# Track monthly trending topics with Exploding Topics: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across n8n data table. 5 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/track-monthly-trending-topics-with-exploding-topics (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Data collection](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Data+collection#library)

# Track monthly trending topics with Exploding Topics

Started by a clock, and works across n8n data table. 5 steps: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Small

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**5 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 2 Service 2

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Monthly Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Configure API Parameters** Set *Logic*
- 3 **Get Trending Topics from ET API** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **Format Trend Rows** Code *Logic*
- 5 **Save or Update Trends in Data Table** Data Table *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 5
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** n8n data table
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Not long. At 5 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 5 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Ftrack-monthly-trending-topics-with-exploding-topics)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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