TikTok Viral Trends 2025

September 2025 Viral Video Insights

Overview

This dataset, titled TikTok Viral Trends 2025, provides a curated snapshot of 50 trending TikTok videos from September 2025, capturing the platform's dynamic content landscape. Sourced from real-time web analyses and social media insights (e.g., X posts, trend reports from reputable sources like Ramdam, NapoleonCat, and Tokchart), it focuses on viral videos across diverse categories such as Entertainment, Music, Comedy, Lifestyle, Beauty, Sustainability, and Technology. The dataset is designed for data scientists, researchers, and enthusiasts interested in analyzing social media trends, predicting virality, or exploring multimodal machine learning applications (e.g., NLP, time-series, or clustering). It stands out from existing Kaggle datasets by offering fresh, 2025-specific data with rich metadata, including engagement metrics, hashtags, and sound/trend associations.

Dataset Description

• Size: 50 records, each representing a trending TikTok video or aggregated trend data from September 2025.
• Format: CSV (tiktok_data.csv).
• Source: Aggregated from public web sources and social media posts, ensuring authenticity and compliance with data-sharing guidelines. Specific sources are cited per record (e.g., post:72, web:65).
• Update: Reflects trends as of September 16, 2025, making it more current than 2023-2024 TikTok datasets on Kaggle.

Columns

The dataset contains the following 12 columns: - video_id: Unique identifier for each video or trend (integer or hashtag-based). - author: Creator username or group (anonymized as "Unknown" where not specified). - description: Brief summary of the video content or trend, derived from source context. - upload_date: Approximate or exact posting date (YYYY-MM-DD). - views: Reported view count (e.g., millions, billions for hashtag aggregates; "N/A" if unavailable). - likes: Reported like count (e.g., thousands, millions; "N/A" if unavailable). - shares: Share count (often "N/A" due to limited public data). - comments: Comment count (often "N/A" due to limited public data). - hashtags: Key hashtags associated with the video or trend (e.g., #Kpop, #Viral). - category: Inferred content category (e.g., Entertainment, Music, Comedy, Lifestyle, Sustainability, Tech). - sound_or_trend: Associated audio track or challenge name driving the trend (e.g., "Soda Pop dance", "JUMP"). - source: Citation of data origin (e.g., post:72 for X post ID, web:65 for web source ID).

Key Features

• Diverse Categories: Includes K-pop (e.g., BLACKPINK, SEVENTEEN), dance challenges (e.g., Espresso Dance), AI-driven content (e.g., Identity Swap), comedy, lifestyle (e.g., SustainableSeptember), and beauty trends, reflecting TikTok's global appeal.
• High Engagement: Videos with reported metrics show millions of views (e.g., 29.4M for BLACKPINK’s JUMP) and likes, with hashtag trends like #Perfume reaching 39.3B views.
• Multimodal Potential: Supports text analysis (descriptions, hashtags), numerical analysis (views, likes), and categorical analysis (categories, sounds).
• Timeliness: Captures September 2025 trends, including seasonal (e.g., Autumn Cozy Challenge) and cultural moments (e.g., K-pop releases, viral memes).

Potential Use Cases

This dataset is ideal for a variety of machine learning and data analysis tasks on Kaggle, including but not limited to: - Virality Prediction: Use views, likes, and hashtags to train regression or classification models (e.g., XGBoost, neural networks) to predict video success. - Trend Analysis: Apply clustering (e.g., K-means) or topic modeling (e.g., LDA) to identify emerging content themes or regional differences. - NLP Applications: Analyze descriptions and hashtags with BERT or word embeddings to study sentiment, cultural trends, or influencer impact. - Time-Series Forecasting: Leverage upload_date and engagement metrics for temporal analysis of trend lifecycles. - Recommendation Systems: Build content recommendation models based on category, sound, or hashtag similarities. - Social Media Ethics: Explore AI-driven trends (e.g., deepfake Identity Swaps) for studies on misinformation or content authenticity.

Data Collection

• Methodology: Data was aggregated from public web sources (e.g., trend reports, news snippets) and X posts discussing viral TikTok content. No private or restricted data was used, ensuring ethical sourcing.
• Limitations: Some metrics (e.g., shares, comments) are "N/A" due to limited public availability. View and like counts are reported where available, with aggregates for trends (e.g., 686.4K videos for #Ominous). Exact metrics may vary slightly due to real-time fluctuations.
• Verification: All entries ...

Dataset

This dataset was created by Phụng Trương Thu

Released under CC0: Public Domain

Contents

TikTok Video Metadata Dataset – 700+ Entries This dataset contains metadata for over 700 TikTok videos, designed for training and testing machine learning models aimed at predicting video popularity, engagement, and virality. It includes key features such as video duration, text descriptions, hashtags, timestamps, author statistics, sound IDs, and engagement metrics (views and likes).

