The hottest TikTok trends right now: March 2026
Dive into the latest TikTok trends right now: Italian brainrot, old-school cartoon chases, corporate jargon, and more are all covered by our social media experts.
Another month, another absolutely wild time online. Join Epidemic Sound’s community managers, Madie Hooker and Leo Lukic, as they break down six of the latest TikTok trends.
Trend 1: You didn’t watch all those cartoons for nothing
You’re a harmless roadrunner, and a coyote’s out to get you. You’re a perfectly innocent little mouse, and that cat just won’t leave you alone. People of a certain age may have grown up, or watched their kids grow up, with Hanna-Barbera and Looney Tunes on the TV. They know what to do when someone’s chasing them.
This light-hearted trend is a tribute to old Saturday-morning cartoons, usually backed by the Tom and Jerry theme tune. Users speed up footage of their chases, outsmarting their rivals with a costume change, by reading the newspaper, or some other slapstick joke.
If you need more music to soundtrack your cartoony chase footage, check out these tracks for any wacky racing, ghost hunting, or cat-and-mousing you have planned.
@northvalleygrp Scooby and Shaggy taught us everything we know #cartoons #millennial #siblings ♬ original sound - North Valley Group
Trend 2: Tung Tung Tung Sahur, let me do my work
Tung Tung Tung Sahur is one of the more…terrifying memes to come from the Italian brainrot craze. The Indonesian wooden plank — Google it — is seen here in its natural habitat, doing what it does best: being creepy and annoying.
TTTS can strike at any time. Maybe you’re trying to finish a college assignment, sign a lease on a house, or hit the gym. Triple-T doesn’t care. If you’re dropping the Tung Tung Tung Sahur filter in your TikTok content, pair it with something energetic yet repetitive. CROSH by Azucares should hit the spot.
@fortnitefinn99 Triple T not letting me workout #tungtungtungsahur #gym #funny #legs #relateable ♬ original sound - cven
Trend 3: Older-brother core
TikTok loves nostalgia, and now it’s time for the mid-2000s “older brother from the US” to shine. Think empty bottles of Mountain Dew, massive Linkin Park posters, and Xbox games probably not suitable for the person playing them.
This trend is pretty niche and definitely not relatable to everyone, but for the people who remember it? This is the ultimate time capsule. Take those viewers down memory lane with I Can’t Wait No More’s angsty alt-rock.
@haloinspo #olderbrothercore #targetaudience #moodboard #2000sthrowback #2000snostalgia ♬ original sound - moon
Trend 4: Corporate jargon
There’s always been a gap between how different generations speak and act. It’s these subtle, gradual shifts that change culture and give people their own style, and why people now say “cool” or “sick” instead of “radical.”
This is most obvious in the workplace, where decades of experience pool together to reach one common goal. OK, it’s an old joke, but it’s also very funny.
@versojobs S1E1 of “Offline” #workhumor #corporate #funny #skit #meme ♬ original sound - Verso Jobs
Trend 5: TheobaldTheBird’s theme song
Whether it’s a track popping off on Stranger Things or that guy skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac, music syncs make moments that matter. Epidemic Sound recently had a moment of our own with Unstable SMP: an episodic Minecraft YouTube series.
Run by YouTuber ParrotX2, the series has grown an audience more like a traditional TV viewership. When TheobaldTheBird — a YouTuber in his own right — appears in Unstable SMP, he has his own leitmotif. His own theme song. It’s They Run, a flamenco track by José Barrios.
Tied to Theo’s catchphrase, “I’M THE BIGGEST BIRD,” the track went viral across TikTok. Honda Motorcycles released its own edit, and even the official Minecraft account joined in on the fun.
@minecraft Baby chick 🔛🔝 #minecraft #minecraftmemes ♬ original sound - Minecraft
Trend 6: Tips to make my beat sounds less…
Sloblabs’ tongue-in-cheek music edits have been trending recently, which got us thinking: there are tons of creators out there unironically asking these questions. How do you make music sound less like a mid-2000s movie set in a middle-class suburban community, less prehistoric, or less like a lone outlaw riding through the wild American frontier in 1872? With Epidemic Sound.
@sloblabs Any tips? #music #garageband #typebeat #beat #producer ♬ original sound - SLOBLABS
Coupled with an elite-tier catalog, our smart tools help you find the right track, adapt it to suit your vibe, and edit your project.
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