TikTok
nfl still holds 1 on TikTok Trending Hashtags dated 2026-09-21T08:01:37.804638, the morning after Chiefs 33-30 Colts in overtime. The 10 names and ranks match the September 20 file exactly: meme 2, football 3, tiktokshop 4, dance 5, ad 6, comedy 7, school 8, halloween 9, nyc 10. get_growth on tiktok for nfl printed 7D minus 6.13 percent with volume 305870074.0 to 294825068.0 through 2026-09-17, while 30D 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. get_growth on tiktok: 7D minus 6.13 percent (47.3 to 44.4) with volume 294825068.0. 30D index printed 999999.0 and is omitted; 30D volume plus 130.65 percent (127824903.0 to 294825068.0) is kept.
meme: Catch-all humor tag. Holds 2. get_growth on tiktok: 7D plus 110.57 percent (22.7 to 47.8) with volume 244049398.0 to 258519534.0, and 30D plus 28.84 percent (37.1 to 47.8).
football: Broader football tag sitting under nfl. Holds 3. get_growth on tiktok returned no_data and is omitted.
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.
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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.
- Stamp: as_of moved to 2026-09-21T08:01:37.804638 from yesterday's 2026-09-20T08:01:32.813075 class.
What today's TikTok hashtags reveal
This is a live timestamp on a frozen name list. nfl at 1 still sits on a 294825068 volume print even as 7D tiktok is minus 6.13 percent. meme at 2 is the growth row: plus 110.57 percent 7D. 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. Growth calls on ranks 1-3 used get_growth with source tiktok and windows 7D and 30D; 999999.0 and no_data prints were omitted. The matching data source page is TikTok Trending Hashtags API.
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