Creator picks are boards first. History is optional and uses a topic, not a handle. get_top_trends with type TikTok Trending Hashtags, TikTok Trending Searches, or YouTube Trending. POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api. Hashtag boards are documented on the TikTok guide. sort values are on the API reference. Talent sheets should store the inner data array after body is unquoted.
Three lists, three grains
Live snapshot 2026-08-27T18:01:38Z:
TikTok Trending Hashtags: movie, tiktokshopbacktoschool, dance, spiderman, ad, football, onthisday, school.YouTube Trending: vamp city, AVENGERS ENDGAME ENCORE TRAILER BREAKDOWN: Did Marvel Re-Color Endgame?, then more title-length rows.
Hashtags are short. YouTube rows are titles. A talent brief that copies a YouTube title into a TikTok shot list will overfit one video. Extract avengers or endgame as the topic, then decide whether the creator can film it this week.
tiktokshopbacktoschool is a commerce tag. It is a pick for a shopping creator, not for a comedy sketch. ad at rank 5 is likely noise. Skip it.
Climbers versus kings
POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api
Authorization: Bearer <api_key>
Content-Type: application/json
{"mode":"get_top_trends","type":"TikTok Trending Hashtags","sort":"rank_change","window":"7d","limit":15}
Default sort is current rank. rank_change returns movers versus a prior snapshot. Short windows only work on daily feeds. A weekly feed will say so in a note. Use climbers for "who to book this week." Use current rank for "what is already saturated."
Phrase history is a second step. source youtube with keyword ChatGPT on 27 Aug 2026 was 49, +44.12% on 3M, +68.97% on 12M. That is topic demand for explainers, not a creator roster. Book the roster from the boards. YouTube notes: the YouTube guide.