#nfl was the No. 1 hashtag on TikTok Trending Hashtags on September 21, 2026, down 6.1% in 7 days (294.8M views). Ranks 2 to 5: #meme, #football, #tiktokshop and #dance. The top 10 was unchanged from September 20, 2026. The full ranked top 10 is below, each with a short note on why it is trending.
nfl still holds 1 on TikTok Trending Hashtags, the morning after Chiefs 33-30 Colts in overtime. The 10 names and ranks match the September 20 list exactly: meme 2, football 3, tiktokshop 4, dance 5, ad 6, comedy 7, school 8, halloween 9, nyc 10. Trends MCP growth data for nfl: down 6.1% over 7 days on 305.9M versus 294.8M views through 2026-09-17, while 30-day volume is up 130.65 percent versus August 19. Identical names, new timestamp.
Top trending hashtags on TikTok: September 21
nfl: American football tag. Holds 1. Sunday Night Football at Arrowhead is the dated cue. Down 6.1% over 7 days (47.3 to 44.4) on 294.8M views.
meme: Catch-all humor tag. Holds 2. Up 111% over 7 days (22.7 to 47.8) on 244M versus 258.5M views, and up 28.8% over 30 days (37.1 to 47.8).
football: Broader football tag sitting under nfl. Holds 3.
tiktokshop: Commerce tag. Holds 4. No separate shop-wide sale dated September 21 in the fetch.
dance: Performance tag. Holds 5. Unchanged rank on the identical 10.
ad: Paid-placement tag. Holds 6. Standing commercial label, not a campaign name.
comedy: Sketch and stand-up tag. Holds 7. Unchanged.
school: Back-to-school tag. Holds 8. Mid-September academic calendar, not a dated viral clip in the fetch.
halloween: Seasonal tag. Holds 9, 40 days before October 31. Unchanged.
nyc: City tag. Holds 10. Unchanged versus September 20.
The live ranked board beyond the public top 10 is available via the Trends MCP API. Get your free API key
What changed on TikTok Hashtags since yesterday
- New: none. The 10 names match September 20.
- Movers: none. Ranks 1-10 are unchanged.
- Unchanged rank: nfl 1 through nyc 10.
- Dropped: none.
What today's TikTok hashtags reveal
This is a live timestamp on a frozen name list. Nfl at 1 still sits on a 294.8M volume print even as 7-day tiktok is down 6.1%. Meme at 2 is the growth row: up 111% 7-day. Football at 3 is the generic twin of nfl.
Halloween at 9 is seasonal, not a one-day spike. The TikTok Trending Hashtags API 10 is sports plus evergreen tags, identical to September 20, unlike TikTok Searches which rebuilt overnight.
Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP
This ranked list came from the Trends MCP get_top_trends tool. The same API is built for social desks and developers who need a dated board instead of a screenshot. The matching data source page is TikTok Trending Hashtags API.
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