search sites, the most popular and influential one is TweetMeme. Stories on TweetMeme can be browsed by the most popular from all categories in the past 24 hours, the past 7 days, or by specific categories including Entertainment, Comedy, Gaming, and Technology amongst others.

Favstar

Another method of tracking popularity on Twitter is keeping track of how many favourites any given tweet has. Favstar does just that. The website gives users a way to pass some free time, reading jokes, interesting witticisms and commentaries on current affairs, and you’ll even find the occasional link to an article or video.

Favstar also has a three lists worth following – Tech and Social Media Tweeters, Celebrity Tweeters and Funny, Entertaining or Insightful Tweeters.

TweetyJobs

TweetyJobs is another site that features job listings mentioned on Twitter. You can search for a specific job title in a specific city or zip code, and filter the results into either listings from corporate sites or Twitter.

How do you find the content that matters to you on Twitter? Let us know in the comments.