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 "retrievedOn": "2026-10-05",
 "pages": [
  "/guides/best-tiktok-trend-tracker-tools/",
  "/guides/exploding-topics-tiktok/"
 ],
 "note": "Facts about each tool, read from the vendor's own pages, help centre or App Store listing on 5 October 2026 (WebFetch, plus a logged-out browser read of TikTok Creative Center). Prices are list prices in the vendor's currency, no conversion. None of these tools was tested hands-on with a paid account.",
 "chatgptTest": {
  "date": "2026-10-05",
  "question": "What are the best TikTok trend tracker tools in 2026?",
  "mode": "logged-out ChatGPT",
  "named": [
   "TikTok Creative Center",
   "TrendTok",
   "Exolyt",
   "Exploding Topics",
   "Brandwatch",
   "Brand24",
   "Storyclash"
  ],
  "citedSource": "brandmentions.com 2026 comparison",
  "namedTokConnect": false
 },
 "brandmentionsArticle": {
  "title": "Best TikTok Social Listening & Brand Monitoring Tools (2026): Objectively Ranked",
  "url": "https://brandmentions.com/blog/best-tiktok-social-listening-tools/",
  "date": "2026-09-03",
  "ranked": [
   "BrandMentions",
   "Talkwalker",
   "Brandwatch",
   "Meltwater",
   "Sprinklr",
   "Brand24",
   "Exolyt",
   "Storyclash"
  ]
 },
 "tools": [
  {
   "tool": "TikTok Creative Center (Trends)",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://ads.tiktok.com/business/creativecenter/inspiration/popular/hashtag/pc/en",
    "https://ads.tiktok.com/help/article/creative-center"
   ],
   "price": "Free; \"a login is not required to access Creative Center\" (TikTok help article)",
   "measures": "Posts and views per hashtag, ranked, by country; tabs Hashtag, Creator (marked Coming soon) and Video; windows Last 7 days, Last 30 days, Last 90 days. No search counts.",
   "liveCheck": {
    "method": "logged-out browser read, 5 Oct 2026",
    "region": "United States",
    "window": "Last 7 days",
    "rowsShownLoggedOut": 3,
    "top": [
     {
      "rank": 1,
      "hashtag": "#reggie",
      "posts": "79.1K",
      "views": "890.5M"
     },
     {
      "rank": 2,
      "hashtag": "#cornelluniversity",
      "posts": "51.7K",
      "views": "467M"
     },
     {
      "rank": 3,
      "hashtag": "#janedoe",
      "posts": "42.6K",
      "views": "206.1M"
     }
    ],
    "gating": "View more top hashtags on TikTok: Log in or sign up"
   }
  },
  {
   "tool": "TikTok Creator Search Insights",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://support.tiktok.com/en/using-tiktok/growing-your-audience/creator-search-insights",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/csi"
   ],
   "price": "Free",
   "where": "TikTok app and tiktok.com/csi on desktop, TikTok login required",
   "measures": "Search popularity (searches in the last 7 days) per topic, 7 to 180-day chart, country filter, content-gap flag",
   "limits": "One topic at a time; no export, no API, no history beyond the windows shown"
  },
  {
   "tool": "TrendTok Analytics & Tracker",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trendtok-analytics-tracker/id1550778062"
   ],
   "developer": "ForUsApps, LLC",
   "platform": "iPhone, iOS 15.6 or later",
   "price": "Free download; in-app purchases: TrendTok Pro Weekly $2.99, TrendTok Pro Yearly $9.99 to $29.99, TrendTok Pro (one-time) $39.99 to $49.99, Advanced Trend Analytics $19.99",
   "rating": "4.8 out of 5 from about 66,000 ratings (US App Store, 5 Oct 2026)",
   "version": "7.9",
   "measures": "Trending sounds, hashtags and viral videos, with AI trend predictions; says \"This app is not affiliated with or endorsed by TikTok or ByteDance Ltd!\""
  },
  {
   "tool": "Exolyt",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://exolyt.com/pricing",
    "https://exolyt.com/features/trends"
   ],
   "plans": [
    {
     "name": "Basic",
     "priceMonthly": 0,
     "currency": "EUR",
     "limits": "1 tracked TikTok account, 1 tracked TikTok hashtag, 7-day history, 0 social listening projects"
    },
    {
     "name": "Essentials",
     "priceMonthly": 250,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 210,
     "currency": "EUR",
     "limits": "50 tracked accounts, 50 tracked hashtags, 90-day history, 3 social listening projects"
    },
    {
     "name": "Advanced",
     "priceMonthly": 600,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 500,
     "currency": "EUR",
     "limits": "300 tracked accounts, 300 tracked hashtags, at least 1-year history, 15 social listening projects"
    }
   ],
   "measures": "TikTok-only: tracked accounts and hashtags over time, trending topics, hashtags and viral videos by country, social listening; CSV export credits on every plan",
   "api": "No public API documented on the pricing page"
  },
  {
   "tool": "Exploding Topics",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://explodingtopics.com/pricing",
    "https://explodingtopics.com/feature/tiktok-add-on",
    "https://explodingtopics.com/blog/exploding-topics-tiktok-addon",
    "https://explodingtopics.com/blog/google-trends-vs-et"
   ],
   "plans": [
    {
     "name": "Entrepreneur",
     "priceMonthly": 39,
     "currency": "USD",
     "limits": "100 tracked trends, 10 trend analyses"
    },
    {
     "name": "Investor",
     "priceMonthly": 99,
     "currency": "USD",
