Hey everyone!
This blog is going to be an icebreaker for tiktokers because in this post we will share 30 best ideas which will help you to hook audiences and go viral on tiktok instantly.
Let’s begin!
How can you go viral on tiktok?
With market evaluation of 220 billion dollars in 2024 and a billion above users, the platform stands as one of the biggest platforms to have gained this mass popularity in a short span.
The landscape on tiktok is always evolving and 2025 is not new. The audiences, especially gen Z are diving deeper into the oceans of tiktok and are really enjoying it.
The audiences are always looking for something fresh and new looking ideas to explore on tiktok and expect the creators to hook their attention as soon as they open the platform.
This makes this platform important for all creators because everyone has their own life and their own POVs to share on tiktok.
With machine learning-driven algorithms on board, only those who will be able to stop the users’ scroll on tiktok will be able to go viral on this gen Z video sharing platform.
The trends are shaped by unique ideas which hook audiences, which lure algorithms and which ultimately shape the viewers’ behaviors on tiktok.
So, if you’ve grasped these major terms, going viral on tiktok becomes easy peasy!
Why going viral on tiktok is different in 2025?
Going viral on tiktok has become different in 2025 because there are some major changes going on the platform right now.
Micro-niche and community centric approaches
Micro-niching is the new concept evolving on tiktok which means only those creators will be able to stand out who are tailoring content according to their niche.
So instead of using broad hashtags like “FYP”, the algorithms will prefer the content which will have niche related hashtags such as #cookwithme if their niche is cooking.
Tiktok SEO
Tiktok is now becoming a powerful search engine. The platform says that one in four users on tiktok search for something within 30 minutes of opening the application.
To go viral and rank on tiktok, creators must:
- Use a keyword rich caption in their videos.
- Mix popular and niche-driven hashtags in their videos.
- Use keywords in their videos too.
Strong emphasis on watchtime
Titkok now pays special attention to watch time in videos, having a duration across 15 to 20 seconds before boosting your video on tiktok.
Effective strategies now include:
- Hooking audience in the first three seconds
- Seamless loops, texts, transitions that encourage users to watch again and again.
No place for low quality content
Content is the driver of every interaction on tiktok but in 2025 tiktok has decided to have a crackdown on low quality content on the platform.
Tiktok’s internal data shows that high quality content gets 67% more watch time per video view and the chances to increase followers via high quality content is also 40 times more.
This is your chance to win the audience on tiktok by creating high quality content through the ideas we will share with you in this blog.
30 best tiktok ideas to go viral in 2025
Let’s explore the 30 best tiktok ideas which are going to make your videos viral in 2025.
Trend-based ideas
The easiest way to go viral on tiktok is by jumping into the trends on tiktok and joining the bandwagon of “everyone’s doing this”.
These are five blockbuster ideas for you:
1. Join the dance challenges
Tiktok has been developed by “bytedance”, so dance is in the name. Tiktok has a history of promoting the dance challenge videos on the platform.
This is your motivation to join the league and take over the platform with those natural steps you are hiding behind the camera.
2. Use viral audio clips in your videos
Videos without audios cannot stand a second on tiktok. That’s why it is important to use viral and trending audio clips in your videos.
Either in the form of lip syncs, your make overs or any other video type on tiktok you can use these viral audio clips to go viral on the platform.
3. Remix memes with your niche
Just watched a meme on tiktok? You watched it in your for you page because it became viral with the help of tiktok algorithms.
Don’t miss out this chance and remix these memes with your niche videos and make them viral on tiktok. With 16,000 videos uploaded every minute, tiktok is quite famous for meme sharing.
4. Use trending filters
Using trending filters is also a cool way to go viral on tiktok. Just click on the “create new” icon and you will find a bunch of new filters to use in your videos.
Especially the rapidly going augmented reality and artificial intelligent filters are highly recommended by experts to go viral on tiktok.
