San Francisco

Place

#12 trending in Culture & Entertainment this week · most on Watch What Crappens

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a consolidated city-county on the northern California coast of the United States. It is a major commercial, financial, cultural, and technological center, known for its steep hills, dense urban neighborhoods, and landmarks including the Golden Gate Bridge.

Rank this week

#12▲21
#71 over 30 days

Share of the conversation

2.5‰
2.4× usual level

1.6‰ of what listeners heard

Reach this week

4 shows
7 episodes · ~1.0M plays

Tone this week

Neutral
  • Neutral 5
  • Positive 1

Share of the conversation

Mentions of San Francisco per 1,000 mentions of anything, 7-day rolling, culture & entertainment.

0.0‰1‰2‰3‰4‰usual level · 1‰Jul 11Aug 2Aug 25Sep 16Oct 8
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DayShare (7-day)Mentions
Aug 70.60‰1
Aug 120.66‰1
Aug 131.54‰3
Aug 171.52‰1
Aug 181.85‰1
Aug 201.05‰1
Aug 241.44‰2
Aug 261.39‰1
Aug 281.34‰1
Aug 310.88‰1
Sep 21.11‰1
Sep 100.41‰1
Sep 110.75‰1
Sep 151.54‰2
Sep 171.70‰2
Sep 221.20‰1
Sep 231.25‰1
Sep 241.37‰2
Sep 261.46‰1
Sep 281.57‰1
Sep 291.99‰2
Sep 302.12‰1
Oct 42.38‰3
Oct 52.84‰1
Oct 62.88‰3
Oct 73.50‰2

Why is it trending?· Last 7 days

San Francisco appears in reality-show travel, live-tour, and cultural references

Watch What Crappens repeatedly discusses San Francisco as a destination: the hosts describe a reality-show trip there, a wild St. Patrick’s Day scene, and an upcoming live show.[1][2][3]

Other shows use San Francisco as a passing setting: This American Life recalls a theater there, The Rewatchables imagines characters meeting there, and DeMarcus Robinson describes OpenAI renting an IMAX theater downtown.[4][5][6]

The shows do not present one shared argument about San Francisco; they reference it for reality-TV travel, touring, personal history, storytelling, film speculation, and workplace culture.[1][4][5]

Sources · 6 moments

  1. 1.
    Watch What Crappens · #3562 RHOSLC S7E3: I Left My Toothbrush in San Francisco - Live in KC!
    Ronnie Karam · Oct 4 · Listen at 31:43 ↗
    “Uh-oh, what will I do? Well, we'll see. I mean, I'm excited about the trip. We're all going to San Francisco because I used to live there. I used to live there. I used to live in San Francisco, so we're gonna go there. It's gonna be wild. Y”
  2. 2.
    Watch What Crappens · #3562 RHOSLC S7E3: I Left My Toothbrush in San Francisco - Live in KC!
    Ben Mandelker · Oct 4 · Listen at 1:17:29 ↗
    “At least have the decency to have a bob when you say those things to me. So the trolley parks And they get out and they start— they're at a bar, they're ordering Guinness and everything. And I don't know if you guys have ever been to San Fr”
  3. 3.
    Watch What Crappens · #3566 Crappy Hour 10/05: Mayor Mauricio and Wendy Osefo’s Biblical G Wagon
    Ronnie Karam · Oct 6 · Listen at 1:26 ↗
    “Big Texas run. And then Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, December 8th, 9th, and 10th, we're in Nashville, Clearwater, Florida, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. And that's gonna be for the year. But then in the new year, we're gonna be in San”
  4. 4.
    This American Life · 899: Reaching Out
    Sayre Quevedo · Oct 5 · Listen at 12:33 ↗
    “This is your favorite kind of call. You get stoned and curl up in bed with the phone balanced on your cheek. You are still at 27. Like most children, you like to hear stories of the world before you were in it, of your mother before she was”

Written by AI from the cited moments; every quote is checked against the transcript.

