AI trends November 2026: what's trending now

Which AI trends are newest going into November?

Five went live here on 2 Nov, five on 1 Nov (the Jisoo Addicted Dance in the evening), four on 31 Oct, five on 30 Oct and three in the days before, most within about a day of their first AI template. Newest first.

1. End of Watch Locker Scene🔥 Hot 1–2 people · 12s Live here since 2 Nov (evening). From End of Watch (2012): Brian films himself in the locker room, grins into the camera as his partner leans in, then shows his gear to the lens piece by piece and salutes. It was a TikTok meme over 22Gz's "Twirlanta" in Aug 2023 (66,100 videos on that sound, per MakeViral) and is back as an AI template; MakeViral and Starrd both added one on 2 Nov. Ours is the real film clip, for you or you and a friend. See yourself in it
2. Pick It Up Dance ≈2K views · 1–2 people · 11s Live here since 2 Nov. The Pick It Up Make It Jump dance: arms up, hands locked over the head, the turn to the back and the low squat, on DJ Zackkk's beat (posted 23 Apr 2026; the routine is credited to the dancer lilcoco, 19 Sep, per MakeViral). Ours is @tylermoor3's 29 Oct duo in an office hallway, for you or you and a friend. About 14,000 videos used the sound by 30 Oct, per MakeViral. See yourself in it
3. Mabel Matiz Umrumdışı ≈3.7M views · 1–2 people · 14s Live here since 2 Nov. The Turkish piano cats: an orange cat sings "Umrumdışı" (Mabel Matiz) to the ceiling while a tuxedo cat in a wristwatch plays; @milkavesimba's 31 Oct Instagram reel, 125.6K likes by 2 Nov. Your pet sings, you play, you two, or two pets. MakeViral has a template too. See yourself in it
4. Leo Cheers Meme 1 person · 8s Live here since 2 Nov. Gatsby's champagne toast from The Great Gatsby (2013), the 'cheers' reaction meme since May 2013: your face on him as the fireworks go off, in the real film clip. For party season and New Year. See yourself in it
5. Christmas Lights Car ≈291K views · 2 cars · 10s Live here since 2 Nov. Your own car parked in the snow, strung with warm white bulbs, snow falling and a lit cabin behind; pick You + your car to stand beside it. Starrd sells a photo version; ours is a video. See yourself in it
6. Jisoo Addicted Dance ≈15M views · 1–2 people · 15s Live here since 1 Nov (evening). Rosé posted this hallway dance with Jisoo on TikTok on 31 Oct, to Jisoo's new single "ADDICTED" (out 30 Oct): 15.5M views and 4.8M likes by 1 Nov. Take the place of the dancer in the brown leather top, or do it with a friend as both. MakeViral has a template too. See yourself in it
7. Smooth Criminal Dance ≈14M views · 1–2 people · 15s Live here since 1 Nov. The 15-second routine on a remix of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal", for you or you and a friend, from @larosi.222's 16 Aug TikTok duo (5.2M views on 1 Nov); copies credit @carlowrush, whose 10 Jun take had 4.5M. MakeViral added a template on 1 Nov. See yourself in it
8. Giant Ramp Climbing ≈289K views · 1 person · 15s Live here since 1 Nov. you (or your pet) sprint up a giant curved dam wall in front of a packed grandstand, flip off the railing and slide back down in spray. @jacksonzhangai's 23 Oct reel had 2,988,562 likes on 1 Nov; MakeViral is the only other template site with it. Live here 1 Nov. See yourself in it
9. Mirror Panther ≈5.0M views · 1 person · 5s Live here since 1 Nov. your palm on a gold-lit black marble mirror, and a black panther, or your Catrina self, stands where your reflection should be. A Spanish-language TikTok photo trend since 17 Oct; the top tutorial had 411.4K views on 1 Nov. Live here 1 Nov, in time for Día de Muertos. See yourself in it
10. Strike a Pole ≈20K views · 2 pets · 10s Live here since 1 Nov. your two pets stand up on a brick garden path, one swings round an old lamp post and the other cuts in to dance paw in paw (one photo per pet, or just one pet). A new pet duet template on Starrd (30 Oct) and Zooop (1 Nov); live here 1 Nov. See yourself in it
11. Dog Bartender↗ Rising ≈2.1M views · 1 pet · 29s Live here since 31 Oct. Mango, a golden retriever on Instagram (@m.a.n.g.o__o), posted the $1 vs $5 vs $50 drinks reel on 30 Oct: round glasses, a bib, and a 50$ cocktail topped with a head of broccoli and a sparkler. 63,042 likes about a day later (31 Oct). MakeViral had a template up by the next morning. Your pet or you behind the counter. See yourself in it
