Trending · week of Aug 24–Aug 30, 2026
Frozen edition, published Sep 2. Numbers never change after publishing.
Hot jobs & titles
title families, not individual postings| # | Title family | Posted mid | WoW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software engineering Remote (US) · Chicago · Minneapolis | $165K | ▲ 3% |
| 2 | Marketing Remote (US) · Seattle · Chicago | $130K | ▲ 21% |
| 3 | Design Chicago · Atlanta · Remote (US) | $165K | ▲ 3% |
| 4 | Support Remote (US) · Denver · Phoenix | $95K | ▲ 3% |
| 5 | Data Remote (US) · Minneapolis · Seattle | $175K | ▼ 3% |
| 6 | Operations Chicago · New York · Remote (US) | $95K | ▼ 2% |
| 7 | Finance New York · Remote (US) · Seattle | $110K | ▼ 1% |
| 8 | Sales Minneapolis · New York · Phoenix | $110K | ▲ 0% |
| 9 | ML / AI Remote (US) · Atlanta · Portland, OR | $180K | ▼ 9% |
| 10 | Product management Portland, OR · Chicago · Remote (US) | $225K | ▼ 12% |
Rising metros
growth in share of US activity| # | Metro | Share | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York Software engineering · Data | 6.1% | +0.6 pt |
| 2 | Miami Software engineering · Design | 3.2% | +0.6 pt |
| 3 | Chicago Software engineering · Other | 8.1% | +0.5 pt |
| 4 | Portland, OR Software engineering · Other | 3.5% | +0.5 pt |
| 5 | Los Angeles Software engineering · Other | 3.7% | +0.4 pt |
| 6 | Oklahoma City Software engineering · Other | 0.5% | +0.3 pt |
| 7 | Denver Software engineering · Other | 6.8% | +0.3 pt |
| 8 | Remote (US) Software engineering · Other | 15.2% | +0.2 pt |
| 9 | London Software engineering · Operations | 1.7% | +0.1 pt |
| 10 | Washington DC Other · Software engineering | 1.9% | +0.1 pt |
How "hot" is calculated
We weight applications 5×, saves 3× and views 1×, count each person at most once per company per day, and decay older days (half-life 3 days). A company must have at least 8 distinct job seekers this week and 20 weighted events. Growth is smoothed so small companies can't jump to #1 on a handful of clicks, and suspicious bursts are dropped.
Full methodology →A = Σ 0.5^(age/3) · (5·apps + 3·saves + 1·views)
growth = (A_this + 40) / (A_prev + 40)
heat = ln(1 + A) · clamp(growth, 0.5, 4)^0.7
eligible if people ≥ 8 ∧ A ≥ 20 ∧ max_share(any /24 or install) ≤ 20%
Week of Aug 24–Aug 30 · published Sep 2 · data through Sep 23