5. Participate in weekly tiktok prompts
Weekly tiktok prompts are like challenges in which you become part of the challenges on the basis of a day or on a weekly basis.
This is the simplest way to go viral on tiktok because it allows you to actively engage with your audience through your videos and accounts.
Start simply with #weeklyprompt or #prompt2025 and you will be gathering people to join the trends with you.
Pro tip: how to find trends on tiktok
Here is how you can find trends on tiktok easily:
- Tap the search icon and find trending hashtags, videos and sounds there.
- You can explore trending hashtags and video ideas directly in your discover page.
- Review popular hashtags and songs regularly.
- Check out top creators in your niche.
Relatable and comedy ideas
The best way to go viral on tiktok is by creating relatable content and what’s more relatable on tiktok than funny, humorous and comedy sketches?
Here’s how you can use this niche to create content that sells on tiktok:
6. Present daily life frustrations
Everyone wants to be represented on tiktok and by showing daily life frustrations you can hook the audience and algorithms on tiktok.
You can show the lives of a frustrated student, a housewife (or husband), a teacher, a doctor or any other profession or person you think is not living a fulfilling life.
Use this idea as:
- To show comedy and satirical content about anyone.
- Play the roles of tutors, physicians and especially students to spark engagement on your videos.
- Just try to be real and show your exact observations on tiktok.
7. Content that exaggerates common life experiences
Start creating content on tiktok which exaggerates common life experiences in a comic way. Through this you can relate more and more with your audiences.
You can do this better by:
- Share your POV of how you are seeing things.
- Show the world what it means to be a content creator on tiktok by making funny content on the lives of tiktokers.
- Collaborate with your niche influencers to increase followers, likes and comments on your videos.
8. Things only a particular group understands or relates to
This means you can narrow down your niche even further and start making content for a specific segment of society.
For example, “a day in the life of an unemployed student” with a strong CTA like: like, comment, follow and share if you are still unemployed.
Niches like this are best for you if you are just starting out on tiktok and are looking to increase impressions, reach and engagement on your videos.
You can make this work out by:
- Start with a single niche (for instance, funny sketches)
- Narrow it down further (a day in the life of —-)
- Create 3 to 4 videos per week and share as much on tiktok.
9. Reaction duets on funny clips
If you are starting on tiktok and want your content to reach the “for you page” on tiktok is by start making duets with other content creators in your niche.
You can reach out and ask them to make duets on awkward and funny clips on tiktok and can grow, even go viral on tiktok.
Do this by:
- Reacting on funny sketches on your own
- Expanding your network by reaching out to other content creators.
- Directly asking them for collaborations or duets for mutual benefits.
10. Using voiceovers or lip syncs
Almost every content creator on tiktok has used lip syncs and voiceovers in their videos because these videos often go trending and viral on tiktok.
You can do voice overs on your own or hire a professional voice over artist to do the deed for you.
You can do a lip sync on audios by:
- Open the tiktok app and tap the create new or + button.
- Add a song that you want to lip-sync to.
- Choose the duration of your song
- Choose the part of the song.
- Tap on the red button to record
- Post your video and keep an eye on metrics too.
Creative and aesthetic content
Who doesn’t enjoy aesthetic content on tiktok? This is one of the biggest niches on tiktok and receives millions of views on the platform.
Human beings are highly aesthetic beings and these aesthetics differ us from our closest cousins in the animal kingdom.
You can use this aesthetic sense to start creating content which brings value to your profile on the platform.
Choose amongst these ideas to get started on tiktok:
11. ASMR and aesthetic visuals on tiktok
If you are a regular tiktok user like me, you must have come across videos in which liquid is being poured, colors are floating, roses are dangling on tiktok.
These are called ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response). These are the videos that bring calmness, soothing and relaxing experience to your mind.
These are mainly the sounds which bring peace and tranquility to your mind. According to tiktok there are 38.6 million posts with ASMR hashtags on the platform.
12. Room or desk makeovers with a reveal
“OMG, I’ve found my lost necklace while making my bed” these videos are common on tiktok and drive crazy engagement on the platform.
