What's trending on YouTube today (May 12, 2026)

aespa 에스파 'WDA (Whole Different Animal) (Feat. G-DRAGON)' MV tops the ladder as a fresh K pop drop with a high profile feature, while multiple The Boys Season 5 Episode 7 trailer cuts stack the chart beside NHL, MLB, and golf uploads. Fifteen YouTube Trending titles from the May 11, 2026, 22:01 UTC capture appear below, plus eight TikTok Trending Hashtags rows from the same pull.

Top trending videos on YouTube, May 12, 2026

  1. aespa 에스파 'WDA (Whole Different Animal) (Feat. G-DRAGON)' MV: a newly published music video that pairs aespa with G-Dragon on a pre album single tied to the upcoming second LP cycle.
  2. The Boys Season 5 Episode 7 Trailer | 'The Penultimate Episode': Amazon’s late season promo cut that labels the episode as the penultimate chapter and drives fan theory clips.
  3. Vegas Golden Knights at Anaheim Ducks: NHL playoff or late season game highlights packaged for the sports trending bucket.
  4. AMENAZZY X ALOFOKE MUSIC - EL SULTAN: a music video upload with strong Caribbean and Latin market pickup on the day of the pull.
  5. Mom Movie Trailer - SNL: a Saturday Night Live filmed trailer sketch that still rides Mother’s Day adjacent comedy traffic after the Sunday holiday.
  6. America's Newsroom: a Fox News daytime clip that surfaces when cable news moments spill into the trending news set.
  7. Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us: sustained lyric and reaction traffic for the track as commentary channels keep replaying the hit.
  8. THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING Official Trailer (2026) Matthew McConaughey: a theatrical trailer wave for the named drama with McConaughey on the poster billing.
  9. Go Bowling at The Glen: NASCAR Cup Series weekend highlights from the Watkins Glen road course event window.
  10. CORTIS (코르티스) 'ACAI' Official MV: a K pop music video release that charts alongside the larger Korean music cluster on the shelf.
  11. The Boys Season 5 Episode 7 Trailer: Homelander Stops Holding Back: an alternate trailer cut that emphasizes Homelander beats for fans tracking the same episode arc.
  12. Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals: MLB game highlights circulating inside the sports trending mix.
  13. NMIXX(엔믹스) “Heavy Serenade” M/V: a newer NMIXX music video entry that sits beside other K pop uploads on the ladder.
  14. Everything We Know About GTA 6 So Far (Before Trailer 3): a long form speculation upload that gathers trailer clues ahead of Rockstar’s next marketing beat.
  15. Truist Championship, Final Round: PGA Tour weekend coverage from the named tournament’s closing round.

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What today's YouTube trends reveal

Music videos still own the top slot, with aespa’s WDA collaboration drawing immediate search and share traffic while lyric and reaction channels keep Kendrick Lamar - Not Like Us in circulation lower on the shelf. The Boys dominates the serialized fiction lane through several trailer edits aimed at the same episode, which is typical when a streamer pushes a late season cliffhanger across multiple title variants.

Sports uploads split across NHL, MLB, and NASCAR depending on the live schedule, while catalog films and older blockbusters sometimes re enter deeper in the fifty row pull when recommendation systems spike nostalgia traffic beside fresh trailers such as THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING. Gaming chatter stays visible through GTA adjacent speculation, matching the Everything We Know About GTA 6 So Far (Before Trailer 3) upload that sits mid shelf in this capture.

Also trending: TikTok Trending Hashtags on May 12, 2026

TikTok’s hashtag ladder from the same capture still reads like a post Mother’s Day tail plus long lead FIFA labels and early Memorial Day commerce tags. Eight rows show how short form labels sit beside the YouTube shelf during the same minute.

  1. mothersday: still anchors recap posts, gift hauls, and family visit edits during the early week carryover.
  2. worldcup: collects highlight edits and countdown posts tied to the June and July 2026 tournament window.
  3. tiktoktvfilmcontest: tracks voting and submission chatter for TikTok’s film and television contest lane.
  4. 2020: carries throwback memes and anniversary commentary under a bare year label without one fixed news anchor.
  5. tiktokshopmemorialday: flags TikTok Shop promos and deal stacks ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
  6. plotnovel: bundles serialized fiction hooks and on screen text cliffhangers from creator fiction formats.
  7. happymothersday: mirrors greeting style posts and multilingual dedications aimed at moms.
  8. mother: collects portrait edits, tribute audio, and caregiver stories beside the broader holiday cluster.

Track these trends in real time with Trends MCP

This roundup used the Trends MCP get_top_trends endpoint for YouTube Trending as the primary pull and repeated the call for TikTok Trending Hashtags as the supporting pull, both without manual rank edits. The YouTube data source page documents pagination and the exact type string for automation: YouTube trending videos data source.

{
  "mode": "top_trends",
  "type": "YouTube Trending"
}

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