[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @7newsmelbourne 7NEWS Melbourne Melbourne is experiencing a surge in winter sickness, with hospitals pushed to the brink and a code orange alert issued. A new fast-spreading variant of COVID-19 is also causing concern, with virus experts warning about falling vaccination rates. Meanwhile, severe weather conditions have hit the state, with temperature records tumbling and snow falling across Victorian ski resorts. ### Engagements: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/tiktok::7205170898259690497/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX +133% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +11% - X Months XXXXXXXXXX +48% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX +94% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/tiktok::7205170898259690497/posts_active)  - X Week XX +22% - X Month XX -XXXX% - X Months XXX +13% - X Year XXX +202% ### Followers: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/tiktok::7205170898259690497/followers)  - X Week XXXXXXX +0.92% - X Month XXXXXXX +2.30% - X Months XXXXXXX +44% - X Year XXXXXXX +86% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/tiktok::7205170898259690497/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) #1474 [countries](/list/countries) XXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks) XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) XXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXX% [celebrities](/list/celebrities) XXXX% [musicians](/list/musicians) XXXX% [gaming](/list/gaming) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [melbourne](/topic/melbourne) #14, [social media](/topic/social-media) #922, [frame](/topic/frame) 3.45%, [murder](/topic/murder) 3.45%, [outer](/topic/outer) #13, [prime minister](/topic/prime-minister) 3.45%, [australia](/topic/australia) 3.45%, [youtube](/topic/youtube) 3.45%, [guinea](/topic/guinea) 3.45%, [saving](/topic/saving) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@7plus](/creator/undefined) [@blakeyjjj](/creator/undefined) [@ainsleykoch95](/creator/undefined) [@looooooooch](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "A man who killed his ex-girlfriend and tried to frame it as a suicide has been jailed for XX years. Hannah McGuire's family and friends filled the Ballarat courtroom to watch as Lachlan Young was sentenced for a cold and calculated murder" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7573968241421307192) 2025-11-18T07:45Z 301.3K followers, 23K engagements "Melbourne is preparing to ring in the New Year with one of the biggest fireworks and laser shows we have ever seen. Some of the best vantage points will be free with half a million people expected at family-friendly zones across the city" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7581768309004094732) 2025-12-09T08:13Z 301.3K followers, 150.3K engagements "BREAKING: A toddlers body has been found buried in a shallow backyard grave by police investigating a disappearance. The grisly discovery of the 18-month-old boy was made at a home in Brookfield in Melbournes outer northwest. #crime #police #brookfield #melbourne #breakingnews" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7582125274096094520) 2025-12-10T07:18Z 301.3K followers, 712.7K engagements "EXCLUSIVE: Melbourne's outer east is in the grip of a drug-driving epidemic with one suburb recording three times more offences than any other. Meth and cannabis are the biggest issue and it's a problem police are tackling head on" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7575828624440315157) 2025-11-23T08:04Z 301.3K followers, 306.5K engagements "Australia's social media ban is now in effect blocking under-16s from accessing some of their favourite social platforms. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to 7NEWS Political Editor Mark Riley about how the ban will work. Watch the full interview on the 7NEWS Australia YouTube channel. #socialmedia #socialmediaban #albo #anthonyalbanese #auspol" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7582090951338757387) 2025-12-10T05:05Z 301.3K followers, 17.5K engagements "Australia's world-leading social media ban has officially begun. Our teenagers are now guinea pigs in a bold online experiment aimed at saving lives but many are already getting around the restrictions" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7582129920344689931) 2025-12-10T07:36Z 301.3K followers, 39.4K engagements "A new warning has been issued to parents about transitioning young children out of car booster seats too soon. Fresh research has found few drivers are unaware