Cars Trends This Week (October 2026)

This week's automotive trends: the topics gaining views fastest and the best performing car content.

Last updated · refreshed weekly from Submarine.ai data

Rising topics this week

#TopicGrowth (WoW)Posts (7d)Views (7d)
1germany+261075%124.3M
2concept car+45884%2417.6M
3giveaway+6210%13127.4K
4station wagon+6154%9967.4K
5plug_in_hybrid+5276%158.1M

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Top automotive posts this week

  • best seat in the house #Renault #ParisMotorshow #conceptcar

    Renault · TikTok · 14.7M views

  • Behind the scenes of the all-new TUCSON's world premiere, the unfiltered POV. Built by the collective obsession of those

    Hyundai · TikTok · 7.6M views

  • The 2025 Ford Maverick® Truck | Hybrid Power & Capability

    Ford · YouTube · 7.5M views

  • Tell Them a Heisman Sent You: Episode 3 | Travis Hunter & The Nissan Frontier

    Nissan · YouTube · 7.2M views

  • Et action! 🎞️​⁣ ⁣ On vous présente l'animation du jour avec le Stade Toulousain à la manière d'un film d'action. ​⁣ ⁣ À

    Peugeot · Instagram · 1.5M views

  • « Et si tu faisais un show pendant la soirée d’ouverture du Mondial de l’Auto? » Notre CM a lancé le défi à, champion de

    Skoda · TikTok · 1.4M 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 and the page is updated weekly.

How we measure: full methodology

Frequently asked questions

What is trending in automotive on social media right now?

The fastest-rising automotive topic this week is "germany", up +261075% in views week-over-week with 4.3M views across 12 posts, according to Submarine.ai's weekly measurement.

How are these trends detected?

Submarine.ai tags and analyzes every post from official automotive 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, after the weekly scan of brand channels. Subscribers also get per-brand and per-post breakdowns.