Key Features:

Video Metadata: id_video, duration_seconds, text_part, hashtags

Author Stats: author_followers, author_likes

Engagement Metrics: views, likes

Sound & Time: id_sound, human_time

Hashtags & Descriptions: Provided as comma-separated strings for easy parsing

Possible Use Cases:

Engagement Prediction: Build regression or classification models to predict views and likes.

Content & Hashtag Analysis: Identify which hashtags and text content correlate with higher engagement.

Author Influence Study: Explore how author popularity impacts video performance.

Time-based Analysis: Investigate posting time patterns.

NLP Applications: Perform text mining on video captions and hashtags.

Data Notes:

Contains real TikTok video metadata from various topics and regions.

Some fields may be empty (e.g., missing text or hashtags).

Suitable for educational projects, hackathons, and initial research in social media analytics.

Suggested Tasks:

Predict likes or views using regression models.

Classify videos into "viral" vs. "non-viral" based on a views threshold.

Cluster videos based on hashtags or content themes.

Analyze the impact of video length and posting time on engagement.

Popular TikTok Videos, Authors, and Musics

A Comprehensive Dataset for performing Trending Analysis

About this dataset

TikTok is one of the hottest social media platforms out there, and it's only getting bigger. If you're looking to get in on the action, this dataset is for you!

This dataset contains a collection of videos from TikTok, including information on the user who posted the video, the number of likes, shares, and comments the video received, as well as the video's length and description. With this data, you can see what types of videos are popular on TikTok and start planning your own viral content!

How to use the dataset

1. The dataset contains a collection of videos from the social media platform TikTok.
2. The videos include information on the user who posted the video, the number of likes, shares, and comments the video received, as well as the video's length and description.
3. The dataset also contains information on popular TikTok authors, including their unique ID, nickname, avatar thumbnail, signature, and whether or not their account is verified or private.
4. Additionally, the dataset includes a list of trending videos on TikTok, as well as the number of likes, shares, comments, and plays each video has received

Research Ideas

• Identifying popular TikTok authors to target for scraping videos and liked videos
• Finding trending videos on TikTok for further analysis
• Generating a list of videos from the TikTok app that are tagged with the #funny hashtag

Acknowledgements

License

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) - Public Domain Dedication No Copyright - You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. See Other Information.

Columns

File: tiktok_collected_liked_videos.csv | Column name | Description | |:---------------|:---------------------------------------------------------| | user_name | The name of the user who posted the video. (String) | | n_likes | The number of likes the video has received. (Integer) | | n_shares | The number of shares the video has received. (Integer) | | n_comments | The number of comments the video has received. (Integer) | | n_plays | The number of times the video has been played. (Integer) |

File: tiktok_collected_videos.csv | Column name | Description | |:---------------|:---------------------------------------------------------| | user_name | The name of the user who posted the video. (String) | | n_likes | The number of likes the video has received. (Integer) | | n_shares | The number of shares the video has received. (Integer) | | n_comments | The number of comments the video has received. (Integer) | | n_plays | The number of times the video has been played. (Integer) |

File: tiktok_funny_hashtag_videos.csv | Column name | Description | |:--------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------| | author_nickname | The author's nickname. (String) | | author_avatarThumb | The author's avatar thumbnail. (String) | | author_signature | The author's signature. (String) | | author_verification | Whether or not the author's account is verified. (Boolean) | | author_privateAccount | Whether or not the author's account is private. (Boolean) | | author_followingCount | The number of people the author is following. (Integer) | | author_followerCount | The number of people following the author. (Integer) | | author_heartCount | The number of hearts the author has. (Integer) | | author_diggCount | The number of diggs the author has. (Integer) | | music_title | The title of the music. (String) | | music_playUrl | The play url of the music. (String) | | music_coverThumb | The cover thumbnail of the music. (String) | | music_authorName | The author name of the music. (String) | | music_originality | The originality of the music. (String) | | music_duration | The duration of the music. (String) |

File: trending_authors.csv | Column name | Description ...

📱 About Dataset Overview This Social Media Engagement Dataset contains comprehensive engagement metrics from 5,000 social media posts across six major platforms: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube. The dataset spans over 2 years (2024-2025) and provides valuable insights into content performance, audience engagement patterns, and influencer analytics.

Dataset Contents The dataset includes 20 detailed features covering various aspects of social media engagement:

Post Information Post_ID: Unique identifier for each post Timestamp: Date and time when the post was published Platform: Social media platform (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube) Content_Type: Type of content (Photo, Video, Reel, Tweet, Story, etc.) Category: Content category (Technology, Fashion, Food, Travel, Fitness, Education, Entertainment, Business, Lifestyle, Gaming, Health, Sports) Engagement Metrics Likes: Number of likes/reactions received Comments: Number of comments on the post Shares: Number of shares/retweets/reposts Views: Total number of views Saves: Number of bookmarks/saves Engagement_Rate: Calculated engagement rate percentage Account Information Follower_Count: Number of followers of the account Influencer_Tier: Classification (Nano, Micro, Mid-tier, Macro) Is_Verified: Whether the account is verified (True/False) Content Characteristics Hashtag_Count: Number of hashtags used Content_Length: Length in characters (text) or seconds (video) Sentiment: Sentiment analysis (Positive, Neutral, Negative) Has_Media: Whether post contains media (True/False) Temporal Features Hour_of_Day: Hour when the post was published (0-23) Day_of_Week: Day of the week (Monday-Sunday) Use Cases This dataset is perfect for:

