TikTok trends are popular short videos that use cool features, songs, sounds or hashtags. Discover and explore the most popular TikTok trends of all time.
The most popular TikTok trends of all time
TikTok has no set rules about what’s popular, but some trends stay popular for a long time. Also, TikTok videos can combine different trends, adding even more creativity. Let’s explore some of the most popular and best TikTok trends so far.
Yeehaw trend
When Lil Nas X’s megahit album “Old Town Road” was released last year, the internet went crazy. TikTok played a big role in the song’s global success and spawned the ‘Yeehaw Challenge’, which is arguably the most famous challenge on the app.
The idea behind this challenge is that by drinking a drink called ‘yee-haw juice’ a person can transform into a cowboy or cowgirl. When the song started gaining popularity worldwide, this skit, which is set on “Old Town Road”, went viral on TikTok.
The trend of changing shoes
The ‘Shoe Swap’ challenge was a huge trend on TikTok in 2018. People would make videos where they would change their clothes to match the catchy song by tapping their shoes on the screen at the right moment.
At first, the challenge started with just changing shoes while people stomped to the rhythm of the song. But then it turned into changing entire outfits and making funny versions of the challenge. It was super popular and was viewed over 12 million times, which was a lot at the time considering how fast TikTok was growing.
Renegade Dance Trend
‘Renegade’ Dance Challenge is a super popular dance on TikTok. More than 30 million people have tried it! It all started when a 14-year-old from Atlanta named Jalaiah Harmon came up with the dance last September. The dance goes to the song “Lutrija” by K Camp, which became a big hit, especially among middle and high school students.
Now, Harmon’s dance is widely known and performed at talent shows and school events across the country.
Haribo Challenge Trend
There is a fun activity on TikTok called ‘The Haribo Challenge’ that fans love. It’s not a big trend, but it’s still worth mentioning. The challenge involves creative planning and editing to make a cute and clever video. The video features a teddy bear singing Adele’s song “Someone Like You”.
Then more gummy bears join in to form a choir. It’s a cute and clever meme that fans enjoy watching.
Wednesday’s dance trend
In early 2023, a popular dance on TikTok was inspired by a scene from the series “Wednesday”, which is a spinoff of The Addams Family on Netflix. On Wednesday Addams shows off some unique dance moves at Nevermore Academy, a school for renegades.
Now, people on TikTok are joining in by sharing videos of themselves doing their own version of the dance.
The trend of paper chains
The trend of paper chains on TikTok is easy to understand. The creators display different messages written on paper to the rhythm of the song. The messages can be funny or touching, and there are many variations of this trend. Many TikTok users share their messages with their fans in this way.
Ed Sheeran Trend “Beautiful People”
Ed Sheeran is loved for his kind personality and great music, especially his acoustic songs. After joining the TikTok challenge trend with his song “Beautiful People”, which features Khalid. This challenge was all about celebrating the wonderful friends and family in our lives. It became super popular, with millions of views.
This TikTok challenge is safe and touching, so you can even show it to your grandparents without worry. But be prepared for emotional moments and maybe a few tears because it’s really touching.
Plank Trend
Nobody likes doing planks, not even super athletic people. So it’s no surprise that TikTokers made the “Plank” challenge. You can do it alone or with a friend. The goal was to do different plank exercises in 15 or 30 seconds (or 60 seconds if you really like to exercise).
This tough challenge made everyone reminisce about their school gym days as it became popular and viral.
Wipe me trend
A big TikTok trend that happened was the ‘Delete Me’ challenge. To do this, you only needed to clean the mirror three times with window cleaner. Then, on the fourth wipe, pretend you’re momentarily transitioning to another reality. The challenge used the song “Wipe it Down” by BMW Kenny and it suddenly got over 21 million views.
It allowed people to have a little fun pretending to be someone else.
Walking in trend
During the height of the quarantine, there was a trend called the ‘Walk in Challenge’. The idea was for women to surprise their partners by walking in naked when they least expect it, such as while playing video games or watching TV.
This challenge started in March 2020 when a TikTok user named Lindsey Bear did this to her boyfriend while he was playing Call of Duty. After that, many women joined in trying to distract their partners from their games or performances. It became a funny and popular trend that year.
Higher level trend
‘Level Up’ is a really fun TikTok trend so far. TikTok users build a wall out of toilet paper and then film themselves or their dogs jumping over the wall. Each time you successfully jump, you add more layers of toilet paper until you or your dog can no longer jump. The challenge is set to Ciara’s song ‘Level Up’ and has millions of views worldwide.
Level Up Challenge and Flip The Switch Challenge were popular on TikTok.
Flip the switch
The Flip The Switch trend was to switch places with someone else for a funny dance video. People danced to Drake’s ‘Non Stop’ while switching places and clothes with the other person, like turning the lights off and back on to switch roles.
It started with Dallin and Bella Lambert, and even famous couples like J-Lo and Alex Rodriguez joined.
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