Name: Trending YouTube topics by search growth
Creator: vidIQ

Question 1

What is trending on YouTube right now?

Accepted Answer

The list on this page shows the topics whose YouTube search demand is growing fastest right now, ranked by growth. It refreshes daily, and you can switch between today, this week, and this month to see short-lived spikes separately from longer trends.

Question 2

Is this the same as the YouTube trending page?

Accepted Answer

No. YouTube's own trending page ranks individual videos that are currently getting the most views. This page ranks topics by how fast people's searches for them are growing, which is what tells you where demand is heading rather than which videos already won.

Question 3

How is this different from Google Trends for YouTube?

Accepted Answer

Google Trends shows relative interest over time for terms you already have in mind. This page starts from the other end: it surfaces the topics that are rising on YouTube search without you having to guess them first, and gives each one an estimated monthly search figure.

Question 4

Where does this trend data come from?

Accepted Answer

It comes from vidIQ's YouTube search-trend data, the same keyword engine behind vidIQ's keyword tools. It reflects what people are searching for on YouTube, not vidIQ user activity.

Question 5

How often does this list update?

Accepted Answer

Daily. The growth figures are measured over a day, week, or month window, so a faster refresh would not change what the list shows. The date the current list was assembled is shown above it.

Question 6

Why does Today show fewer topics than This Week?

Accepted Answer

A 24-hour window has fewer topics that have gained enough search momentum to stand out, so the list is shorter. That is a real signal, not a bug. This week and this month measure growth over a longer period and usually surface more.

Question 7

What do the growth and search figures mean?

Accepted Answer

Search growth is how much a topic grew over the selected window, in percent. Estimated monthly searches is the approximate number of YouTube searches the topic gets per month. Competition and opportunity are relative 0 to 100 scores for how contested a topic is and how attractive it looks overall.

Question 8

Do I need an account to use this?

Accepted Answer

No. This page is free and needs no sign-up. A free vidIQ account adds per-keyword search volume, competition, and related keyword lookups, plus trends for your own channel niche.

#	Trending topic	Search growth	Est. monthly searches	Competition	Opportunity
1	silo season 4 trailer	+11,241%	497K	41	75
2	metroid ravenous	+9,948%	438K	57	68
3	davinci resolve 21.1	+8,830%	392K	48	71
4	gpt 6 astra blender	+7,592%	336K	43	72
5	chat gpt 6 astra	+6,200%	509K	25	81
6	chelsea vs leeds	+6,071%	270K	64	63
7	liverpool vs atletico madrid	+5,968%	266K	50	69
8	rust_010	+5,554%	272K	31	76
9	astra 6	+5,380%	636K	43	75
10	how to use gpt 6 astra	+5,293%	236K	30	76
11	latent season 2 varun dhawan	+5,135%	230K	38	73
12	argentina sea news	+4,977%	223K	49	68
13	artificial	+4,818%	220K	60	64
14	nandu's world	+4,499%	214K	71	59
15	ocarina of time remake trailer	+4,392%	197K	52	67
16	nintendo direct 2026	+4,284%	204K	59	64
17	indias got latent varun dhawan	+4,230%	190K	19	80
18	ocarina of time trailer	+4,014%	195K	58	64
19	nathan fielder	+3,960%	186K	51	67
20	greg guillotin	+3,796%	202K	53	66

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