AI video trends on October 20, 2026
The week to · 15 new trends · 21 live in total · ← October 19, 2026 · October 21, 2026 → · This week
In the seven days to October 20, 2026 the AI video trends that started spreading were The Jawn Dance AI, Spooky Scary Skeletons AI, Perfect Partner AI, Lion Friend AI, Knight Cat AI, High Altitude Trampoline AI, Flying Broom AI, Fairy AI Video, Celebrity Red Carpet AI, Ceiling Fan Transition, Basketball Dunk AI, Zombie AI Trend, UNO Reverse Car Transition, Tecktonik Dance AI and Keep on steppin' AI dance. Each entry shows when the trend was first seen and the stage it was at, as recorded on its own page. The list for any other day is at /trending/<date>; today's is at /trending.
New that week
The Jawn Dance AI
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Dance
The Jawn dance trend is named after "The JAWN", a short club track by Jerri; in the AI version a person holding a drink waits deadpan, then grins and dances when the beat drops.
Spooky Scary Skeletons AI
Trending since · Just starting · Added · Festival
Spooky Scary Skeletons is a Halloween dance trend on TikTok in which people hop, spin and kick like loose-jointed skeletons to the song "Spooky, Scary Skeletons" by Andrew Gold.
Perfect Partner AI
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Viral
The perfect partner AI trend is a short video in which a wipe sweeps across a solo photo and reveals an AI-invented boyfriend or girlfriend posing beside the person.
Lion Friend AI
Trending since · Just starting · Added · Viral
The lion friend trend is a five-second AI clip, styled like a phone video shot at night, in which a full-grown lion walks up a bush road to a person beside a parked car and lets them stroke its mane.
Knight Cat AI
Trending since · Just starting · Added · Pet
The knight cat trend is a short AI fantasy clip in which a tiny cat in silver armour holds up a sword on a windy moor and faces something enormous, usually a fire-breathing dragon.
High Altitude Trampoline AI
Trending since · Just starting · Added · Viral
The high altitude trampoline AI trend is a ten-second AI stunt clip in which someone drops from a dam, cliff or skyscraper onto a tiny trampoline and bounces back up to where they jumped from.
Flying Broom AI
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Festival
The flying broom AI trend, also called "my ride is here", is a ten-second joke clip in which someone hovers on a witch's broom beside a car window, grins at the camera and then shoots off down the road.
Fairy AI Video
Trending since · Just starting · Added · Transformation
The fairy AI video is a short glow-up in which an ordinary photo turns into a fairy transformation: the clothes become a gown, the backdrop melts into a night forest and translucent butterfly wings open behind the person.
Celebrity Red Carpet AI
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Viral
The celebrity red carpet AI trend is a 10-second clip in which an ordinary person steps out of a black car onto a red carpet, walks past flashing cameras and signs fans' photos of themselves.
Ceiling Fan Transition
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Transformation
The ceiling fan transition is a 15-second top-down video of a person lying on the floor under a turning ceiling fan whose outfit changes every time a blade sweeps across them.
Basketball Dunk AI
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Viral
The basketball dunk AI trend is a ten-second clip in which someone who has no business dunking crosses up a defender and slams the ball through the rim while a crowd goes wild.
Zombie AI Trend
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Transformation
The Zombie AI trend, also called the zombie love story, is a short AI video in which a tearful survivor lowers a gun at someone they love who has turned into a zombie and embraces them in a golden field.
UNO Reverse Car Transition
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Viral
The UNO reverse car transition is a short video in which a person holds up two cards, a 2 and a 4, that cover the lens, and a car appears behind them when the cards drop.
Tecktonik Dance AI
Trending since · Just starting · Added · Dance
The Tecktonik AI trend is a short vertical clip of one person throwing fast, angular Tecktonik electro arm moves on a raised stage at a night party.
Keep on steppin' AI dance
Trending since · Spreading · Added · Dance
Keep on steppin' is a line dance set to the song "Keep On Steppin" by Mike Clark Jr., built from marching knee lifts, side steps and swinging arms, usually danced by a small group in a row.
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Also live on October 20, 2026
AI Anime Filter
Trending since · Added · Anime
The AI anime filter trend is the habit of posting a real photo next to a version of it redrawn as a hand-drawn anime frame.
AI Pet Hug
Added · Pet
The AI pet hug trend is a short video in which a person and their dog, cat or other pet, from two separate photos, are brought together in a hug.
AI Dance
Trending since · Added · Dance
The AI dance trend is a short video in which a person from a single still photo starts to dance, usually posted under a trending sound.
AI Christmas Video
Added · Festival
The AI Christmas video trend is a short moving greeting card in which the people or pets in an ordinary photo appear in a festive scene and wave.
Earth Zoom Out
Trending since · Added · Viral
Earth zoom out is a one-shot effect in which the video starts on a person, street or building and the camera flies backwards and upwards without a cut until the whole Earth is in frame.
Old Photo Animation
Trending since · Added · Transformation
Old photo animation is a short video in which a person in a still photograph blinks, smiles and moves slightly, as if the photo came alive.