# Free trending video templates > The formats you keep seeing in your feed, rebuilt as editable templates: fake texts, notes app, lock screen, receipts, year-in-review and more. - Page: https://cutluma.com/templates/category/trending-formats - 34 templates; each opens in the editor with a free account and exports as MP4. Some formats spread across every niche: the iMessage conversation that tells a story, the notes-app list of goals, a lock screen with a notification, a shopping receipt that itemises your month, a Spotify-style Wrapped recap, the tier list, the BeReal-style double photo. They work because the viewer already knows how to read them. This category rebuilds them as editable 9:16 templates, so you can borrow the format and spend your time on the words. Each design here is a set of layers, not a flat video. In the text-conversation template every bubble is its own text clip, so you can add a message, change a name or shift the timing. The receipt and notes list can grow or shrink to fit your items. Replace the wallpaper, add your own music and export at 1080p. Trends move fast; the point of a template is that your version is finished the same afternoon you see the format. ## Templates - [Text conversation](https://cutluma.com/templates/text-convo) — 9:16, 12 s, Trending formats: A dark-mode chat that plays out message by message, with typing dots before each reply. Rewrite the messages — it is the story-time format everyone stops scrolling for. - [Notes app list](https://cutluma.com/templates/notes-list) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: The “things I’m doing this year” notes-app screenshot, brought to life: the title writes itself, items tick in one by one and a highlighter marks the best one. - [Search bar hook](https://cutluma.com/templates/search-hook) — 9:16, 7 s, Trending formats: Open with the question your audience is typing. The query types itself into a search bar on cobalt graph paper, then your answer lands. - [Retro error pop-up](https://cutluma.com/templates/error-popup) — 1:1, 7 s, Trending formats: Y2K desktop nostalgia: grey error windows pop up on a teal screen with a joke of your choice. A meme format that works for brands and creators alike. - [Camcorder REC](https://cutluma.com/templates/camcorder) — 16:9, 10 s, Trending formats: A 2000s camcorder overlay — blinking REC dot, viewfinder corners, date stamp and grain. Drop your clips underneath for instant home-video nostalgia. - [Photo dump](https://cutluma.com/templates/photo-dump) — 9:16, 9 s, Trending formats: Polaroids drop onto warm paper with handwritten captions. Put your photos on a track under the frames — or keep the colour blocks for a moodboard. - [Receipt list](https://cutluma.com/templates/receipt) — 9:16, 9 s, Trending formats: Your month, week or launch as a till receipt sliding up on cherry red — line items, dotted leaders, a total and a barcode. Great for recaps and price lists. - [Magazine cover](https://cutluma.com/templates/magazine-cover) — 4:5, 8 s, Trending formats: Turn any clip into a cover: giant serif masthead, cover lines, issue number, price sticker and barcode. Put yourself on the cover. - [This or that](https://cutluma.com/templates/this-or-that) — 9:16, 8 s, Trending formats: Pink-and-red colour clash with a tilting split and a bouncing “or”. Ask your audience to pick a side — the comments do the rest. - [Top 5 ranking](https://cutluma.com/templates/top-5) — 9:16, 11 s, Trending formats: A countdown list on butter and espresso: big outlined numbers, items revealed from five to one, and number one in cherry red. - [Loading era](https://cutluma.com/templates/loading) — 9:16, 6 s, Trending formats: “Loading my 2026 era…” on a frosted-glass card over liquid lilac, with a lime progress bar that fills as the video plays. Short, loopable, made for Reels. - [Lock screen](https://cutluma.com/templates/lock-screen) — 9:16, 9 s, Trending formats: An iPhone-style lock screen on a warm aura: big 9:41 clock, then notifications stack in — 1M views, Mom, a payout, a brand call. Rewrite the alerts to tell your win in four pings. - [Tier list](https://cutluma.com/templates/tier-list) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: The S-to-D tier list on a charcoal board: coloured tier labels slide in, then items drop into their rows one by one. Swap the emoji and captions to rank anything. - [Starter pack](https://cutluma.com/templates/starter-pack) — 1:1, 8 s, Trending formats: The starter-pack meme, animated: plain bold title on white, six items popping in with tiny captions and a red marker circle around the most relatable one. - [Expectation vs reality](https://cutluma.com/templates/expect-reality) — 9:16, 9 s, Trending formats: Two taped panels: a calm matcha “expectation” with a tidy routine, then a tomato-red “reality” slams in with shaking, crooked stickers. Rewrite both halves for any plan-vs-truth joke. - [Word puzzle](https://cutluma.com/templates/wordle) — 1:1, 10 s, Trending formats: The daily five-letter word game: guesses type in row by row and tiles flip to green, yellow and grey until the answer — VIDEO — and a “got it in 4” sticker. Swap the words for your reveal. - [Incoming call](https://cutluma.com/templates/facetime) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: An incoming video call from “Future You”: pulsing rings, decline and a pulsing accept — then it connects, a timer runs and captions deliver the message. Rename the caller for any reveal. - [POV caption](https://cutluma.com/templates/pov-caption) — 9:16, 8 s, Trending formats: The classic TikTok text look: white rounded boxes with bold black text, popping in line by line. Drop your clip underneath and rewrite the POV. - [Summer in letters](https://cutluma.com/templates/summer-letters) — 9:16, 8 s, Trending formats: A summer recap where your photo or video fills giant SUM/MER letters on warm paper, with a serif title and a date stamp. Drop your best beach clip onto the word. - [Year in letters](https://cutluma.com/templates/year-letters) — 1:1, 7 s, Trending formats: Your year in one word: a photo fills a giant 2026 on butter paper, with a serif caption, a "photo