We Tried 19 Viral “Save Money” Hacks. Here’s What Actually Works in 2026
Frugal Friends Podcast
Jen Smith & Jill Sirianni | Backyard Ventures
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
The internet loves a good money hack, especially when it goes viral. Whether or not they are effective is what Jen and Jill are all about. In this episode, they decided to try 19 TikTok famous, algorithm approved, emotionally unhinged viral save-money hacks from the most popular down to the most ridiculous one.
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| 0:00.0 | We tried 19 viral save money hacks. |
| 0:07.9 | Welcome to the Frugal Friends podcast, where you'll learn to save money, |
| 0:13.1 | embrace simplicity, and live a rich in your life. |
| 0:17.7 | Here are your host, Jen and Jill. |
| 0:32.5 | Okay. here are your host jenn and jill welcome frugal friends i'm jen i'm jill and we have been doing this for a very long time and we've been on social media for a really long time so if if a money hack starts with like, stop scrolling, |
| 0:39.5 | run, don't walk, no one is talking about this. They don't want you to know this. I instantly get |
| 0:46.8 | suspicious. And I'm sure you do too. And since most people are getting their money saving tips |
| 0:51.9 | from social media, We tried 19 TikTok famous |
| 0:55.9 | algorithm approved, emotionally unhinged, viral save money hacks. And we're going to share |
| 1:02.8 | them in order from some of the most popular to most ridiculous. Honestly, the last one is my |
| 1:09.4 | favorite and my personal aim in life. You have been actually |
| 1:12.8 | talking about off of social media. You have been talking about this just regularly. So I'm really |
| 1:19.0 | glad that we can share this viral that I think Jill came up with, but she's just not getting credit |
| 1:25.0 | for. That'll be number 19. Yes. |
| 1:29.7 | So let's start with the megaviral. |
| 1:33.2 | These were not just finance trends. |
| 1:37.1 | They really did truly cross into mainstream. As, I mean, into the Olympics, the summer Olympics in 2024, I remember hearing about it. |
| 1:44.5 | And it's Girl Math. |
| 1:47.5 | Today's Girl Math is that I'm Canadian and I'm going shopping across the border in the States. |
| 1:52.5 | So I exchanged some money for Americans. |
| 1:55.1 | So everything I buy today will be free because not only am I paying in cash, but this isn't my currency. So it's like |
| 2:03.7 | monopoly money. Follow me for more financial advice. |
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