12. Coffee Making↗ Rising ≈307K views · 1–2 people · 14s Live here since 31 Oct. Max and Tilda, two AI-made dogs from @maxboerboeldog, wreck a kitchen counter making coffee in a 27 Oct TikTok (307.8K plays and 5,449 shares by 31 Oct); a recast with two men passed 613K Instagram likes the same week. MakeViral added it on 30 Oct. Two people, a person and a pet, two pets or one. See yourself in it
13. Cardo Dinner↗ Rising ≈34M views · 1–2 people · 15s Live here since 31 Oct. An old skit with a new life: @realjayllnn's "Cardo, your dinner is ready" egg roll episode is from 16 Apr 2025 (11.8M views on 31 Oct), a college football edit brought it back on 14 Oct 2026, and three AI sites (Starrd, MakeViral, media.io) added templates from 28 to 31 Oct. Alone, or with a friend as the server. See yourself in it
14. Car Alarm Dance ≈157K views · 1 pet · 12s Live here since 31 Oct. The scene goes back to a June AI tabby cat (157.2K plays by 31 Oct); the October dog versions revived it, and the 21 Oct golden retriever reel is the one we use. Starrd added a template on 30 Oct and MakeViral on 31 Oct. Your pet, or you, by the red car. See yourself in it
15. Hop Hop Hop Dance ≈8.1M views · 1–2 people · 8s Live here since 30 Oct. A duo squash swap in a narrow white hallway: @nirami1 posted it with a friend on 24 Oct (1.4M plays by 30 Oct), after a twin version from 18 Oct reached 3.7M. The versions we read add up to about 7.9M plays, and MakeViral counted 103M views under #hophophop (30 Oct). Solo or with a friend. See yourself in it
16. Fuzzy Dream Dance ≈1.9M views · 1 person · 13s Live here since 30 Oct. Dowayne Smiler's solo backyard dance from 16 Oct had 1.6M TikTok views and 250.2K likes on 29 Oct, by MakeViral's count. The #fuzzydreamdance tag only started on 28 Oct, and MakeViral was the one other site with an AI version on 30 Oct. One person, 13 seconds. See yourself in it
17. Lil T Jones Dance ≈1.3M views · 1 person · 23s Live here since 30 Oct. The hallway solo routine @frecklefacejb posted on 7 Oct had 1.2M plays by 30 Oct, and new versions kept coming: @brad_sherry's from 28 Oct had 496.8K plays two days later. MakeViral counted 3,491 videos on the sound by 29 Oct. See yourself in it
18. I Hope He Buys You Flowers ≈809K views · 1 person · 11s Live here since 30 Oct. A selfie from 5 May 2026 with a flower coming out of the creator's nose, on Bruno Mars' "When I Was Your Man" (806.2K plays on 30 Oct); a Turkish version from 27 May reached 4.9M. An AI Pomeranian version went up on 26 Oct, then Starrd (29 Oct) and MakeViral (30 Oct) added templates. See yourself in it
19. Bye Bye Trend ≈3.3M views · 1 person · 11s Live here since 30 Oct. The laugh, the two-hand wave and the hand over the lens, then clown face paint, from @kayla_self's 4 Oct post; @camilapudim's horror-clown version from 13 Oct had 2.9M views on 30 Oct. Made for Halloween, and its page expects it to fade after 31 Oct. See yourself in it
20. Transmission 5 Dance ≈66K views · 1–2 people · 24s Live here since 29 Oct. An electro routine by two dancers in a grey car park, posted on Instagram on 13 Oct: 4,665 likes on 31 Oct (Instagram hides views). media.io had a template by 26 Oct, MakeViral by 28 Oct and Dreamina by 29 Oct; #transmission5 had just 8 TikTok videos on 28 Oct, by MakeViral's count. See yourself in it
21. Puerto Rican Mami Dance ≈529K views · 1–2 people · 15s Live here since 28 Oct. @_kenyaad and a friend dance under a white canopy at night, filmed from the ground, posted 17 Oct: 529.1K plays, 60.5K likes and 11.4K shares on 31 Oct. MakeViral (26 Oct) and media.io (28 Oct) sell it for one person or two. See yourself in it
22. Phone on the Train↗ Rising ≈430M views · 1 person · 10s Live here since 23 Oct. Singing to a phone stuck outside a train window, then running beside it: the stunt spread from India in August to New York and Paris, and the Paris metro reel from 3 Oct had 8,379,768 Instagram likes on 29 Oct. Four AI sites offered it on 30 Oct. Ours is just you on a night platform, from one photo. See yourself in it

