Trending people and trending tags are indicators of a broadcaster's popularity on YouNow.
As users and tags become more popular, they move up the trending list to become more easily discoverable to viewers. Broadcasters and hashtags on YouNow trend through a combination of factors, including but not limited to:
- Total broadcast likes
- Broadcast activity (chat, giving stickers and bar-based gifts, etc.)
- Number of viewers
- How quickly likes accumulate
- Broadcast length