Lambert is trending down, and Anoop is on the rise this week. Adam Lambert still led in overall posts thanks to lingering buzz from his last performance, but after this week’s performance Anoop has been generating the most chatter over the past few days.

Here are the overall rankings based on number of blog posts, news feeds, chat rooms, forums, social networks and Twitter posts throughout the past week:

1. Adam Lambert
2. Anoop Desai
3. Kris Allen
4. Danny Gokey
5. Matt Giraud
6. Lil Rounds
7. Allison Iraheta
8. Scott MacIntyre

Adam Lambert still leads the American Idol Top 9 in chatter by a large margin. Interestingly, Anoop has a commanding hold on 2nd place this week. The table below displays a ranking by web chatter — including blogs, news feeds, chat rooms, forums, social networks and Twitter posts throughout the week.