dump" sticker and a swipe prompt. Drop your favourite photo onto the year. - [Wrapped story](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-wrapped-story) — 9:16, 12 s, Trending formats: A three-scene wrapped-style year story: ON REPEAT on lime with an equaliser, then cobalt with your #1 song and its album art, then pink with minutes listened and a top-0.5% card. Story bars tick along the top; swap in your own stats. - [DM request](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-dm-request) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: A message request playing out like a screenshot: typing dots, the “were we on the same flight?” opener, a finger tapping Accept and your reply bubble. Rewrite the messages for any story-time video. - [Boarding pass recap](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-ticket-recap) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: A boarding pass that recaps a chapter instead of a flight: FROM burnout TO Lisbon, seat 14A window, baggage “emotional, 23 kg”, status HEALED, a barcode stub and a NO RETURN stamp. Drop a trip photo in the top frame. - [Fully booked](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-booked-month) — 1:1, 9 s, Trending formats: A calendar month that fills up in front of you: red crosses strike out every booked day, one lime “last spot” is left and a FULLY BOOKED stamp lands. Edit the dates and the waitlist line for any studio, salon or service. - [Swipe card](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-swipe-card) — 9:16, 9 s, Trending formats: A dating-app card for whatever you’re selling: full-height photo frame, name and distance, a two-line bio, chips, then a LIKE stamp as the card swipes right and IT’S A MATCH bursts over the next card. Drop two photos. - [Doc screenshot](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-doc-screenshot) — 4:5, 10 s, Trending formats: A letter typed live in a familiar online document: menu bar, toolbar, collaborator avatars, a highlighted line and a friend’s comment card. Replace the letter with your own list, confession or advice. - [AI chat](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-ai-chat) — 9:16, 11 s, Trending formats: A dark glass chat window where you prompt an AI and it types a too-honest answer: thinking state, a four-line bio, copy and regenerate buttons and your “funnier.” follow-up. Rewrite both sides for any “I asked AI to…” video. - [Mood chart](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-mood-chart) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: A trading-app screen for $MOOD: the price rolls up, a green line draws itself across the week with a “skipped gym” dip and a “payday” spike, range tabs and Sell / Buy more buttons. Rename the ticker and the annotations. - [Song identified](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-song-found) — 9:16, 9 s, Trending formats: A song-identifying app mid-listen: pulsing white rings on blue, Listening… then Identifying… decode, and a result card slides up with album art, title and Open in Music. Name the song everyone asks you about. - [App Store me](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-app-listing) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: Yourself as an app-store listing: icon, GET button, 4.9-star ratings row, three screenshot frames and a “What’s New” changelog of your personal updates. Swap the name, the notes and the review from Mom. - [Streak](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-streak) — 1:1, 8 s, Trending formats: A language-app streak screen for any habit: a jelly flame, 365 rolling up in chunky 3D type, a week of ticks and a green EXTEND STREAK button. Change the number and the headline for your own streak. - [Still watching?](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-still-watching) — 16:9, 9 s, Trending formats: The streaming-service prompt over your own footage: a dimmed frame, “Are you still watching?”, Continue watching / Back to browse buttons, a cursor hovering and the show resuming. Drop your video underneath. - [Screen time report](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-screen-time) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: A dark-mode weekly screen-time report: the daily average rolls up, stacked bars rise for every day and a Most Used list fills with app icons and usage bars. Confess your real numbers or fake better ones. - [On this day](https://cutluma.com/templates/tr-on-this-day) — 9:16, 10 s, Trending formats: A memories-app flashback on espresso: “1 year ago” in italic serif over a big cream-bordered photo, hearts floating in, then a small “now” polaroid tilting in over it. Drop the photo from a year ago and one from today. ## Tips - **Keep the format, change the subject** — A trending format works in any niche. The receipt template can itemise a wedding budget, a gym week or a software stack; the fake-texts template can explain a product as a chat. - **Match the timing to reading speed** — In conversation and list formats, each new line should appear about as fast as someone would read it. Nudge the clips on the timeline rather than accepting the default spacing. - **Add a real detail** — A battery percentage, a plausible time stamp or a real street name makes a fake lock screen or receipt believable. Templates leave these as editable text so you can set them. ## FAQ **What are trending video formats?** They are recognisable layouts such as fake text conversations, notes-app lists, receipts, lock screens and Wrapped-style recaps that creators reuse across topics. This category has editable versions of them. **Are the trending templates free?** Yes. Edit and export any of them with a free account; exports are 1080p with a small watermark, which paid plans remove. **Can I change the names and messages in the text conversation?** Yes. Every bubble, name and time stamp is a text clip. Type your own, add or delete bubbles and adjust when each appears. **What size are these templates?** Most trending formats are vertical 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts. Magic Resize can convert one to square or landscape when you need it.