📊 Predictive Analytics: Build ML models to predict engagement rates 📈 Data Visualization: Create insightful dashboards and charts 🤖 Machine Learning: Classification, regression, and clustering tasks ⏰ Time Series Analysis: Analyze posting patterns and optimal timing 🎯 Content Strategy: Optimize content strategy based on data insights 🔍 Sentiment Analysis: Study correlation between sentiment and engagement 📱 Platform Comparison: Compare performance across different platforms 💼 Influencer Marketing: Analyze influencer tier performance Technical Details Format: CSV Size: ~651 KB Rows: 5,000 Columns: 20 Time Period: January 2024 - December 2025 Missing Values: None Potential Research Questions What time of day generates the most engagement? Which platform has the highest engagement rates? How does content type affect performance? Does verified status impact engagement? What's the optimal hashtag count? How does sentiment correlate with engagement? Notes Engagement metrics are platform-realistic and proportional All data is synthetically generated for educational and research purposes Suitable for beginners and advanced data scientists

🎬 Movie Success Prediction Dataset

This dataset was curated to support machine learning models that predict movie success based on a wide range of multi-modal features, including cast popularity, sentiment analysis, audio-visual cues, social media engagement, and metadata such as budget and IMDb rating.

📦 Dataset Overview

The dataset consists of 36 engineered features extracted from various sources:

• Cast and Crew Insights (e.g., popularity trends, number of cast members)
• Sentiment Analysis from YouTube Comments using VADER
• Audio Features from movie trailers using VGGish 3
• Video Features using ResNet-based frame analysis
• TikTok Popularity Signals (hashtags, views, engagement rate)
• Movie Metadata (e.g., budget, IMDb rating)

Each row represents one movie. The dataset is ideal for classification or regression tasks related to box office success, revenue prediction, or audience engagement forecasting.

📊 Feature Mapping

Feature Code	Feature Name
Feature_1	cast_trend_1
Feature_2	cast_trend_2
Feature_3	cast_trend_3
Feature_4	avg_cast_popularity
Feature_5	top_cast_popularity
Feature_6	genre_score
Feature_7	positive_sentiment
Feature_8	neutral_sentiment
Feature_9	negative_sentiment
Feature_10	num_youtube_comments
Feature_11	num_cast_members
Feature_12	num_upcoming_movies
Feature_13	avg_upcoming_popularity
Feature_14	max_upcoming_popularity
Feature_15	tiktok_hashtag_views
Feature_16	tiktok_video_count
Feature_17	tiktok_total_likes
Feature_18	tiktok_total_comments
Feature_19	tiktok_total_shares
Feature_20	tiktok_engagement_rate
Feature_21	audio_tempo
Feature_22	audio_energy_mean
Feature_23	audio_energy_variance
Feature_24	audio_spectral_centroid_mean
Feature_25	audio_spectral_rolloff_mean
Feature_26	video_brightness_mean
Feature_27	video_colorfulness_mean
Feature_28	video_scene_change_rate
Feature_29	video_emotion_happy
Feature_30	video_emotion_sad
Feature_31	imdb_rating
Feature_32	budget
Feature_33	log_budget
Feature_34	sqrt_budget
Feature_35	budget_squared
Feature_36	budget_rating_interaction

🛠️ Feature Engineering Highlights

• Audio features were extracted using the VGGish 3 model, widely used in speech emotion recognition tasks.
• Video features were obtained from a ResNet-based model analyzing brightness, scene change rate, colorfulness, and emotion cues.
• Sentiment scores were derived from YouTube comments using VADER, capturing positive, neutral, and negative sentiment proportions.
• TikTok engagement metrics were collected using hashtag data, capturing likes, views, shares, and overall engagement rate.
• Budget transformations such as log, square root, and squared values are included, along with an interaction feature with IMDb rating.

💡 Potential Use-Cases

• Predict box office revenue or success labels
• Analyze which audio-visual cues correlate with public interest
• Build early-stage predictors of movie success using trailers and social signals
• Inform marketing strategies using real-time sentiment and TikTok trends

📥 Data Sources

• IMDb for metadata
• YouTube (comments and trailers) for sentiment and audio/visual analysis
• TikTok for hashtag popularity and engagement stats
• In-house processing for video/audio feature extraction using ResNet and VGGish 3

🚀 Whether you're working on predictive modeling, multimedia analysis, or social signal correlation, this dataset provides a diverse feature set to explore what makes a movie successful.