Which older AI trends are carrying into November?

These began earlier in October or before, and most were still adding plays or likes on our last reads. Newest first.

1. Toy Car to Real Car↗ Rising ≈25M views · 1 car · 10s Started 19 Oct: a toy car on a train window ledge, a tunnel, and the real car driving out. The Instagram original had 416,418 likes on 29 Oct (MakeViral counted 341,300 after about a day). Our estimate is about 25M views across platforms, low confidence. One photo of your car. Live here since 23 Oct. See yourself in it
2. Tiny Desk🔥 Hot ≈4.6M views · 1–5 people · 15s Started 18 Oct with an AI parody of a 2023 desk concert, coaches whose teams had just lost recast as the band: 2.6M plays and 287.7K likes on 27 Oct. With an NFL version and two tutorials the four posts we read added up to about 3.6M that day. Live here since the morning of 27 Oct. See yourself in it
3. Choosin' Texas Emo ≈16M views · 1 person · 15s @kobbapot posted his emo-rock take on Ella Langley's country hit on 29 Sep, but the AI wave only began with MakeViral's one-photo template on 25 Oct. 13.2M plays and 1.6M likes on 26 Oct, with just 206 videos on his sound by MakeViral's 25 Oct count, so the remakes are early. See yourself in it
4. Laughing Fairy ≈170M views · 1–2 people · 10s Started 5 Oct with @fae.eyes's gossiping fairies. The main clip went from 8.5M views on MakeViral's page (first seen by our radar on 22 Oct) to 9.1M on 29 Oct, and a copycat account posted fairy clips every day from 26 to 28 Oct. Live here since 29 Oct: you and your bestie as the fairies, or just you. See yourself in it
5. Unforgettable Car ≈23M views · 1 person · 15s The 24-card car park reveal dates from 2 Sep; the first own-face AI copy we found is from 7 Oct. Still rising on 29 Oct, when a PixVerse tutorial had gone from about 2.8M to 3.6M plays in four days. Our estimate for the whole wave: about 23.1M views (29 Oct). See yourself in it
6. Bad Times ≈156M views · 1 person · 15s The kitchen lip-sync it copies was posted on 9 Sep and the AI pet versions on 22 Sep. Past its peak for people, still running for pets: the AI dog had 12.9M plays and the cat's 14 Oct repost 5.3M on 29 Oct. Biggest human version, @benandzara's, 45.8M. Our estimate: about 155.5M views. See yourself in it
7. Smalltown Boy Cats↗ Rising ≈46M views · 2 pets · 21s Bellvtrix's two dancing cats went up on 2 Oct and are still edging up: the TikTok post read 11.2M plays and @zefosik's own-cats version 4.4M on 29 Oct, each up about 0.2M in four days. Our estimate is about 46.5M views across TikTok, Reels and Shorts. See yourself in it
8. Burning BridgesBeta ≈20M views · 1–2 people · 20s Started 5 Oct with a side-by-side of the music video and an AI recast. Plays have stalled (the Office repost held at about 2.9M on 29 Oct), but on 28 Oct it climbed to 2nd on our radar on template listings and search suggestions, so people are still looking for it. See yourself in it

Week 1 (1–7 Nov)

On Sunday 1 Nov five AI trends went live here: in the evening the Jisoo Addicted Dance (Rosé's 31 Oct TikTok with Jisoo, to Jisoo's "ADDICTED", out 30 Oct; 15.5M views by 1 Nov), and in the morning the Smooth Criminal Dance (@larosi.222's 16 Aug TikTok duo, 5.2M views; MakeViral's template is from the same day), Giant Ramp Climbing (a 23 Oct Instagram reel with nearly 3M likes), Mirror Panther (the Spanish 'pantera negra en el espejo' photo trend, since 17 Oct) and Strike a Pole (a pet duet template Starrd added on 30 Oct). A trend that starts or breaks this week gets a row here, with its first dated post and number, on the day it goes live on this site.

On Monday 2 Nov three went live here: Mabel Matiz Umrumdışı (@milkavesimba's 31 Oct Instagram reel of AI cats at a piano, 125.6K likes by 2 Nov; MakeViral's template is from 1 Nov), Leo Cheers (the Great Gatsby toast, for party season) and the Christmas Lights Car (your own car in Christmas lights, from Starrd's photo template).

This week's fixed date is Día de Muertos on 1 and 2 Nov: the Marigold Bridge for someone you miss, Catrina Makeup for your own face and the Day of the Dead Pet for a dog or cat.

What's coming in November

What's already on the calendar, and what you can make for each today.

October's trends that faded

Some of last month's waves are past their high: US searches for "zombie trend" peaked on 6 Oct (Zombie Love Story), Money Flex had nearly stopped by 31 Oct, and Bad Times' human clips are past their peak. Halloween's costumes and filters had their night on 31 Oct; they stay on AI Halloween videos for next year. The whole month, week by week, is on October 2026's AI trends.

How we date this page

A trend joins November when its AI version starts or breaks this month: the first AI post, the first template, or the day plays take off, from the timeline on its own page. Until the first one does, the rows above are October waves still being made, each with the month and day it began.

Play, like and view counts come from posts we read or from MakeViral's dated counts, each with the day it was read. Totals marked "our estimate" are modelled, not counted. For today's order see AI trends today; for the last seven days, this week's AI trends.