Beauty Trends This Week (September 2026)

The beauty topics gaining ground this week on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram, with the posts people watched most.

Last updated · refreshed weekly from Submarine.ai data

Rising topics this week

#TopicGrowth (WoW)Posts (7d)Views (7d)
1tokyo+62340%181.6M
2lady gaga+39336%12515.8K
3jennifer lopez+31735%112.7M
4rihanna+18497%93.7M
5labor day sale+16556%61804.6K

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Top beauty posts this week

  • coloring my hair with a hair color printer from @zuvilife 💗 use code JENNIFER20 for $20 off ✨ #zuvicolorbox #hairdyepri

    Zuvi · Instagram · 19.9M views

  • treble maker mascara for the final show of the eternal sunshine tour ♡

    r.e.m. beauty · Instagram · 15.9M views

  • she’s hereeee!! @fentybeauty’s Pro Filt’r #FluidFlexFoundation is finally yours 👏🏿. after seeing and researching your

    Fenty Beauty · Instagram · 7.1M views

  • @huda is not here right now… so let me put y’all on 👀 Ultra Snatched collection drops September 10

    Huda Beauty · Instagram · 6.3M views

  • 5 second swirl challenge is taken very seriously over here. who do you think won? 🥇👀 💓 Amy 💓 Kayla 💓 Anahi #trul

    Truly · Instagram · 5.3M views

  • Power Wave flowers with the white part in >> without

    Bubble · TikTok · 4.9M views

Methodology

Submarine.ai tags every post from official brand channels with AI and measures topic momentum as week-over-week view growth (last 7 days vs the 7 days before). Topics shown here cleared minimum volume thresholds; figures are rounded. Updated weekly.

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Frequently asked questions

What is trending in beauty on social media right now?

The fastest-rising beauty topic this week is "tokyo", up +62340% in views week-over-week with 1.6M views across 18 posts, according to Submarine.ai's weekly measurement.

How are these trends detected?

Submarine.ai tags and analyzes every post from official beauty brand channels on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram. A topic counts as trending when its views grow sharply across multiple brands and posts. The growth figures compare the last 7 days to the 7 days before.

How often is this page updated?

Every week, from the latest full scrape of brand channels. Subscribers get trend movement daily, with per-brand and per-post breakdowns.

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