What TikTok is talking about today: August 26, 2026
spiderman still leads TikTok Trending Hashtags on August 26, 2026, for a second day at #1 while Spider-Man: Brand New Day's fourth weekend printed about $39 million from 4,006 sites (Deadline). movie holds #2. dance holds #3. The mover is tiktokshopbacktoschool, up from #5 to #4, with get_growth on tiktok showing 100.0 versus 67.5 over 7 days (+48.15%) and about 208.1 million recent volume. fortnite is a new #10. marvel, yesterday's #9, is gone.
Top trending hashtags on TikTok: August 26
spiderman
Holds #1. Rank is unchanged from August 25. Deadline put Brand New Day at about $39 million in its fourth weekend from 4,006 theaters, still ahead of Insidious: Out of the Further. get_growth on tiktok returned 404 for this spelling, so no growth figure is attached.
movie
Holds #2. Rank is unchanged. get_growth on tiktok showed 20.8 versus 80.3 over 7 days (-74.1%) and 20.8 versus 11.6 over 30 days (+79.31%), with recent volume about 261.7 million versus 305.6 million (-14.36% volume over 7 days).
dance
Holds #3. Rank is unchanged. get_growth on tiktok returned 404 on this pull, so the prior +92.31% 7-day print is not restated.
tiktokshopbacktoschool
Rises from #5 on August 25 to #4. get_growth on tiktok showed 100.0 versus 67.5 over 7 days (+48.15%) and recent volume of about 208.1 million versus 142.4 million (+46.12%). The 30-day interest print hit a zero baseline and is omitted; 30-day volume still rose 3,433.04% versus July 25.
ad
Falls from #4 to #5. The paid-inventory tag is a one-rank slip. No new ads-policy note was dated August 26.
onthisday
Holds #6. Rank is unchanged. The history-clip tag is a fixture, not a dated museum upload.
school
Rises from #8 to #7. Late-August classroom content sits beside tiktokshopbacktoschool. Rank change is one slot.
relateable
Rises from #7 to #8 on a spelling that stays on the board. Rank change is one slot down versus school.
comedy
Rises from #10 to #9. Rank change is one slot. No festival announcement was required.
fortnite
A new #10. No widely reported season-drop headline for August 26 was attached at fetch time. The tag replaces marvel from yesterday's #9.
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What changed on TikTok hashtags since yesterday
New in the top 10 versus August 25: fortnite (#10). Drop-offs: marvel (#9). Big movers: none of 5 ranks. tiktokshopbacktoschool from #5 to #4; ad from #4 to #5; school from #8 to #7; relateable from #7 to #8; comedy from #10 to #9. spiderman, movie, dance, and onthisday hold 1, 2, 3, and 6.
What today's TikTok hashtags reveal
Back-to-school commerce is the only real climb. tiktokshopbacktoschool at #4 printed +48.15% interest and +46.12% volume over 7 days on 208.1 million recent volume. school at #7 is the classroom twin. That is a seasonal Shop cluster, not a new meme.
spiderman at #1 still tracks Brand New Day's $39 million fourth weekend. movie at #2 is large but cooling on a 7-day basis (-74.1% interest). For tag versus search splits, see TikTok hashtags vs searches.
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This ranked list is the August 26, 2026 get_top_trends snapshot for type TikTok Trending Hashtags with limit 10. Product and research teams that watch tag ranks as they move can call the same feed as new rows arrive. The generating call:
{
"type": "TikTok Trending Hashtags",
"limit": 10
}
See the TikTok Trending Hashtags API page for source notes.