These clips often start with a hook like, “guys, I have lost my necklace” and then keep on engaging the viewers on tiktok until they find their necklace or belongings in the videos.
These clips are easy to make and often require your editing skills to be perfect for the videos and storytelling on tiktok.
13. Mini vlogs with music and captions
Mini vlogs on tiktok are quite relatable to the above mentioned room or desk makeover but involve an extra touch of storytelling and inclusion in your videos.
You just need to keep it as natural and real as possible. Starting with your daily routine and ending the day works best when it comes to mini vlogs.
Use trending music in your videos in a low volume to make your videos part of the audio search too and add captions for enhanced experiences about your vlogs on tiktok.
14. Satisfying editing or arts videos
These videos are related to ASMR videos on tiktok and aesthetics on the platform but are created with a sense of extra editing in your videos.
You can create videos of cake slicing, liquid chocolate falling slowly and other sorts of these videos to create a dopaminergic effect in the viewers so they can come again and again.
15. Visual diaries
We all love to stay, introspect and reflect upon our lives to remember and figure out what happened or is happening in our lives.
Why not turn these over into visual diaries on tiktok? You can create visual diaries like:
- My June in 20 seconds
- My summer in 15 seconds
- The visual diary of love, healing or moving over a person.
These diaries trigger the emotional sense in your viewers and make them come back again and again to relate with your videos.
Education and value-driven ideas
The need for education, civil sense and other value driven content stays the same however progressive the technology like artificial intelligence becomes.
You can use your expertise in any niche to create educational videos about them. These videos are everlasting because education and skills are the needs of every generation.
16. 30 second skill teach
As we all know, short videos thrive more and help you build credibility on the platform faster. You can create short, 30 second skill teaching videos on tiktok to help your audiences.
It doesn’t matter what skill you have, either you are a tech expert or a philosophy enthusiast you can create a 30 second clip to share your knowledge about your subjects to everyone.
17. Busting myths in your niche
If you are an expert in artificial intelligence you often hear the myth, “coding skills are required for learning AI” , as an expert you can debunk this myth and educate reality to the people.
And it doesn’t necessarily have to be tech, there are myths about every field, so you should start busting those myths and spread the positive word on tiktok about your specific niches.
18. Surprising facts videos
“Did you know?” This is the strongest hook to stop the scroll on tiktok because it induces and sparks curiosity in the public if they know or not.
You can start with this hook and inform your viewers about the facts and figures you have gathered about your subject.
For example, do you know tiktok is worth $200 billion in the best case scenario? Start with this hook and end with explaining what makes tiktok this expensive.
19. Before and after transformations
These types of clips work best when you have a fitness niche on tiktok. You can use your 30 day workout routine to show how much you have transformed in these 30 days.
You don’t need to mention all 30 days for this, instead you can show day 1 and then show your body transformation after 30 days.
Cool, isn’t it?
20. Listicle style tutorials
‘3 tips to gain more followers on tiktok’ or ‘5 tips to create engaging content on tiktok’.
These types of videos are more engaging and attract more viewership because you are explaining in lists how to attract more followers or engagement for your account.
This type of content can make your videos go viral in seconds on the platform.
Products and business focused ideas
These video ideas are best for businesses, brands or affiliate marketers on tiktok who are looking to increase their sales on the platform.
These include product unpacking, product promotion and other such product related videos to market your products to a wider audience on the platform.
21. Product demos
If you are a healthcare brand on tiktok you can show your product demos on how to use your products such as lipsticks, eye shadows, face serums, sunscreens etc.
Not only will you be promoting your product but will also be showing the audiences on how to use these products efficiently to increase your sales and ROI.
22. Unboxing products
There are more than 14 million posts on tiktok with this hashtag, #unboxing. It can also work as UGC for your audience too.
For instance, you are unboxing Nike pegasus for your audiences as a user of these shoes. You can craft these videos to maximize curiosity and suspense in your viewers on tiktok.
