TikTok has unveiled its Year In Music Report, which identifies the top trending artists and songs on the platform.
The community of over a billion music fans provided a launchpad for new artists, including Alex Warren, Ravyn Lenae, Sombr and Lola Young.
But it has also been a key driver of catalogue in the past year including tracks from Rihanna, Radiohead, Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay and more.
TikTok's Global Artist Of The Year is Katseye (15m followers), the LA-based group with members from the US, South Korea, Switzerland and the Philippines. Despite only forming in 2023, the group have more than 30 billion views and 12m creations using their music on TikTok this year.
A decade after its release, Hold My Hand by Jess Glynne became one of the defining cultural moments of 2025 on TikTok. It was both the UK and Global Song Of The Summer, and is now officially the UK Song Of The Year. The track was propelled by the Nothing Beats A Jet2 Holiday trend which sparked a wave of travel edits, celebratory reunions and feelgood videos.
Radiohead’s Let Down was No.2 in TikTok’s UK rankings, while Coldplay’s Sparks was No.4. Both bands played high-profile shows this year.
More than six decades after its original release in 1962, Pretty Little Baby by the late Connie Francis found a new generation of global fans after becoming one of the most viral songs of the year on TikTok. It topped the global rankings on the platform in 2025.
The TikTok community used the sound over 28.4m times as the soundtrack for wholesome videos featuring family, pets, relationships and flowers, leading to over 68.6bn views. It made No.3 in the TikTok UK song rankings.
Taylor Swift was the global most-saved artist in 2025 using the Add To Music App on TikTok.
The global most-saved track in 2025 was Sombr's Back To Friends, which was used in more than 7.7m creations and 21.7bn video views, and now has over 1.1bn streams on Spotify.
The global most-saved album was Tate McRae's So Close To What. She now has over 13.5m followers on TikTok, and over 54m monthly listeners on Spotify.
Tracy Gardner, global head of music business development at TikTok, said: “TikTok has become the industry’s most powerful engine for music discovery, the place where beloved classics find a second life and new voices break through – particularly those of women, who dominated music on TikTok in 2025. Katseye became the biggest artist of the year, Connie Francis’ Pretty Little Baby was adopted by a new generation, EJAE shone a light on female songwriters, and Doechii went stratospheric – all thanks to the TikTok community, and the power of music discovery on the platform.
“TikTok connects global audiences to the artists and the music they love, and that ability to spark fandom for every kind of artist and genre is what continues to set us apart.”
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