of a simple test that can save young lives. #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7375842974569155857) 2024-06-02T09:59Z 300.4K followers, 880K engagements "Superstar Justin Timberlake has been arrested and charged with drink driving after he was allegedly caught swerving and running a stop sign in the Hamptons. He was jailed overnight and fronted court the next morning. #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7382038455909403905) 2024-06-19T02:39Z 300.9K followers, 1.9M engagements "Police are about to be given unprecedented powers to stop and search people and even cars in a designated zone around the city. The move is being billed as a crackdown on knives and machetes but critics are calling it an assault on civil liberties" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7576932554612165900) 2025-11-26T07:28Z 300.9K followers, 42.7K engagements "#bots #sab #stealabrainrot #roblox #creepy" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@cleaf_10/video/7579234430707928327) 2025-12-02T12:20Z X followers, 58.8K engagements "Melbourne aged care residents have sacrificed their own Christmas gifts to help children in distress. They say it makes the festive season even more special" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7580649045073480980) 2025-12-06T07:50Z 300.8K followers, 371K engagements "She's the third Liberal leader in XX months but unlike her predecessors Jess Wilson is convinced she does have the backing of her party. With politics in her blood the new mum says she knows what Victorians need as campaigning heats up for November's state election" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7581023887652048148) 2025-12-07T08:04Z 300.4K followers, 6541 engagements "It is all systems go for the Tassie Devils after an 11th-hour deal was finalised late last night. The AFL's 19th team will officially enter the competition in 2028. #AFL #footy #TassieDevils #Tasmania" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7580246241926204683) 2025-12-05T05:47Z 301.2K followers, 13.1K engagements "A Melbourne woman has become one of the biggest social media stars on the planet thanks to a short clip filmed in the front seat of a car on the West Gate Bridge. No one is quite sure why it took off but social media experts say it could open up opportunities for other Australian influencers. @looooooooch #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7359517927000804609) 2024-04-19T10:08Z 301.3K followers, 5.3M engagements "Thousands of year XX students are celebrating their final days of school ahead of next week's VCE exams. Many schools are now scheduling controlled celebrations in an effort to avoid Muck-up day madness. #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7563598300805582100) 2025-10-21T09:04Z 301.3K followers, 78.2K engagements "A family-owned bakery in Melbournes west has found itself in a bitter dispute with a major U.S. corporation. Both are renowned for their cinnamon scrolls but their names could be too close for comfort. #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7557645549978029328) 2025-10-05T08:04Z 301.3K followers, 440.8K engagements "Federation Square is under investigation for its handling of a rock concert that had to be shut down because of a dangerous crowd crush. Frustrated fans jumped fences overwhelming security guards to see AC/DC's support act Amyl and the Sniffers. @blakeyjjj" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7572857457278602516) 2025-11-15T07:54Z 301.3K followers, 33.9K engagements "BREAKING: 7NEWS can reveal for the first time that 23-year-old Tom Silvagni the son of Stephen and Jo Silvagni is the man convicted of rape last week in Victorias County Court" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7582486117073587468) 2025-12-11T06:39Z 301.3K followers, 241.2K engagements "A 17-year-old boy has been killed in a Truganina crash that left seven others in hospital. Police are blaming the tragedy on a P-plater who made a critical split-second mistake" [TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@7newsmelbourne/video/7582869637923196216) 2025-12-12T07:27Z 301.3K followers, 8272 engagements
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@7newsmelbourne 7NEWS Melbourne
Melbourne is experiencing a surge in winter sickness, with hospitals pushed to the brink and a code orange alert issued. A new fast-spreading variant of COVID-19 is also causing concern, with virus experts warning about falling vaccination rates. Meanwhile, severe weather conditions have hit the state, with temperature records tumbling and snow falling across Victorian ski resorts.
