As you learn how to find trending songs on TikTok, you’ll see how to use TikTok accounts, Spotify, the For You page, and beyond to find out what’s hot right now.
The unsung heroes of TikTok videos are often music and sounds. It is no secret that finding the right sound to accompany your videos can be the key to going viral on TikTok.
The platform typically rewards popular songs, especially those associated with challenges and trends. Sadly, a lot of people find it difficult to find these songs.
Of course, it doesn't have to be that way in your case — if you know where to look. To that end, here are a few interesting methods for how to find trending sounds on TikTok.
How to Find Trending Sounds on TikTok
There are different approaches for how to find trending songs on TikTok. You can search directly through the platform, or do your own outside research. Here’s how you can find trending sounds using both approaches.
Pro tip: If you use a TikTok Business account, you won't have access to most trending sounds. It's best to grow your followers using a Creator account.
1. Use TikTok’s “Sounds”
TikTok understands the importance of new trends on its platform. They even make it easy for users to find trending sounds by using the search bar.
To do this, simply open the TikTok app and find the search button in the top right bar of your screen. Then, you can simply search for sounds using the keywords "viral sounds," “trendalert,” and “tokboard.” Or, if you already know the sound but just want to see how it’s used in videos, you can search for it directly.
At the top of the screen, you’ll see categories for your results: "Users", "Videos", "Sounds", "Live", and "Hashtags". Select the "Sounds" category.
Not only will you see important details about the song, such as the title and artist name — you’ll also be able to see how many times it has been used on TikTok.
2. Identify Trends on the For You Page
The For You page on TikTok is where TikTok users find the most popular videos that best suit their taste. Since viral sounds typically accompany viral videos, it’s usually easy to find a host of trending sounds on this page.
To find viral sounds on the For You page, simply open your TikTok app and spend some time scrolling the FYP. Keep an eye out for the videos with the most views, and the sounds accompanying them.
You may come across the same sound in a few different trending videos — these are the sounds you want to pay special attention to. To use the sound, you can either click on "Use this sound" and start creating or save it for later by adding it to your "Favorites" list.
3. Follow Top TikTok Creators
Becoming a top content creator on TikTok usually involves having an uncanny ability to identify the most viral trends even before they become popular. In fact, some TikTok influencers have established such a reputation on the platform that they are just as capable of creating viral trends as they are of identifying them.
Then there are social media marketing creators who devote their time to finding early trends and posting about them. For example, @mrs.marketing creates TikTok videos that tell you about the latest trends on the platform.
By paying close attention to these accounts, you can find the best trending videos at exactly the right time — which is when they're popular enough to boost your views, but not so popular that your videos can get lost in the crowd.
4. Use the TikTok Creative Center Platform
TikTok Creative Center is a tool the platform provides to allow its users to find trending songs.
One of the most impressive aspects of TikTok Creative Center is that it not only allows you to discover trending songs but also to filter by location. This comes in handy when you want to find trending songs in your country or that of your audience. The feature also provides information about the songs in question, such as how long they’ve been trending.
To use the TikTok Creative Center platform, users must have a Creative Center account, which you can get by opening a free TikTok business account.
5. Personal Discover Page
Although the FYP is a replacement for the Discover Page, you can still get to the Discover page by navigating the plus button at the bottom of the screen.
Click “Add sound” as you would when adding music to your TikTok video.
You can use keywords or hashtags to search for trending sounds. This leads you to a page containing the trending audio and videos that exclusively make use of that sound. To use this method, you need to know what’s trending.
6. Spotify Playlists
Yes, you can find playlists of the trending TikTok songs on Spotify. In fact, Spotify created an official playlist of top TikTok sounds.
In addition to the playlist created by Spotify, there are a couple of TikTok playlists created by Spotify users. You can find these videos by simply searching for "TikTok" on Spotify and scrolling carefully through the results. Trends come and go, so playlists like these change all the time.
Some examples of TikTok playlists to look out for on Spotify include:
- Viral Hits, created by Spotify
- TikTok September 2022, created by Aksha
- TikTok Hits, created by Loudkult
7. YouTube
Just like Spotify, you can discover playlists of viral TikTok sounds on YouTube. Simply click on the YouTube search bar and enter a relevant keyword such as "trending TikTok sounds".
Not only will you be able to see results for your specified keyword, but you'll also find a host of other suggested keywords that may help you find even more useful results.
Additionally, there are a handful of channels on YouTube that create mashups of popular TikTok sounds. You’ll have to do quite some searching to find the good ones.
8. Visit Billboard 100
Not only can you find the most popular songs trending on TikTok — the platform has a reputation for blowing up songs. For this reason, it is quite commonplace that some of the trending songs on TikTok also find a place on the billboard's top 100 list.
In fact, in 2021, over 175 trending songs on TikTok were featured on the Billboard top 100 chart. What's more, the number was double what it was in 2020, and is projected to increase again in 2022.
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Jump on Trending Sounds on TikTok to Increase Views
There are a few ways to find trending sounds on TikTok by using the social media platform’s Creative Center, For You page, and search bar.
You also have the chance to make use of third-party platforms such as Spotify, YouTube, and the Billboard’s top 100 chart.
Make sure you understand how they're being used, and never be afraid to put your own spin on a song to create your original sound.
It is also worth mentioning that discovering trending TikTok sounds is one thing, and using them with the right strategy is another.
Check out the Hype blog for helpful tips on the right strategy for growing your social media brand.
