The ranking of the most popular TikTok songs in the UK was determined by investigating official sounds and audios over the past four months and analysing their performance on TikTok and Spotify. This research was conducted by Net Influencer, a Creator Economy Market Research Firm.

The data revealed that The King Khan & BBQ Show’s 2005 release, ‘Love You So’, ranks as the number one most influential song, with 32,500,000 TikTok’s using the song. On Spotify, the song has earned an estimated £92,047 in royalties and has had a 5% playlist increase between August and October 2023, having landed in 450 playlists created by users.

Tollan Kim’s 'Aesthetic' ranks as the second most influential TikTok song, with over 17,300,000 videos using the song. Surprisingly, the song has had a playlist increase of 3900% on Spotify over the past three months and has earned an estimated £32,304 in royalties. This is surprising because the song features no singing and is often used as an ambient background track in TikTok videos.

The third most influential TikTok song is ‘Girls Like Me Don’t Cry (Sped Up)’ by ‘Thuy’. This song has been used over 9,700,000 times on TikTok. In the past three months, the song has seen a playlist increase of 47%, and has a total of 28,539,016 streams on Spotify; this means it has earned an estimated £179,796 in royalties.

‘This Wish’ performed by Ariana DeBose from the 2023 Disney Movie ‘Wish’ ranks as the fourth most influential TikTok song despite the film not being released yet. The song has been used in over 4,300,000 videos. On Spotify, the song has received over 1,115,744 streams despite only being available to listen to since the 18th of October 2023; the song has also had a 750% playlist increase from its release date to the end of October.

In fifth place is ‘Notice Me’, performed by Guchi and Loud Behaviour. The song has been used in over 3,900,000 videos on TikTok. The song was released in August 2023 and has received over 1,012,896 streams on Spotify, earning an estimated £6,381 in royalties. Though this is not as much as other songs, due to the song's popularity on TikTok, the song could potentially earn more streams and royalties, as there has been a playlist increase of 400% since the song was released.

The data also revealed that ‘We Don’t Take About Bruno’ from Disney’s ‘Encanto’ ranks among the most influential TikTok songs, despite being released in 2021. The song has been used in over 2,500,000 videos and has seen a 7% playlist increase in the past three months.

Nicki Minaj, Ice Spice and Aqua’s ‘Barbie World’ from the Barbie soundtrack also ranks among the most influential TikTok songs, with over 2,457,700 videos using the song. Despite being released prior to the film, the song has seen a 7% playlist increase in the past three months on Spotify and has earned an estimated £2,072,790 in royalties.

Nii A. Ahene, Managing Director of Net Influencer commented on these findings: “It is fascinating to see the power of social media, especially TikTok over the recent years. Most of these songs listed are performed by smaller, independent artists or artists from different generations and genres from other parts of the world. TikTok enables these artists to be discovered, or rediscovered, allowing for widespread exposure”. 

Most Influential Tik Tok Songs in the UK, 2023 

Author: Adam Bailey

Adam is a regular contributor for established press release distribution website Release-News.com. He writes on a wide range of topics including music.