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Social topic influence melbourne #14, social media #922, frame 3.45%, murder 3.45%, outer #13, prime minister 3.45%, australia 3.45%, youtube 3.45%, guinea 3.45%, saving XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @7plus @blakeyjjj @ainsleykoch95 @looooooooch
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"A man who killed his ex-girlfriend and tried to frame it as a suicide has been jailed for XX years. Hannah McGuire's family and friends filled the Ballarat courtroom to watch as Lachlan Young was sentenced for a cold and calculated murder"
TikTok Link 2025-11-18T07:45Z 301.3K followers, 23K engagements
"Melbourne is preparing to ring in the New Year with one of the biggest fireworks and laser shows we have ever seen. Some of the best vantage points will be free with half a million people expected at family-friendly zones across the city"
TikTok Link 2025-12-09T08:13Z 301.3K followers, 150.3K engagements
"BREAKING: A toddlers body has been found buried in a shallow backyard grave by police investigating a disappearance. The grisly discovery of the 18-month-old boy was made at a home in Brookfield in Melbournes outer northwest. #crime #police #brookfield #melbourne #breakingnews"
TikTok Link 2025-12-10T07:18Z 301.3K followers, 712.7K engagements
"EXCLUSIVE: Melbourne's outer east is in the grip of a drug-driving epidemic with one suburb recording three times more offences than any other. Meth and cannabis are the biggest issue and it's a problem police are tackling head on"
TikTok Link 2025-11-23T08:04Z 301.3K followers, 306.5K engagements
"Australia's social media ban is now in effect blocking under-16s from accessing some of their favourite social platforms. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to 7NEWS Political Editor Mark Riley about how the ban will work. Watch the full interview on the 7NEWS Australia YouTube channel. #socialmedia #socialmediaban #albo #anthonyalbanese #auspol"
TikTok Link 2025-12-10T05:05Z 301.3K followers, 17.5K engagements
"Australia's world-leading social media ban has officially begun. Our teenagers are now guinea pigs in a bold online experiment aimed at saving lives but many are already getting around the restrictions"
TikTok Link 2025-12-10T07:36Z 301.3K followers, 39.4K engagements
"A new warning has been issued to parents about transitioning young children out of car booster seats too soon. Fresh research has found few drivers are unaware of a simple test that can save young lives. #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus"
TikTok Link 2024-06-02T09:59Z 300.4K followers, 880K engagements
"Superstar Justin Timberlake has been arrested and charged with drink driving after he was allegedly caught swerving and running a stop sign in the Hamptons. He was jailed overnight and fronted court the next morning. #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus"
TikTok Link 2024-06-19T02:39Z 300.9K followers, 1.9M engagements
"Police are about to be given unprecedented powers to stop and search people and even cars in a designated zone around the city. The move is being billed as a crackdown on knives and machetes but critics are calling it an assault on civil liberties"
TikTok Link 2025-11-26T07:28Z 300.9K followers, 42.7K engagements
"#bots #sab #stealabrainrot #roblox #creepy"
TikTok Link 2025-12-02T12:20Z X followers, 58.8K engagements
"Melbourne aged care residents have sacrificed their own Christmas gifts to help children in distress. They say it makes the festive season even more special"
TikTok Link 2025-12-06T07:50Z 300.8K followers, 371K engagements
"She's the third Liberal leader in XX months but unlike her predecessors Jess Wilson is convinced she does have the backing of her party. With politics in her blood the new mum says she knows what Victorians need as campaigning heats up for November's state election"
TikTok Link 2025-12-07T08:04Z 300.4K followers, 6541 engagements
"It is all systems go for the Tassie Devils after an 11th-hour deal was finalised late last night. The AFL's 19th team will officially enter the competition in 2028. #AFL #footy #TassieDevils #Tasmania"
TikTok Link 2025-12-05T05:47Z 301.2K followers, 13.1K engagements
"A Melbourne woman has become one of the biggest social media stars on the planet thanks to a short clip filmed in the front seat of a car on the West Gate Bridge. No one is quite sure why it took off but social media experts say it could open up opportunities for other Australian influencers. @looooooooch #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus"
TikTok Link 2024-04-19T10:08Z 301.3K followers, 5.3M engagements
"Thousands of year XX students are celebrating their final days of school ahead of next week's VCE exams. Many schools are now scheduling controlled celebrations in an effort to avoid Muck-up day madness. #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus"
TikTok Link 2025-10-21T09:04Z 301.3K followers, 78.2K engagements
"A family-owned bakery in Melbournes west has found itself in a bitter dispute with a major U.S. corporation. Both are renowned for their cinnamon scrolls but their names could be too close for comfort. #7NEWS at 6pm Stream on @7plus"
TikTok Link 2025-10-05T08:04Z 301.3K followers, 440.8K engagements
"Federation Square is under investigation for its handling of a rock concert that had to be shut down because of a dangerous crowd crush. Frustrated fans jumped fences overwhelming security guards to see AC/DC's support act Amyl and the Sniffers. @blakeyjjj"
TikTok Link 2025-11-15T07:54Z 301.3K followers, 33.9K engagements
"BREAKING: 7NEWS can reveal for the first time that 23-year-old Tom Silvagni the son of Stephen and Jo Silvagni is the man convicted of rape last week in Victorias County Court"
TikTok Link 2025-12-11T06:39Z 301.3K followers, 241.2K engagements
"A 17-year-old boy has been killed in a Truganina crash that left seven others in hospital. Police are blaming the tragedy on a P-plater who made a critical split-second mistake"
TikTok Link 2025-12-12T07:27Z 301.3K followers, 8272 engagements