The conversation on X

X portrays San Francisco as culturally important, attractive, and contested

X discusses San Francisco and the wider Bay Area through local pride, scenery, weather, music, cultural events, technology, development, transit, politics, and regional identity.

The strongest recurring positive view presents the area as distinctive and enjoyable, while smaller groups criticize its cultural programming, political history, public disorder, or proposed development restrictions.

Compared with the podcast story, which uses San Francisco mainly as a setting for travel, entertainment, film jokes, and personal memories, X focuses more on civic identity, local quality of life, culture, politics, and the Bay Area economy.

Points of view

Share of the 29 posts that take a position

  • San Francisco deserves greater recognition41%

    Supporters present San Francisco and the wider Bay Area as a distinctive, enjoyable place, citing its cultural importance, natural scenery, weather, outdoor music, cannabis prices, and personal pride. Some also argue that the region should receive more major exhibits and cultural events.

    • “i might be biased because i love the bay area so much but im so glad that the exhibit is being held in sf and not la (even though i currently live there) we never really get anything in northern california so this is one of the few wins we've gotten in the past 8 years 🥹 im glad”

      @berryluckycharm · Oct 3

    • “The SF side of IG has been inspirational to me as of late, because that part of the internet reminded me that it is a flex to be in the SF Bay Area and it is a flex to have breathed SF bay air my entire life. The one that really made me feel inspired again about who I am as a SF”

      @maeanneforreal · Sep 29

    • “The sunsets in the San Francisco Bay Area seem almost unreal”

      @Mellisa4495 · Oct 2

  • Bay Area cultural offerings need improvement10%

    Critics say the Bay Area lacks or mishandles some cultural offerings, pointing to the absence of major rock festivals and disappointment with a literary event’s content. One post also expresses frustration that a favorite film is unavailable locally.

    • “Oh cool there's a San Francisco Bay Area literary event. Maybe I'll --- oh.”

      @jondelarroz · Oct 2

    • “One thing you probably don’t know about the San Francisco Bay Area is that it’s not very fond of Rock music. Sacramento has the big rock festival this weekend called Aftershock, but the Bay Area has nothing like that, so you have to travel to Sacramento or LA for Rock festivals.”

      @bloodystrummers · Oct 1

  • San Francisco leadership deserves criticism7%

    Critics argue that San Francisco’s Democratic leadership praised and empowered Jim Jones, presenting that history as a serious failure of local governance.

    • “@are_magas Jim Jones was the Bay area Democrats sweetheart. They sang his praises and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone appointed Jones to the San Francisco Housing Authority.. **Talafreako reminds of Jim Jones..”

      @FreemanMikal · Oct 3

    • “Jim Jones was the Bay area Democrats sweetheart. They sang his praises and San Francisco Mayor George Moscone appointed Jim Jones to the San Francisco Housing Authority..”

      @FreemanMikal · Sep 30

  • Bay Area public life is disorderly7%

    Critics portray Bay Area public life, especially on BART, as unusually chaotic and unsafe, using exaggerated language to make that complaint.

    • “Genuinely what is everyone’s problem with Portland. ATP it’s annoying and maybe I get more vids about it because regionality but like having been on the Bay Area/SF/Berkeley twitter for like three days I can say it is actually Stranger than Portland. Also, like. +”

      @bl00dandbreath · Oct 6

Other views: 35%

64% of the 81 posts report news or ask questions without taking a position.

Tone toward San Francisco on X

Neutral

  • Very negative 2
  • Negative 12
  • Neutral 46
  • Positive 14
  • Very positive 7

Also discussed

  • Local pride and regional identity
  • Nature, weather, and outdoor life
  • Cultural events and entertainment
  • Politics, transit, and public order
  • Technology and development
  • Note: Many posts concern the wider San Francisco Bay Area rather than the city itself.
  • Note: The conversation is broad and fragmented, with substantial event, job, business, and promotional material.

Written by AI from 81 posts on X in the week to Oct 6. Shares count the posts read, not a poll of opinion; quoted posts are shown as written.

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