diff --git a/src/Content/Widget/TrendingTags.php b/src/Content/Widget/TrendingTags.php
index 15a06e029c..e5dd36bb9b 100644
--- a/src/Content/Widget/TrendingTags.php
+++ b/src/Content/Widget/TrendingTags.php
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ class TrendingTags
 	public static function getHTML($content = 'global', int $period = 24)
 	{
 		if ($content == 'local') {
-			$tags = self::getLocalTrendingTags($period);
+			$tags = Term::getLocalTrendingHashtags($period, 20);
 		} else {
-			$tags = self::getGlobalTrendingTags($period);
+			$tags = Term::getGlobalTrendingHashtags($period, 20);
 		}
 
 		$tpl = Renderer::getMarkupTemplate('widget/trending_tags.tpl');
@@ -33,82 +33,4 @@ class TrendingTags
 
 		return $o;
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns a list of the most frequent global tags over the given period
-	 *
-	 * @param int $period Period in hours to consider posts
-	 * @return array
-	 * @throws \Exception
-	 */
-	private static function getGlobalTrendingTags(int $period)
-	{
-		$tags = Cache::get('global_trending_tags');
-
-		if (!$tags) {
-			$tagsStmt = DBA::p("SELECT t.`term`, COUNT(*) AS `score`
-FROM `term` t
- JOIN `item` i ON i.`id` = t.`oid` AND i.`uid` = t.`uid`
- JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = i.`id`
-WHERE `thread`.`visible`
-  AND NOT `thread`.`deleted`
-  AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
-  AND NOT `thread`.`private`
-  AND t.`uid` = 0
-  AND t.`otype` = ?
-  AND t.`type` = ?
-  AND t.`term` != ''
-  AND i.`received` > DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ? HOUR)
-GROUP BY `term`
-ORDER BY `score` DESC
-LIMIT 20", Term::OBJECT_TYPE_POST, Term::HASHTAG, $period);
-
-			if (DBA::isResult($tags)) {
-				$tags = DBA::toArray($tagsStmt);
-				Cache::set('global_trending_tags', $tags, Cache::HOUR);
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $tags ?: [];
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns a list of the most frequent local tags over the given period
-	 *
-	 * @param int $period Period in hours to consider posts
-	 * @return array
-	 * @throws \Exception
-	 */
-	private static function getLocalTrendingTags(int $period)
-	{
-		$tags = Cache::get('local_trending_tags');
-
-		if (!$tags) {
-			$tagsStmt = DBA::p("SELECT t.`term`, COUNT(*) AS `score`
-FROM `term` t
-JOIN `item` i ON i.`id` = t.`oid` AND i.`uid` = t.`uid`
-JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = i.`id`
-JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND NOT `user`.`hidewall`
-WHERE `thread`.`visible`
-  AND NOT `thread`.`deleted`
-  AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
-  AND NOT `thread`.`private`
-  AND `thread`.`wall`
-  AND `thread`.`origin`
-  AND t.`otype` = ?
-  AND t.`type` = ?
-  AND t.`term` != ''
-  AND i.`received` > DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ? HOUR)
-GROUP BY `term`
-ORDER BY `score` DESC
-LIMIT 20", Term::OBJECT_TYPE_POST, Term::HASHTAG, $period);
-
-			if (DBA::isResult($tags)) {
-				$tags = DBA::toArray($tagsStmt);
-				Cache::set('local_trending_tags', $tags, Cache::HOUR);
-			}
-		}
-
-		return $tags ?: [];
-	}
 }
diff --git a/src/Model/Term.php b/src/Model/Term.php
index f196974a8f..4e2b571cef 100644
--- a/src/Model/Term.php
+++ b/src/Model/Term.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
  */
 namespace Friendica\Model;
 
+use Friendica\Core\Cache;
 use Friendica\Core\Logger;
 use Friendica\Core\System;
 use Friendica\Database\DBA;
@@ -47,6 +48,94 @@ class Term
     const OBJECT_TYPE_POST  = 1;
     const OBJECT_TYPE_PHOTO = 2;
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a list of the most frequent global hashtags over the given period
+	 *
+	 * @param int $period Period in hours to consider posts
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public static function getGlobalTrendingHashtags(int $period, $limit = 10)
+	{
+		$tags = Cache::get('global_trending_tags');
+
+		if (!$tags) {
+			$tagsStmt = DBA::p("SELECT t.`term`, COUNT(*) AS `score`
+				FROM `term` t
+				 JOIN `item` i ON i.`id` = t.`oid` AND i.`uid` = t.`uid`
+				 JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = i.`id`
+				WHERE `thread`.`visible`
+				  AND NOT `thread`.`deleted`
+				  AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
+				  AND NOT `thread`.`private`
+				  AND t.`uid` = 0
+				  AND t.`otype` = ?
+				  AND t.`type` = ?
+				  AND t.`term` != ''
+				  AND i.`received` > DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ? HOUR)
+				GROUP BY `term`
+				ORDER BY `score` DESC
+				LIMIT ?",
+				Term::OBJECT_TYPE_POST,
+				Term::HASHTAG,
+				$period,
+				$limit
+			);
+
+			if (DBA::isResult($tags)) {
+				$tags = DBA::toArray($tagsStmt);
+				Cache::set('global_trending_tags', $tags, Cache::HOUR);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $tags ?: [];
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a list of the most frequent local hashtags over the given period
+	 *
+	 * @param int $period Period in hours to consider posts
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws \Exception
+	 */
+	public static function getLocalTrendingHashtags(int $period, $limit = 10)
+	{
+		$tags = Cache::get('local_trending_tags');
+
+		if (!$tags) {
+			$tagsStmt = DBA::p("SELECT t.`term`, COUNT(*) AS `score`
+				FROM `term` t
+				JOIN `item` i ON i.`id` = t.`oid` AND i.`uid` = t.`uid`
+				JOIN `thread` ON `thread`.`iid` = i.`id`
+				JOIN `user` ON `user`.`uid` = `thread`.`uid` AND NOT `user`.`hidewall`
+				WHERE `thread`.`visible`
+				  AND NOT `thread`.`deleted`
+				  AND NOT `thread`.`moderated`
+				  AND NOT `thread`.`private`
+				  AND `thread`.`wall`
+				  AND `thread`.`origin`
+				  AND t.`otype` = ?
+				  AND t.`type` = ?
+				  AND t.`term` != ''
+				  AND i.`received` > DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL ? HOUR)
+				GROUP BY `term`
+				ORDER BY `score` DESC
+				LIMIT ?",
+				Term::OBJECT_TYPE_POST,
+				Term::HASHTAG,
+				$period,
+				$limit
+			);
+
+			if (DBA::isResult($tags)) {
+				$tags = DBA::toArray($tagsStmt);
+				Cache::set('local_trending_tags', $tags, Cache::HOUR);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $tags ?: [];
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Generates the legacy item.tag field comma-separated BBCode string from an item ID.
 	 * Includes only hashtags, implicit and explicit mentions.