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[September 2025] VRChat Accessory Trends & Ranking | Booth Trend Analysis

2026-07-0521 min read · 4,093 words
[September 2025] VRChat Accessory Trends & Ranking | Booth Trend Analysis

Here's my look back at the 10 most-liked accessories published on Booth in September 2025, data included. The stars of this month were accessories that each packed one little trick — above the head, on the ears, at the fingertips.

At the top sits an angel set pairing a ribbon halo with a winged satchel bag, its heart wings gently flapping (3,883 likes). Let's start there and go through the highlights one piece at a time.

📊 About the data Aggregated: 2026-07-05 / Target: accessories published on Booth between 2025-09-01 and 2025-09-30 with 300+ likes (200 items)

10 Accessory Picks

Ranked by like count at aggregation time (July 2026), here are the 10 picks with what makes each one special.

#1: Auriel Whim Angel Item Set / Re.works

An angel item set combining a ribbon-tied halo with a small satchel bag that sprouts angel wings. The hearts on the wings and halo are animated, flapping softly, and the ribbons sway on PhysBones. The soft, translucent look is designed to match almost any outfit. It took sole first place among September 2025 accessories with 3,883 likes.

The package holds three ribbon halos and three satchel bags — all for ¥500. A thoughtful touch is the shape key that turns off the shoulder strap: when a strap would clip into your outfit, you can switch to a look where the bag floats beside you, held aloft by its own wings. Polygon counts are light at △3,180 for the halo and △6,718 for the bag, with lilToon as the shader. Rather than targeting specific avatars, it's built freedom-first, fitting any avatar with position adjustments.

#2: Breakfast Halo / FuyuiroVision

A halo that is literally breakfast: fried egg, sausage, and bacon cooking in a frying pan above your head, complete with steam and flame particles. The heat source comes in three variants — stove burner, campfire, and gas torch. Second place with 2,770 likes, at ¥500.

The gimmicks are where this halo shines. In VR, gripping near your right temple moves the frying pan into your right hand, and opening your hand pins it in place in the world. You're not limited to wearing breakfast as a hat — you can hold the pan over a campfire or set it on a table to stage a full breakfast scene. Everything is menu-driven, including particle toggles and grip-detection switches. At launch there was also a limited-time free version without the gimmicks, a rollout that got laughs with the overhead breakfast first and funneled people to the full gimmick version.

Official PV by FuyuiroVision

#3: PunkRock Earring / Koganenchi

A punk-rock earring lining up studs and a heart charm, with the heart gem available in five colors — sweetness and rebellion in one piece. Third place with 2,728 likes, and a free asset made to celebrate 1,000 Booth followers.

The numbers show real care. A single ear is just △1,418 and both ears △2,836, with prefabs for one ear (left or right) or both. It's drag-and-drop via Modular Avatar with PhysBones pre-configured. Supported avatars are Manuka, Chocolat, Shinano, Milltina, Rurune, and Sio — six in total. Shipping something this polished as a milestone giveaway is the opening note of September's "give back at the milestone" pattern, which I'll come back to later.

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#4: Mochimochi Artificial Flowers / Evic+

A three-piece set of plump, squishy-looking artificial flowers: one large bloom, small scatter flowers, and an arched row of blossoms. Mix and match them to completely change the mood around the head. Fourth place with 2,662 likes, at ¥600.

Colors come in five types — white, gray, pink, light blue, and black. What makes it fun is how freely it can be worn: beyond scattering small flowers through hair, placing the large bloom over one eye like an eyepatch is a popular arrangement, and the product page lines up user showcase shots. Because the petals are soft and plump, even a large bloom right by the face never feels heavy. The set totals △24,500 with PhysBones configured. It comes set up for Modular Avatar, following the head by default, and you can retarget it to bloom anywhere else.

#5: CherryNail / Marshmallow Mansion

Nail tips where every one of the five nails carries a different design — cherries, pearls, a ribbon, cross-stitching. Six colors are available (lavender, blue, pink, mint, wine red, and black), each finished with pearl white accents for a sweet, polished look. Fifth place with 2,626 likes.

The real selling point is how support is structured. Hand shapes differ per avatar, which normally makes nails a tricky fit — this one prepares individual data for each of 22 avatars, sold at ¥400 per avatar or ¥1,000 for the full pack. Installation is drag-and-drop from the folder bearing your avatar's name. The cherry stems, leaves, and ribbon are tinted with matcaps, so unchecking one setting opens them up for recoloring. As I'll cover in the trends, September was the month nails surged to third place by type — and this piece led that charge.

#6: Luminous Jelly Veil / Harusame Zakkaten

A veil that drapes a jellyfish bell over your head and trails tendrils of light down your whole body — like wearing the deep sea itself. The bell bounces softly, the tendrils sway on carefully tuned PhysBones, and the emission pulses and flows through animation. Sixth place with 2,624 likes at ¥1,200 — the highest price in this month's Top 10, and the content justifies it.

There are three gimmicks: a bubble-summoning spell, an option to part the front tendrils outward to show your face, and a toggle for whether you can see the veil yourself. By default the veil doesn't render in your own view, solving the biggest weakness of full-body accessories — blocked eyesight — right at the design stage. Polygon count is △27,272. The long train trailing behind is its charm point, drawing a beautiful band of light when you turn around in a dark world. Harusame Zakkaten kept publishing glowing pieces this month, including a galaxy-deploying halo — more on that momentum in the creator's perspective section.

