June 2025 saw a surge in Nollywood-inspired content and
challenges on TikTok, with massive engagement driven by trending sounds, dance
mashups, and creative use of movie clips.
Viral Nollywood Challenges
- TikTok in Nigeria was dominated by dance and acting
challenges inspired by popular Nollywood movies and soundtracks. While specific
challenge names are not listed in the search results, the presence of mashup
dance compilations and the popularity of Nollywood movie clips suggest that
users frequently recreated scenes, lip-synced to dramatic dialogues, and
participated in themed hashtag challenges.
- Beauty and brand hashtag challenges, often leveraging
Nollywood aesthetics or star power, continued to engage audiences, with
influencers and fans recreating iconic looks or scenes from trending movies.
Trending Sounds and Songs
- According to Tokchart, the top trending TikTok songs in
Nigeria in June 2025 included:
- "LoLo"
by Asake
- "SHODAY"
by TheBillionBoy
- "Jaido
P"
- "Boi
Chase"
- "Jesse
Ogbomor (DJ Jesse)"
- "Tha Boy
Myles"
- These tracks were widely used in dance challenges and
skits, often paired with Nollywood-themed content or re-enactments of movie
moments.
- Mashup dance compilations featuring these songs and other
viral sounds were highly popular, with creators blending Afrobeats, Nollywood
soundbites, and trending audio clips into their content.
Massive Engagement and Top Creators
- Nigerian TikTok dancers and creators such as Purple
Speedy, Crispdal, Teedolar, and Pocolee continued to lead engagement, often
incorporating Nollywood references or collaborating with movie stars for viral
content.
- Engagement was driven by:
- Dance trends
featuring signature Nollywood moves or music.
- Skits and
lip-syncs to dramatic or comedic lines from hit Nollywood movies.
- Participation in
challenges that encouraged users to "act out" or "remix"
scenes from newly released film].
- The use of trending Nollywood hashtags and sounds ensured
that content reached wide audiences, with some challenges gaining millions of
views and thousands of user-generated responses.
Notable Nollywood Releases Fueling Trends
- Newly released Nollywood movies in June 2025, such as *Bad
Faith*, *Bolaji and the Man’s Wife*, *Colors*, *For Eve’s Sake*, and *Twin
Deception*, provided fresh material for TikTok trends.
- Clips from these movies, especially dramatic or
meme-worthy moments, were frequently repurposed as TikTok sounds or visual
memes, further boosting engagemen].
Key Takeaways
- Nollywood content continues to drive TikTok trends in
Nigeria, with movie releases, dramatic scenes, and soundtracks fueling viral
challenges and massive engagement.
- Dance mashups, acting challenges, and the creative use of
trending songs keep the community active and highly participatory.
- Top creators and influencers amplify these trends,
ensuring Nollywood remains at the heart of Nigeria’s TikTok culture in June
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