Viral Formats
Discover viral Gen Z video formats, TikTok challenges, and content structures that drive engagement. Master the templates behind trending content.
Chaotic Roleplay Confessionals
Skits where users pretend to be in therapy, confronting past selves, or breaking up with their inner child.
Highly dramatic, often humorous monologues or dialogues staged like therapy or introspection with chaotic delivery.
Comparative Generation POV
A format where Gen Z users create humorous or critical side-by-side POV videos comparing Gen Z to Millennials or Boomers highlighting generational differences.
Using split screens or transitions, creators dramatize how each generation approaches similar tasks or attitudes differently.
Customer Service Rant Skit
Comedy skits where creators share humorous and relatable experiences working in customer service with Gen Z interactions.
Creators act out frustrating or funny customer service moments reflecting Gen Z and older generations' clashes.
Customer Service Rant Skits
Skits where creators humorously rant about Gen Z's customer service experiences, including the use of the Gen Z stare and changing expectations.
Performing exaggerated customer service scenarios highlighting Gen Z behaviors and frustrations.
Dance Challenge - 'Tell Ur GF'
Energetic and catchy dance challenge using the 'Tell Ur GF' sound that is popular among Gen Z dancers.
Perform choreographed or freestyle dance routines synced to 'Tell Ur GF'.
Delulu Manifestation Edits
Users jokingly “manifest” relationship drama, glow-ups, or petty revenge arcs with soft filters + AI art.
Often captioned 'delusion is a mindset,' these edits mix wishful thinking with satire and dreamy visuals.
DIY Fashion Showcase
Creators showcase their unique DIY or thrifted Gen Z fashion style with music and quick outfit transitions.
Instructional or showcase style videos focusing on thrift flips, accessories, or unique aesthetics.
Fashion Trend Commentary
TikTok creators discuss and humorously critique popular and disliked fashion trends among Gen Z and Millennials.
Use to highlight what's in or out in Gen Z fashion with commentary and style examples.
Fashion Trend Explainer
Creators explain current Gen Z fashion trends, comparing styles and sharing opinions on trending outfits or accessories.
Informational videos with POV or list style about fashion trends like low rise jeans or claw clips.
French Tuck Fashion Roast
A comedic format roasting millennial fashion trends like the French tuck, skinny jeans, and ankle boots, highlighting Gen Z's contrasting style preferences.
Creators list and humorously critique outdated millennial fashion trends while promoting Gen Z style.
Funny Corporate Skits
Short comedic skits poking fun at corporate culture, Gen Z workers, and office life struggles.
Roleplay with exaggerated characters in office or work scenarios, often highlighting generational differences or frustrations.
Gen Z Dance Trend
A popular TikTok format featuring unique dance moves and finger dances created and popularized by Gen Z creators.
Creators perform trending dance moves often set to viral sounds or original music.
Gen Z Fashion Trend Highlights
Short videos showcasing and discussing current Gen Z fashion trends such as low rise jeans, claw clips, and clean girl makeup.
Creators share fashion tips, trend opinions, and outfit showcases.
Gen Z Protest Awareness
A format raising awareness about social issues like corruption, exemplified by Nepal's viral Nepo Babies protest trend.
Creators sharing news, encouraging activism, or explaining protest motivations through clips or voiceovers.
Gen Z Protest News Clips
Short, edited news-style clips capturing trending Gen Z protests, viral social movements, and political commentary.
Used to communicate important social and political news in a digestible TikTok format.
Gen Z Stare Challenge
A viral TikTok format where creators showcase the unique Gen Z stare during awkward or uncomfortable social interactions.
Participants film themselves giving or reacting to the Gen Z stare in various real-life or comedic scenarios.
Gen Z Stare Skit
A short roleplay format where creators mimic or exaggerate the signature deadpan Gen Z stare in everyday annoying or awkward situations.
Use to humorously express annoyance or exhaustion at people or situations, often in corporate or retail settings.
Gen Z Stare Skits
Comedy skits showcasing the Gen Z deadpan stare, often in customer service or awkward social situations.
Creators perform scenarios where the iconic Gen Z stare is used to humorous effect.
