{
 "retrievedOn": "2026-09-28",
 "page": "/guides/tiktok-trend-tracker/",
 "note": "Facts behind the trend tracker comparison table. Each was read from the vendor's own page or App Store listing on the date shown. Prices are list prices in the vendor's currency, no conversion. Where a fact came from an earlier TokConnect check, that evidence file is linked.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "tool": "TikTok Creative Center (Trends)",
   "checked": "2026-09-19",
   "sources": [
    "https://ads.tiktok.com/business/creativecenter/inspiration/popular/hashtag/pc/en",
    "https://ads.tiktok.com/resources/help/article/creative-center",
    "/evidence/tiktok-creative-center-check.json"
   ],
   "price": "Free",
   "login": "Not required to browse; longer lists and saved collections behind a TikTok for Business login",
   "tracks": "Trending hashtags, songs, creators and videos by country, 7, 30 or 120-day windows; unit is posts and views. Shows no search volume.",
   "bestFor": "What formats, sounds and hashtags are being used right now in a given country"
  },
  {
   "tool": "TikTok Creator Search Insights",
   "checked": "2026-09-28",
   "sources": [
    "https://support.tiktok.com/en/using-tiktok/growing-your-audience/creator-search-insights",
    "https://www.tiktok.com/csi",
    "/evidence/exolyt-alternatives-facts.json"
   ],
   "price": "Free",
   "where": "TikTok app and tiktok.com/csi on desktop, TikTok login required",
   "tracks": "Search popularity (7-day searches) per topic, a chart of 7, 30, 60 or 180 days, country filter, content-gap flag, Trending tab",
   "limits": "One topic at a time; no export, no saved history, no API",
   "bestFor": "Checking whether people search for your exact topic, and whether that is growing"
  },
  {
   "tool": "Google Trends",
   "checked": "2026-09-28",
   "sources": [
    "https://trends.google.com/trends/"
   ],
   "price": "Free",
   "tracks": "Relative search interest (0 to 100) on Google Web, Image, News, Shopping and YouTube search, with history back to 2004 and country and city filters. No TikTok search data.",
   "bestFor": "Whether a TikTok trend has spilled onto Google and YouTube, and long history",
   "pageLink": "/guides/google-trends-for-tiktok/"
  },
  {
   "tool": "TickerTrends",
   "checked": "2026-09-28",
   "status": "active",
   "sources": [
    "https://tickertrends.io/tiktok-trends",
    "https://tickertrends.io/pricing"
   ],
   "tracks": "20k+ TikTok topics and hashtags (hashtag views and posting activity), creator follower and engagement changes, mapped to 300+ public companies; daily momentum updates with weekly and monthly growth",
   "plans": [
    {
     "name": "TickerTrends Core",
     "priceYearly": 998,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 83.17,
     "currency": "USD",
     "trial": "7-day free trial"
    },
    {
     "name": "KPI Tracking Suite",
     "price": "custom"
    }
   ],
   "audience": "Investors, operators and research teams",
   "bestFor": "Tying TikTok hashtag growth to brands and public companies, with alerts and history"
  },
  {
   "tool": "Exolyt",
   "checked": "2026-09-28",
   "status": "active",
   "sources": [
    "https://exolyt.com/pricing",
    "https://exolyt.com/features/hashtags",
    "https://exolyt.com/features/sounds"
   ],
   "tracks": "TikTok-only analytics: tracked accounts and hashtags over time, today's hottest hashtags by industry, hashtag growth history, trending sounds with a hotness score, social listening",
   "plans": [
    {
     "name": "Basic",
     "priceMonthly": 0,
     "currency": "EUR",
     "limits": "1 tracked account, 1 tracked hashtag, 7-day history"
    },
    {
     "name": "Essentials",
     "priceMonthly": 250,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 210,
     "currency": "EUR"
    },
    {
     "name": "Advanced",
     "priceMonthly": 600,
     "priceMonthlyBilledAnnually": 500,
     "currency": "EUR"
    }
   ],
   "unclear": "The pricing page does not say which plan includes the trending-hashtag and trending-sound views.",
   "bestFor": "Brands and agencies that track many accounts and hashtags over months, with dashboards and team seats"
  },
  {
   "tool": "TrendTok Analytics & Tracker",
   "checked": "2026-09-28",
   "status": "active",
   "sources": [
    "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trendtok-analytics-tracker/id1550778062"
   ],
   "developer": "ForUsApps, LLC",
   "platform": "iPhone only (iOS 15.6 or later)",
   "price": "Free download with in-app purchases from $2.99 (TrendTok Pro Weekly) to $49.99 (TrendTok Pro)",
   "rating": "4.8 out of 5 from about 66,000 ratings (US App Store listing, 28 Sep 2026)",
   "tracks": "Trending sounds, songs and hashtags by niche and location, with AI trend predictions; says it is not affiliated with TikTok or ByteDance",
   "bestFor": "Creators who want a phone feed of trending sounds and hashtags in their niche"
  },
  {
   "tool": "TokConnect",
   "checked": "2026-09-28",
   "sources": [
    "https://tokconnect.com/#pricing",
    "/evidence/exolyt-alternatives-facts.json"
   ],
   "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"
    }
   ],
   "tracks": "TikTok search demand from Creator Search Insights (search volume, 7 to 180-day curves, content gaps, audience) and public TikTok data, answered inside an AI agent through an MCP server",
   "limits": "No dashboard, no alerts, no sound charts by country, no TikTok Shop sales; history only as far back as TikTok's own 180-day curve",
   "bestFor": "Pulling rising searches for your own niche into Claude, Codex or Cursor and acting on them in the same chat"
  }
 ],
 "dropped": [
  {
   "tool": "Later TikTok trends roundup",
   "why": "Editorial blog post, not a tracker"
  }
 ]
}