What was trending on TikTok in August 2024?

Another month, another list of trends! As always, this month was as entertaining as ever as we transitioned from brat summer to demure fall. Let us take you through our favourite trends on TikTok during August.

The Trends:

Electric Picnic content

The annual Irish festival took place this month and Irish brands thought fast on their feet and took this opportunity to make content off it.


See how Supermacs nailed this below...

Very demure, Very Mindful

Brat summers rival has revealed itself as demure fall. Whether you are sick of hearing the word ‘demure’ or not, it has been a big hit on TikTok. There are certain things we do that are just ‘very demure’ and ‘very mindful’.


See for yourself through Anthropologie’s TikTok below...

The Mr. Bean fingers

This humorous trend was so simple to create yet was beyond effective.


See how Beauty Bay didn’t put this trend on the long finger...

Gimme my money

As always, this trend came out of nowhere and spread across TikTok like wildfire. We still can’t decide if this is funny or just mean. We still have a sour co-worker here in SDA...


See how we took on this trend below ...

Why I didn’t make it into the Olympics

As predicted from our last trends blog, the Olympics of course sparked a viral TikTok idea. This humbling trend gave everyone a laugh on why some people are maybe just not cut out for the Olympics...


See how Yumove jumped on this comedic trend below...

Oasis Reunion

For this next trend I don’t think any of us could have predicted the news of Oasis reuniting for a UK and Ireland tour. The news has shaken the world and straight away content creators have jumped on the news to create Tiktoks from it.

See how John Lewis clothing brand were quick to create content off this groundbreaking news below...

The Green Screen of August is crowned to....

The Devon maid - head banging woman

An array of extremely relatable TikTok’s came from the Devon Maid green screen. This green screen let creators become creative and personalise the video with what suited their brand.

For example, Deichmann shoe brand took on this trend and personalised it to suit their branding, have a watch below...

The Hashtags:

#electricpicnic
#electicpicnic2024
#Oasis
#backtoschool
#coldplay
#liamgallagher
#summer24

The Potential Future Trends:

  • Back to school/University

  • Autumnal vibes

To wrap up

Now you’re all caught up! We hope you had a laugh with these trends as much as we did. We even took on a few of them ourselves, head over to our TikTok and see for yourself! And remember, if you ever want to hand over the reins of your social media to us, you know where to find us! Until next time...

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