- "Trending" redirects here. For trends made by users which have been spread on the Scratch Website, see Scratch Trends.
The Explore feature (commonly referred to as trending) allows users to find projects or studios that might interest them. After a user has chosen whether to explore projects or studios, they can also choose one of five categories (based on Project Types) to focus on.
The Explore page shows up to 16 results (either projects or studios) when it is loaded, and 16 more each time the "Load More" button is clicked.[1] Because the Explore page is curated,[2] the number of projects that can be shown in each category varies.
Categories
There are five categories on the Explore page, each showing different types of projects or studios.
All
This category potentially includes "all" projects or studios, though it is unknown exactly what that means. Some users have recently started tagging their projects as #all, though it is unlikely that this has any actual effect on the trending algorithm.
Keywords
The categories "Animations", "Art", "Games", and "Music" each show projects which include the category's name in their title or in their Project Information and Help text.
Tag
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On the 27th of September 2013[3] an update was made that added the option to search for a project by its tag. Before this was added some people campaigned for this feature because it could give more of a use to tags.[4] On July 8th, 2016, the explore page was updated so that one could no longer search by tag. Now, a tag can be searched for by using the Search Bar.
Selection Modes
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There were three categories on the Explore page for selecting projects or studios based on their age, activity, and popularity. The active mode can be changed using a drop-down menu in the top-right part of the Explore page.
Trending
This mode used to select projects that received a high number of loves and favorites in a short period of time. The projects were sorted via how many loves and favorites they have, in proportion to the amount of time they have been shared. The trending mode was the default mode. The exact algorithm used for this is not disclosed to Scratchers.
Popular
This mode used to select projects that have very high numbers of loves and favorites, via how many loves and favorites they had.
Recent
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This mode used to select projects that were recently shared. These projects were usually shared on the same day as the user was viewing it. In July 2025, this mode was temporarily[5] removed for unknown reasons, but it is speculated that it might be due to the inappropriate content that would show up sometimes.[6]
Sort By Filter
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Below is an image showing the Sort By drop down box. In order to sort results by time periods, one could simply click the button next to "Sort by:" and another option would appear (in this case, it is "This month"). By clicking "This month" all the projects from the current month month would appear, the same rule applied for "This week" except only projects or studios created this week would appear. This feature is no longer available in Scratch 3.0.
Sorts
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The lists can be sorted by statistic and filtered by date.
Statistics
Projects can be sorted by:
Studios can be sorted by:
Date
Both projects and studios can be filtered by:
- This week
- This month
- Ever (all time)
For projects, the default is this week; for studios it is this month.
Bugs
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If a project gets popular enough, the project can be unshared and reshared to get it on trending since the algorithm thinks the project got many loves, favorites, and views in a short amount of time.[citation needed] Projects on the trending page can stay on the trending page until the page updates again (even after they are unshared).
The Explore and Search page was paused on June or July of 2025 due to unknown reasons.
In 2026[when?], both the Projects and Studios tabs stopped showing any results.[citation needed]
