Similar to other social media platforms, TikTok annually shares comprehensive data that highlights the year’s most popular trends. Among these, a standout feature is the list of the year’s most favoured songs on TikTok, categorized into both U.S. and worldwide charts. This provides an interesting perspective on the year’s musical preferences, inviting users to explore and recognize the songs that resonated globally (as noted by TikTok itself).
TikTok Top in United States
1. “Collide (more sped up)” – Justine Skye: TikTok continues to demonstrate its power to breathe new life into older releases with Justin Skye’s “Collide”.
2. “Cupid – Twin Ver – Sped Up Version” – FIFTY FIFTY: Capitalizing on the TikTok audience’s affinity for sped-up songs, this version of “Cupid” was popular across the board as a backing track to food tutorials, outfit picks, and more.
3. “Her Way (Sped Up)” – PARTYNEXTDOOR: A simple movement paired with a sped-up track is sometimes all that’s needed to revive an old song and give it new life.
4. “Favorite Song – Sped Up” – Toosii: In 2023, Toosii put on a masterclass on how to use TikTok to promote a song. Through interacting with fans and recreating trends, “Favorite Song” landed on the Billboard Hot 100.
5. “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” – PinkPanthress & Ice Spice: This hit took off on the platform, primarily thanks to people filming their dogs grooving to the track while wearing headphones.
6. “Bounce When She Walk” – Ohboyprince: Ohboyprince yet again finds success thanks to a simple dance-based movement, which received millions of creations in the US.
7. “Peaches & Eggplants (feat. 21 Savage)” – Young Nudy: This single was not only a popular fixture of Drake’s It Was All A Blur Tour, but a hugely popular TikTok track that resonated in just about every genre of video you could imagine.
8. “In Ha Mood” – Ice Spice: A track first teased out on Ice Spice’s TikTok, then driven by both a sped-up version and a mashup version featuring animated dogs from an obscure 90’s Barbie video game, “In Ha Mood.”
9. “Makeba” – Jain: French singer-songwriter Jain rose to new heights in 2023, becoming a global top 10 with this catchy track that was stuck in everyone’s head this summer.
10. “Cruel Summer” – Taylor Swift: The impact of fans capturing every moment of the track caused the song to first trend on TikTok before ascending to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 nearly four years after its initial release.
