TikTok has unveiled the most searched terms on its platform in Sri Lanka for 2025, offering insight into the topics that captured the nation’s curiosity this year. This includes everything from popular celebrities and creators to trending music and dramas, travel destinations, and key moments that fueled discussions across the platform.
The 2025 list, featuring cricket highlights, entertainment buzz, and cultural events like the Kandy Esala Perahera, underscores TikTok Search’s growing importance as a tool for real-world decision-making and real-time engagement. Users are increasingly turning to TikTok not only to watch videos but also to search for information, catch up on trending topics, revisit significant moments, explore travel destinations, and find instantly relatable content.
“TikTok Search has become an essential part of daily life in Sri Lanka,” stated Umais Naveed, Content Operations Lead for South Asia at TikTok. “People aren’t just watching videos—they’re actively seeking information, recommendations, and context in real time. Whether it’s tracking the latest sporting moments, planning a weekend trip, learning something new, or checking reviews before buying, Sri Lankans are turning to TikTok to make everyday decisions. This year’s top searches show how TikTok is connecting Sri Lankans to culture, community, and everyday answers.”
What Sri Lanka’s searches reveal
This year’s searches highlight shared moments and purposeful discovery. Interest in locations like Kandy and Tangalle indicates TikTok’s increasing role in travel inspiration, allowing users to explore destinations through creator-led recommendations and local perspectives. Simultaneously, searches related to major public discussions, standout interviews, and widely discussed pop-culture events illustrate how Sri Lankans collectively experience trends, with TikTok enabling communities to follow these developments in real time.
From sports and gaming to music and showbiz, the 2025 list reflects TikTok as a platform at the intersection of culture and utility, where trending topics are often genuinely useful, memorable, or meaningful.
Here are the top searched words on TikTok in Sri Lanka for 2025, in no specific order:
- Most searched showbiz celebrity: Sabina Yousaf, Dinithi Walgamage, Yameesha Rasadi, Shihan Mihiranga, Rashi Paba
- Most searched musician: Yohani, Chamara Weerasinghe, Charitha Attalage, Mihiran, Raveen Tharuka
- Most searched TikTok creator: Dinel Walpola, Dasuni Senethma, Lochi, Ashen Senarathna, Wild Cook Book
- Most searched sportsperson: Pathum Nissanka, Dunith Wellalage, Dasun Shanaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Virat Kohli
- Most searched place: Gampola, Galle Fort, Tangalle, Kandy, Mirissa
- Most searched TV show or drama: Moda Tharindu, Ayu, Big Boss, Neera, Pata Kurullo
- Most searched trend / news / moment: Watawala Tea Advertisement, Pissu Kanna’s t-shirt collab with Yureni, Blood Moon, Galle Face Kite Festival, Yevan David wins Rookie Trophy at the 2025 Euroformula Open Championship
- Notable searches: Sri Lanka World 2025, Creator Search Insights, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Kandy Esala Perahera, Sirasa Dancing Star 2025
- Most searched song / soundtrack: Saiyaara, Chuttak Chuttak (Song by Yohani), Dewaduthiyak (Song by Mihiran), Ehema Baluwama Maage Diha (Yasas Madagedra – Neera Movie Song), Joodu Daala Yan (Gajindu Fonseka)
The post originally appeared on Sri Lanka Chronicle Biz English | Sri Lanka Business News.
