Trending TikTok hashtags this week: the top tags by industry

These are the trending TikTok hashtags in the US. We read TikTok Creative Center's trending hashtags (US) each week and list them with the read date: the top tags overall and in eight industries, with each one's posts and views over the 7 days to that date. Use one only when it matches your video.

Trending TikTok hashtags this week: the 7 days to 9 Nov 2026

Creative Center ranks TikTok trending hashtags by its own popularity measure for the US over the last 7 days. Its rank is not sorted by posts or views, so we list the tags in the order TikTok Creative Center ranks them and show both counts. Without a login it shows the top 3 for each filter, so that is what we list, with the day we read it. Each row also shows the count from our last read, or says it was not on it. See the live chart.

Trending TikTok hashtags by industry

TikTok sorts hashtags into industries. These are the tags it ranks highest in the eight that matter most to businesses, in its order, and each one links to TikTok ideas for that kind of business. Most weeks they follow the calendar: holidays, seasons and events.

Popular TikTok hashtags

Over 30 days the list moves more slowly. These were the most used hashtags in the US over the last 30 days.

The top TikTok hashtags of all time are a different list: catch-all tags like #fyp, #foryou and #viral, which so many accounts add that they say little about a video. In our study of 9,492 TikTok posts from 331 businesses, #fyp was the most used tag, and those posts went with 1.00x the views of each account's typical post. The study also lists the tags each type of business used most.

Hashtags to go viral on TikTok

No hashtag makes a video go viral. TikTok's help center lists hashtags as one part of the content information that may shape the For You feed, and says that for most users, interactions such as time spent watching "are generally weighted more heavily than others" (checked 6 November 2026). A trending tag helps only when the video is about that thing.

Viral TikTok hashtags vs trending ones

The viral TikTok hashtags most lists recycle, like #fyp and #viral, never change and say nothing about the video. Trending ones change every week and are about something: a holiday, a place, a product. So the viral hashtags on TikTok lists can go on any video, and that is why they tell TikTok so little. A bakery posting a pumpkin loaf in October can use that week's food tag. A dentist can't.

What to do instead

• Pick the format first. This week's TikTok trends shows which formats are working, with examples.
• Say what the video is about in the caption, in plain words, then add a tag or two that match it.
• Add a trending tag from this page only if your video is about it.

Do hashtags work on TikTok?

Yes, as labels. TikTok's help center lists hashtags in the content information that may shape the For You feed ("sounds, hashtags, number of video views, and the country in which the content was published"), and says interactions such as watch time generally weigh more (checked 6 November 2026). In our data, how many you add made little difference:

• Posts with no hashtags went with 0.99x the views of each account's typical post, posts with 3 to 5 with 1.00x, and posts with 6 to 10 with 1.03x (our study, 9,492 posts from 331 businesses; posts with 6 or more are mostly from before TikTok's reported 5-hashtag cap).
• Most posts carried 3 to 5 hashtags: 6,065 of the 9,492 posts.

TikTok has been reported to cap posts at 5 hashtags since August 2025, as Postdom's free TikTok hashtag generator page explains with its source. The generator picks up to 5 for your business from your website.

How to find trending hashtags on TikTok

• Check this page each week. We read TikTok Creative Center's trending hashtags (US) each week and list them with the read date, under every table.
• Open TikTok Creative Center's Trends page and pick your country, an industry and 7 or 30 days. "See analytics" shows a tag's related videos and where it is popular. Without a login it shows the top 3; Creative Center shows more when you log in.
• Search your topic in the TikTok app and look at the suggested searches and the tag pages that come up.
• Before you use a tag, open its TikTok page and check that the newest videos are about the same thing as yours.

Get TikTok hashtags for your business

• Postdom, the AI social media tool: enter your website and it makes posts and videos in your brand, and writes each caption with 3 to 5 hashtags about your business. It doesn't add this week's trending tags for you: add one from this page if it fits.
• Postdom's free TikTok hashtag generator: up to 5 hashtags for your business from your website, with no sign-up.
• TikTok Creative Center: the source of this page's lists.