Welcome to Trends Daily—your download on what the world is searching for right now. December 16th, 2025. TikTok: AI slop peaking + backlash growing. Sora flooding feeds with deepfakes. EU probing Gemini. Cozy nostalgia: retro filters, Zootopia 2 edits, ASMR cooking. Year-end recaps, Advent unboxings. TikTok Shop panic-buy mode. 20% teens on TikTok constantly, 64% using AI chatbots daily. X (Twitter): #SquidGame2 #1 globally (1M+ posts). #ChampionsTrophy2025 (500K+, India-Pakistan, Rohit Sharma). #PAKvsSA, #WTC25. Thai BL: #ZeeNuNew (400K+), #TheNextPrinceEP4. #BTSISBACK Rolling Stone features. #HMPV/#NewVirus alerts (150K+). #Earthquake, #PlaneCrash. US: Charlie Kirk, government shutdown, One Big Beautiful Bill Act. YouTube: Generative AI tutorials (Forbes #4 trend). Gemini Deep Research, GPT-5.2 explainers. "AI fails of 2025" roasts. "AI vs. Real" challenges. Hot: "Gemini Translate AI," "NVIDIA power shortages." Product Hunt: ALTAR, Alter, Strawberry, Wepost, Ash, HiveMind AI—automation that ships. Google: December core update impacting search—demoting AI slop. Top US: Charlie Kirk, shutdown, tariffs, iPhone 17, KPop Demon Hunters, Labubu, DeepSeek. Japan bear attacks crisis. ASMR #1 YouTube search. The Pattern: Squid Game 2 dominance + cricket fever + AI backlash + health alerts. Google core update reshaping surfaces. Speed, authenticity, execution win. Created by Adam J Carswell.