AI video trends on October 23, 2026

Trending since September 12, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 23, 2026 · Festival

The werewolf transformation AI trend is a short AI video in which a person made from one photo turns into a werewolf under a full moon: amber eyes, fangs, fur up the arms, torn shirt, then a howl.

Trending since September 24, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 23, 2026 · Festival

The vampire transformation AI trend is a short Halloween video, made from one photo, in which a person standing still turns into a vampire on camera: pale skin, crimson eyes, a gothic cape or gown, and a slow smile that shows two fangs.

Trending since October 5, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Festival

The Ramalama costume walk is a Halloween 2026 TikTok trend in which the camera sits on the ground, follows someone's shoes as they walk toward it, and tilts up on the drop of "Ramalama (Bang Bang)" to reveal their full costume.

Trending since September 15, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The Nicole Kidman dance trend is a roughly 12-second TikTok dance challenge to ADÉLA's song "Nicole Kidman", named after the song title and unrelated to the actress.

Trending since September 28, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 23, 2026 · Viral

The car jump AI trend is a ten-second clip in which a person sits calmly on a camp chair, snaps their fingers and an off-road vehicle flies over the ridge behind them in slow motion.

Trending since July 24, 2026 · Past its peak · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The Animal dance is a TikTok dance challenge set to Animal by the girl group KATSEYE, built around arms flung wide, hands curled into paws and hip sways to the line "you move like an animal".

Trending since October 16, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The charme dance AI trend, also called the Brazilian funk dance AI trend, is a 10-second clip in which a person dances the smooth side-step charme at a packed night street party in Rio.

Trending since October 6, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The No Guidance dance is a short, laid-back TikTok groove done next to a train, named after the 2019 song No Guidance by Chris Brown featuring Drake.

Trending since September 5, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Pet

The cat dancing AI trend, also searched as cat filming cat dancing, is a short AI clip in which one cat dances on its hind legs while a second cat films it on a smartphone.

Trending since October 8, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The gas station dance is a short night clip in which a driver steps out of a car at a fuel pump and breaks into a clapping, spinning, crouching dance, and the AI version recreates it from one photo.

Trending since July 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The Layoo dance is a high-energy routine to the track "Layoo" credited to KillaMoe, with a low crouch, arms flung wide, a deep squat bounce and chest beating, and the AI version recreates it from one photo.

Trending since June 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Viral

The birthday champagne trend is a 9-second birthday flex in which a person sits on a bench and pops a bottle that sends a tall jet of champagne into the air while the picture turns black and white.

Trending since May 13, 2025 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

AI Sway Dance is a TikTok effect that turns one still photo into a roughly 5-second clip in which the subject puts its hands on its hips, sways side to side and throws both arms up.

Trending since April 16, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Viral

The "NASA detects motion on the moon" trend is a parody of a breaking-news clip in which a dust trail crawling across the Moon turns out to be the person who posted it, standing by a lunar buggy or drifting their own car.

Trending since June 12, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

Quero Ver Na Hora H is a short Brazilian funk dance of hand flicks, a visor salute and arm sweeps, danced to the TikTok sound of the same name; "hora H" is a Portuguese idiom for the decisive moment.

Trending since September 12, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Viral

The shadow boxing AI trend is a short clip in which a person from an ordinary photo, often a grandparent, suddenly drops into a boxing stance and throws a jab, slip, roll and uppercut combo at the air.

Trending since October 3, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 23, 2026 · Festival

Thriller dance AI is a Halloween trend in which an AI character or an ordinary person, often in zombie makeup, leads a horde of zombies through the dance from the 1983 Thriller music video.

Trending since September 15, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The storm trend is a short AI video in which a person walks into a motionless crowd, stops in the middle and stays still while everyone around them breaks into the dance from the STORM II music video.

Trending since October 1, 2025 · Past its peak · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The turn the lights off trend is a short nightclub clip in which a person dances alone with eyes closed and head rolling to the music, taken from a club scene in the 2025 Apple TV+ series Your Friends & Neighbors.

Trending since October 5, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The Gangnam Style trend is a selfie video from a night out in which friends take turns at the phone's front camera to PSY's 2012 song Gangnam Style, started by a clip filmed in Gangnam, Seoul.

Trending since September 29, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Pet

The clapping cat meme is a 7-second AI-generated clip of a black cat standing on its hind legs that claps like a person with a wide human grin, gets shushed and keeps clapping in tiny silent taps.

Trending since September 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Viral

The metro phone trend is a video in which someone sticks a phone outside a metro window, performs to it, then chases it down the platform as the train pulls away, and the AI version recreates it safely from one photo.

Trending since March 2, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 23, 2026 · Dance

The strawberry baby dance is a short AI video of a chubby, baby-faced figurine made of a whole glossy strawberry that bounces, giggles and dances on a dark studio floor or a kitchen counter.

Just starting · Added October 23, 2026 · Festival

A Diwali AI video is a short festive clip made from an ordinary photo, showing the person in traditional clothes with lit diyas or sparklers while fireworks open behind them, usually sent as a Happy Diwali greeting.

Trending since October 20, 2026 · Past its peak · Added October 22, 2026 · Festival

The Ayudha Pooja AI video is a playful festival trend in which a person steps out of their own profile picture and wipes their profile page clean with a white cloth, as if honouring their tools on Ayudha Pooja.

Trending since October 14, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 22, 2026 · Viral

The AI rich video trend is a 14-second money flex clip in which a person hugs a long slab of banknotes and sweeps it across the lens to reveal a table buried in cash.

Trending since October 20, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 22, 2026 · Viral

The window peeper trend is a short AI video in which the camera zooms from the street into a lit window at night, finds someone secretly eating a burger and catches them diving behind the curtain.

Trending since August 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 22, 2026 · Dance

The Fortnite dance trend of autumn 2026 is people doing the Zany emote from Fortnite for real, and the AI version makes the same dance from a single photo.

Trending since September 29, 2026 · Past its peak · Added October 21, 2026 · Pet

The dancing dog trend, also searched as the put a ring on it dog, is a short AI clip in which a dog is the lead dancer in front of two backup dancers, matching their routine with head bobs and head tilts.

Trending since September 1, 2026 · Past its peak · Added October 21, 2026 · Dance

Jean Phil is an AI-generated character with a blonde bowl cut and a curled moustache, and the Jean Phil trend is his Toc Toc dance: hopping on one foot, lifting a knee and knocking on an invisible door.

Trending since September 24, 2026 · Past its peak · Added October 21, 2026 · Viral

The AI crying trend is a 10-second AI video in the style of a drama scene in which a person smiles through welling tears, lets one tear fall and walks away into the night.

Trending since June 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since October 16, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since January 15, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since October 8, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since October 3, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since September 3, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since September 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since October 3, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since August 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since September 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since June 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since September 24, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since October 1, 2026 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since October 7, 2026 · Just starting · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since January 1, 2025 · Spreading · Added October 18, 2026 · 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.

Trending since December 1, 2022 · Added October 12, 2026 · 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.

Added October 12, 2026 · 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.

Trending since January 1, 2024 · Added October 12, 2026 · 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.

Added October 12, 2026 · 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.

Trending since January 1, 2025 · Added October 12, 2026 · 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.

Trending since February 1, 2021 · Added October 12, 2026 · 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.