Gen Z vs Millennial Comparison
A popular format comparing Gen Z and Millennial behaviors, fashion, and attitudes in humorous or insightful ways.
Creators showcase differences between generations often highlighting fashion, work ethic, or social habits.
I'm Gonna Be the Problem Skits
Meme format for chaotic confessions and unhinged self-awareness.
Used to humorously admit bad behavior or petty thoughts with dramatic delivery and meme-like energy.
Intimacy Monologues
Sincere, journal-style TikToks about emotional connection, like “Why is the goal to get someone's number, not actually know them?”
Creators share emotional, unfiltered thoughts about connection, relationships, and vulnerability in a raw, unpolished style.
Just Girl Things (Dark Edition)
Trauma-core meets irony with soft piano and pastel overlays.
Used to mock or subvert traditional 'girl content' by overlaying dark or traumatic experiences with aesthetic music and visuals.
Losing My Boyfriend in a Mall
Gamer caves, LEGO aisles, and sneaker sections are stealing partners.
Often used for playful storytelling about how male partners wander off in specific store sections during shopping trips.
Micro Retirement Challenge
A trend where Gen Zers humorously reinterpret vacations as 'micro retirements' emphasizing breaks amidst busy lives.
Use the challenge to exaggerate breaks from work as mini retirements in funny TikTok clips.
Micro Retirement POV
A popular TikTok format where creators explain the concept of 'micro retirement'-taking short breaks from work frequently-as a new Gen Z lifestyle trend.
Creators share their thoughts or jokes about micro retirement, often comparing it to traditional vacations.
Micro Retirement Trend Videos
Thoughtful and comedic videos explaining the Gen Z 'micro retirement' or frequent mini-vacation lifestyle.
Explain or dramatize taking frequent short breaks from work as a lifestyle trend, often with humorous and relatable commentary.
Micro Retirement Trend
A TikTok trend where Gen Z humorously rebrands short vacations as 'micro retirements' reflecting their work-life balance views.
Creators share their take on taking mini-breaks from work as a form of early retirement.
Millennial Rizz Audits
Gen Z critiques millennial cringe lingo in satirical roleplay format.
Creators act as 'rizz auditors' evaluating millennial pick-up lines, slang, and behavior, often highlighting generational differences.
Political Protest Clips
TikTok videos encompassing social activism with Gen Z youths highlighting protests and movements, including Nepal's Jhole Trend.
Incorporate protest footage, chants, or hashtags to raise awareness about social or political issues relevant to Gen Z.
Political Protest Live Streams
Live or recorded video formats documenting Gen Z-led protests and social movements, especially in Nepal and Kenya.
Creators share trending social activism content to raise awareness and show Gen Z's political involvement.
POV: You're Dissociating in Target
Zoning out in nostalgic retail spaces to ambient edits.
Creators use ambient audio and aesthetic filters to simulate emotional numbness or nostalgia in familiar retail spaces.
Retail and Work Life Comedy
Short TikTok clips parodying Gen Z's experience and frustrations in work and retail environments using humor and exaggerated expressions.
Creators act out real or exaggerated workplace scenarios using comedic timing and Gen Z cultural references.
Silent Chaos Vlogs
Footage of people going about their day to ambient audio, minimal text. Just vibes, spiralling energy, and aesthetic nothingness.
Used to document spiraling mental states or aesthetic emptiness without voiceover - often calming yet eerie.
Silent Reaction Content
No dialogue, just expressive zooms and face journeys.
Creators react silently to dramatic, funny, or controversial content, focusing on eye movements, zoom-ins, and facial expressions.
Slang Tutorials
Creators break down popular Gen Z slang terms and phrases with definitions, examples, and usage tips.
Short, engaging videos explaining meanings and contexts of slang words like 'rizz', 'sus', or 'bot'.
We Listen and Don't Judge
A confessional trend that's chaotic and oddly wholesome.
Often used for exaggerated confessions while a silent, nodding listener offers nonjudgmental support. Both ironic and sincere.
With the Most Aura
Carousel rankings for vibes, from people to parking lots.
Users post ranked slideshows of friends, strangers, or objects with the 'most aura' using vibey aesthetics.