Retail Trends on YouTube This Week (August 2026)

This week's retail trends: rising topics and the posts that reached the most people.

Last updated · refreshed weekly from Submarine.ai data

Rising topics this week

#TopicGrowth (WoW)Posts (7d)Views (7d)
1brand awareness / brand storytelling+259%11494.6K
2in-store+35%14159.9K
3online+3%30733.8K
4seasonal or holiday-15%17573.5K
5education-19%8514.5K

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Top retail posts this week

  • Are ADULTS Smarter Than School KIDS?

    JD Sports · YouTube · 334.7K views

  • ON CHANTE DANS VOS OREILLES 👀

    Carrefour · YouTube · 152.1K views

  • BERSHKA | MIAMI

    Bershka · YouTube · 21.8K views

  • Mbappé apprend le prénom de Nolan… et n'en revient pas

    Intersport · YouTube · 3K views

  • 🎨 Découvrez notre machine à teinter !

    Brico Dépôt · YouTube · 2.1K views

  • iPhone 14 : le smartphone Apple qu’on sous-estime

    Back Market · YouTube · 1.5K 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 retail on YouTube right now?

The fastest-rising retail topic this week is "brand awareness / brand storytelling", up +259% in views week-over-week with 494.6K views across 11 posts, according to Submarine.ai's weekly measurement.

How are these trends detected?

Submarine.ai tags and analyzes every post from official retail 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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