     "limits": "500 tracked trends, 100 trend analyses, trend forecasting, CSV export"
    },
    {
     "name": "Business",
     "priceMonthly": 249,
     "currency": "USD",
     "limits": "2,000 tracked trends, 500 trend analyses, trend reports"
    }
   ],
   "trial": "7-day free trial on all plans",
   "tiktokAddOn": {
    "price": "$59/month",
    "availableTo": "any Exploding Topics Pro plan",
    "shows": "total posts, views, likes, post trend, hashtags, top viewed videos",
    "metricsListedInLaunchPost": [
     "TikTok Views: View trend over 12 months",
     "Total Views: Video views related to the product",
     "TikTok Posts: Growth or decline in posts about the product on TikTok",
     "Total Posts: Total number of posts in the selected timeframe"
    ],
    "categories": "18+ categories (Beauty, Fitness, Home, Pets, Fashion, Health, Kitchen, Technology and more)",
    "launchPostDate": "2026-02-09"
   },
   "measures": "Average Google search volume and growth per topic, with a channel breakdown across platforms including TikTok; the TikTok add-on adds views and posts for trending products. No TikTok search counts.",
   "homepageExamples": {
    "checked": "2026-10-05",
    "headline": "Discover Trends 12+ Months Before Everyone Else",
    "items": [
     {
      "topic": "Remineralizing gum",
      "growth": "+5100%"
     },
     {
      "topic": "Lash Clusters",
      "volume": "246K",
      "growth": "+250%"
     },
     {
      "topic": "Padel racket",
      "volume": "301K",
      "growth": "+146%"
     },
     {
      "topic": "Loop earplugs",
      "volume": "673K",
      "growth": "+82%"
     },
     {
      "topic": "Bamboo pajamas",
      "volume": "18.1K",
      "growth": "+33%"
     }
    ],
    "note": "Shown as examples on the homepage; the page does not say which period the growth covers."
   }
  },
  {
   "tool": "Brandwatch",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.brandwatch.com/pricing/",
    "https://social-media-management-help.brandwatch.com/en/articles/12767982-sources-for-listen-mentions"
   ],
   "price": "Not public; demo and quote only",
   "measures": "Social listening. For TikTok in its Social Media Management product: after you authenticate your own TikTok account, mentions of your brand's handle in videos, comments and replies; one year of owned-post history; top 1,000 mentions refreshed every 24 hours."
  },
  {
   "tool": "Brand24",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://brand24.com/prices/",
    "https://help.brand24.com/en/articles/16884743-tiktok-video-transcriptions"
   ],
   "plans": [
    {
     "name": "Individual",
     "priceMonthly": 249,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 199,
     "currency": "USD",
     "limits": "3 keywords, 2,000 mentions a month"
    },
    {
     "name": "Team",
     "priceMonthly": 349,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 299,
     "currency": "USD",
     "limits": "7 keywords, 10,000 mentions a month"
    },
    {
     "name": "Pro",
     "priceMonthly": 499,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 399,
     "currency": "USD",
     "limits": "12 keywords, 40,000 mentions a month"
    },
    {
     "name": "Business",
     "priceMonthly": 699,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 599,
     "currency": "USD",
     "limits": "25 keywords, 100,000 mentions a month"
    },
    {
     "name": "Enterprise",
     "price": "from $1,499 a month"
    }
   ],
   "trial": "14-day free trial",
   "measures": "Mentions of your keywords across the web and social media, TikTok included as a source on every plan; spoken TikTok mentions found through transcriptions when the video has captions; sentiment, reach and trending hashtags for your project."
  },
  {
   "tool": "Storyclash",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.storyclash.com/pricing",
    "https://www.storyclash.com/tiktok-monitoring"
   ],
   "price": "Pricing page FAQ names tiers STARTER (EUR 499), GROWTH (EUR 999) and SCALE (EUR 1,899); full details through a demo",
   "measures": "Influencer and creator platform: creator search and metrics, brand mentions in TikTok video descriptions, competitor influencer activity, campaign reporting (audience size, engagement, estimated reach, media value)"
  },
  {
   "tool": "TokConnect",
   "checked": "2026-10-05",
   "sources": [
    "https://tokconnect.com/"
   ],
   "plans": [
    {
     "name": "Free",
     "priceMonthly": 0,
     "credits": 50
    },
    {
     "name": "Starter",
     "priceMonthly": 49,
     "credits": 500,
     "currency": "USD"
    },
    {
     "name": "Growth",
     "priceMonthly": 99,
     "credits": 2000,
     "currency": "USD"
    },
    {
     "name": "Pro",
     "priceMonthly": 199,
     "credits": 8000,
     "currency": "USD"
    }
   ],
   "measures": "TikTok search demand from Creator Search Insights (7-day searches, 7 to 180-day curves, content gaps, audience) plus public videos, creators, hashtags, sounds and comments, answered in chat or through an MCP server in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other agents",
   "limits": "No dashboard or alerts, no TikTok Shop sales or GMV, no ad spend, no private analytics; history only as far back as TikTok's 180-day curve"
  }
 ]
}