---
title: "Trending tokens by KOL acceleration"
method: GET
path: "/kol/tokens/trending"
tags: ["KOL"]
---

# Trending tokens by KOL acceleration

`GET /kol/tokens/trending`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://madeonsol.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://madeonsol.com/api/v1/kol/tokens/trending`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Tokens trending across KOL wallets right now, ranked by raw KOL buy volume (`buy_volume_sol`), buy count and recency inside the window. Complements `/kol/tokens/hot`, which ranks by buy-velocity *acceleration* vs the prior baseline.

## Query parameters

- `period` '5m' | '15m' | '30m' | '1h' | '2h' | '4h' | '12h'
- `min_kols` integer
- `limit` integer
- `offset` integer

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `trending` object[]
    - `token_mint` string
    - `token_symbol` string
    - `token_name` string
    - `token_image_url` string, nullable
    - `buy_volume_sol` number
    - `sell_volume_sol` number
    - `net_flow_sol` number
    - `buy_count` integer
    - `sell_count` integer
    - `kol_count` integer
    - `first_buy_at` string, date-time
    - `latest_buy_at` string, date-time
    - `latest_buy_age_minutes` integer, nullable
    - `kols` object[]
      - `name` string
      - `wallet` string: ULTRA only
  - `pagination` object
    - `limit` integer: Page-size cap: 20 below ULTRA
    - `offset` integer
    - `returned` integer
    - `has_more` boolean
  - `universe` object: Offset pages walk a FIXED top-N ranked list (audit F19), not every token KOLs traded: has_more=false at the end of the universe does not mean no further token qualified.
    - `kind` 'top_ranked'
    - `max_size` integer
    - `size` integer
    - `truncated_at_max` boolean
    - `note` string
  - `period` '5m' | '15m' | '30m' | '1h' | '2h' | '4h' | '12h'
  - `min_kols` integer

## Other responses

- `401`: Missing or invalid API key, or an expired free-tier key. Authentication-stage error: no `X-RateLimit-*` headers, no `_rid`.
- `403`: Forbidden. One of: the key's tier is below this endpoint's or parameter's gate (`tier_required` with an `upgrade` block); the public demo key used outside its allow-list (`demo_key_endpoint_not_allowed`); an invalid or revoked key; an origin-restricted key called from a disallowed origin (`code` `origin_not_allowed` / `origin_required`). `X-RateLimit-*` headers are present only on `tier_required`.
- `429`: Too many requests. Every 429 carries `Retry-After`. A quota 429 (`rate_limit_exceeded`, with `X-RateLimit-*`), a heavy-query concurrency 429 (`error_kind` `concurrency`/`capacity`), or the per-IP authentication-failure block (30 failed auths/min; plain `error` + `retry_after_seconds`, no `X-RateLimit-*`).
- `500`: Unexpected server error from the route (`Internal server error`, with `_rid`). Safe to retry with backoff. A failed API-key lookup is a 503 `auth_backend_unavailable`, never a 500.
- `503`: The API-key or subscription lookup could not be answered (authentication stage). Retryable and not your fault: it is never counted as a failed authentication. Honour `Retry-After`; no `X-RateLimit-*`, no `_rid`.

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