hotlast

Hotlast is a term that appears in informal discourse and in some data dashboards to denote a snapshot of items that are currently popular within a recent period. There is no formal definition, and hotlast is not a widely standardized term in dictionaries or standards bodies. In practice, it is used to refer to items that have highest engagement, sales, or other metrics within a recent window, such as the last 24 hours or the most recent data update. The exact window and metric can vary by system.

Contexts for use include analytics and e-commerce dashboards, where hotlast labels may accompany a ranked list of products, content, or topics considered hot in the immediate past. In social media or news analytics, hotlast could correspond to the most recently rising items with high activity. The term is typically informal and may be replaced by more precise terminology such as "top in the last period" or "recent trending items" in formal reporting.

Etymology: a portmanteau of hot and last, suggesting current popularity anchored to the most recent data. Recognition and usage vary by community; many users may understand it only within a particular platform or dataset.

See also: trending, hot items, recency, data dashboards.