These videos work best as UGC and a suspense or thriller touch in them.
23. Behind-the-scenes of my startup
How does a startup work? How many people are working currently in your company or startup? Why don’t you unpack these things while recording them for your audience?
These involve showing routines of your working hours in your office or how you are successfully running your business on tiktok.
24. Customer reactions and feedbacks
We all receive feedback on our products on our websites or in our social media comments. You can share these testimonials in reels on your tiktok account.
These will increase user experiences, user trust and your overall relationships with users and customers on the platform about your products and services.
25. Live Q&A or product comparisons
Live Q&A increases your relationship with audiences on tiktok and also fosters user participation on your account and videos on the platform.
You can go LIVE on tiktok with product comparisons and also engage your audience at the same time. This can help you increase your viewership after every LIVE on the platform.
Engagement and community ideas
Encourage more and more public participation on your videos and ultimately on your profile by making a community on tiktok.
These involve duets, enhancing user engagement, shares and collaborations on tiktok by you and your niche related creators.
26. Ask your audience a bold question
Remember the “do you know” thing? This is entirely related to that because asking your audience a bold question can stop them scrolling past your video on tiktok.
This will also increase user interaction with your videos in the form of comments and likes on your videos. Start with stopping the audience and end with adding a CTA like, “comment if you knew this” or “share with your friends to let them know”.
27. Share a hot take and ask for interactions
The best way to increase interactions on your videos is by asking for them. Share your stance or hot take on an issue and ask your audience to share their stance on the issue.
For example, you can start the video with a question and end the video with a startling fact about the question. This also involves asking your audience’s viewpoints about it.
28. Create a custom hashtag challenge
Creating a custom hashtag is best for creators, businesses or anyone trying to grow organically on tiktok.
You can make your own brand hashtags such as #glowupdesk or any other hashtag which represents your brand or business on tiktok and elsewhere.
This can spark an active conversation on tiktok through your viral hashtags which is an initiator of further engagement.
29. Stitch someone’s video
Stitch videos are great for collaborative posts and work best for engagement metrics.
Here’s how you can create a stitch video to get viral fast on tiktok:
- Find the video you want to stitch
- Tap the share arrow
- Select stitch
- Trim the portion you want to use
- Record your own video
- Edit and caption your video
- Post with a powerful caption
You can use relevant hashtags to make your stitch more searchable on tiktok.
30. Post “choose one” format
Posting “choose one” or “this or that” format videos on tiktok helps you to create direct relationships with your audience and increase their participation in your content.
You can do this in a LIVE session or even create videos like these to make your audiences participate better on tiktok.
Bonus tip: make AI tiktok videos to go viral in 2025
You can utilize all these ideas and blend them with AI to create powerful videos on tiktok. This involves:
- Using AI tools such as Chatgpt, Claude or other LLMs for idea generation.
- Using these same LLMs for captions and hashtags.
- Using Sora, Pika ai, Runway ML to create videos from a prompt.
- Making tutorials on how to use AI.
- Sharing viral prompts or powerful prompts which can be used on Chatgpt or other AI assistants in your videos on tiktok.
Methods to get more views on tiktok this year
Following are some profile and content related methods which you can apply to gain more views on your tiktok videos:
- Optimize your profile
- Hook viewers in first three seconds
- Use relevant and best hashtags in your videos.
- Post at the right time
- Keep videos short and thrilling
- Post consistently
- Use tiktok analytics to analyze your content regularly.
Going viral on tiktok: key takeaways
Going viral on tiktok is not a dream anymore. By using the right ideas, right strategies and right posting times for your videos you can easily go viral on the platform. The content analyzed all the niches on tiktok and took out the 30 best tiktok ideas you can use in your videos to go viral on tiktok. The umbrella terms included, engagement content, product and business content, trend based ideas, comedy ideas and aesthetic visual content which you can create to get viral on tiktok in 2025.
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