Official PV by Harusame Zakkaten

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#7: villain nails / nekopenshop

Sharp pointed claws paired with a gradient mask that stains the arm up to the elbow. Color sinking from fingertip to forearm is all it takes to wear a "villain" aura. Seventh place with 2,608 likes. As the creator writes, "I made this because I wanted it myself, with Halloween coming" — an October piece planted in September, in five colorways: light blue, oil-sheen, purple, black, and red.

The arm color applies by swapping in the dedicated materials, with an installation guide included. There's also a single-arm mask, so you can go villain on one hand only for an asymmetric look. The claws install by drag-and-drop via Modular Avatar. Pricing is ¥400 per avatar or ¥1,000 for the full pack, and support has kept growing since release — Lasyusha, Marycia, Lili, and Manuka have been added, bringing it to 16 avatars today. If you're building a Halloween look, this set is still growing with you.

#8: Astralis Orbit - Virgo / Re.works

The September (Virgo) entry in the zodiac series that shapes one of the twelve constellations each month. The centerpiece halo is modeled on an astrolabe and celestial globe: the month's constellation is sealed inside a glass sphere at the center, and the surrounding rings each rotate independently and irregularly. Star particles circle along the design and stream downward, and parts sway with your head movement — a small celestial body floating above you. Eighth place with 2,490 likes.

The full pack bundles two halos, six constellation-mark rings (three types × two colors), two head dresses with translucent ribbons, and four wrist cuffs for ¥800, with ¥600 editions for halo & rings only or accessories only. This series appeared in the trends section of my July report (Cancer) and August report (Leo) — and in its third month, Virgo finally broke into the Top 10 itself. Together with the angel set at #1, that gives Re.works two slots in the same month's Top 10. A monthly series, stacked patiently, paying off in the rankings.

#9: Eternity Jewel / PEEL3D

A delicate earring named "Eternal Droplet," where a teardrop gem wrapped in chains sways at the ear. Colors switch across eight matcaps named after gemstones — topaz, amethyst, emerald, and more — and the fitting comes in two types, fish hook or lever-back. Ninth place with 2,410 likes, at ¥500.

The construction is thoroughly considerate: the package includes both the detailed regular version (△23,256) and a lightweight pearl version (△4,416), so you can shoot photos with one and wear the other day-to-day. Shape keys even adjust the droplet's silhouette, with 16 prefabs included. Setup is three steps — place the prefab, adjust position, hit lilToon's Fix Lighting. An update shortly after release simplified the bone structure, making position adjustments easier.

#10: Scribbled-Out Face / Sabusabaumi

A black scribble covers the face — and the scribble never stops squirming. It works as an eerie-mood prop or as an anonymity tool for when you'd rather not show your face; the kind of idea that feels obvious only after someone makes it. Tenth place with 2,393 likes, a free asset that follows the head of almost any humanoid avatar via drag-and-drop with Modular Avatar.

Shape keys adjust how the polygons curve around the face, and the structure is simple enough that making your own texture variants is easy once you see how it works. After release, its unexpected popularity led to added patterns — an eye-covering black bar and a red X. A ¥300 "snack money" support edition was also added, with contents identical to the free version. Give it away free, and let people who love it leave something behind — a feel-good release in the spirit of September's free assets.

Official PV by Sabusabaumi

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Beyond the ranking, here's what the data says about all 200 accessories published on Booth in September 2025.

MetricValue
Items analyzed200
Average likes838
Median likes588
Average price¥400
Median price¥400
Free items29% (58 / 200)
Under ¥1,00094% (187 / 200)
Free items in Top 102 (#3, #10)

The median price held at ¥400 for a third straight month, with median likes at 588. Free items eased to 29% from August's 33%, though the Top 10 still includes #3 (a 1,000-follower giveaway), #10, and #2, which launched alongside a limited-time free version. The month's defining feature: half the Top 10 (#1, #2, #6, #8, #10) moves through animation. Flapping hearts, sizzling breakfast, a pulsing jellyfish, rotating constellations, squirming scribbles — adding one piece of motion to decoration was the common thread at the top.

Supported Models: Shinano Stays on Top, Shinra and Komano Rise

Top 10 Supported Models

Distribution of supported avatar models.

The top supported models were Shinano at 47 / Manuka 39 / Rurune 38 / Milltina 32 / Shinra 31 / Sio 27 / Kipfel 25 / Chocolat 23 / Marycia 20 / Komano 20. Shinano held first place with 47, the same count as August. What stands out is Shinra climbing to fifth with 31, and Komano entering the top ten models at 20. My September hairstyle report showed the same thickness around Shinra and Kipfel — support for masculine and androgynous bodies is taking root in accessories too.

One piece stood out for the breadth of its support.

seele's "Lower Harness" runs leather-look belts and rings from the waist down the thighs, sharpening any lower-body look from punk to sexy. As its name states, it ships fitting data for 17 models, and at ¥220 per model (¥900 for the full set) it's an easy add — a design that absorbs body differences and reaches wide, exactly how accessories do it best.

Accessory Types: Earrings Reclaim First, Nails Surge to Third

Top 10 Accessory Types

Distribution of accessory and decoration types.

The type tallies were earrings 26 / halos 23 / nails 19 / clip-on earrings 16 / chains 16 / ribbons 15 / hairpins 14 / glasses 14 / rings 13 / hair ornaments 13. Earrings took back the top spot from August's halos, returning to the July order. The headline is nails surging to third with 19 — up from 14 and mid-table in August, with two pieces (#5 CherryNail and #7 villain nails) landing in the Top 10 at the same time. Fingertips gained presence in both the tallies and the rankings.

Among earrings, one piece carried September's particular mood.

Karadaya's "Senko Hanabi Pierce" is a Japanese-style earring where the sparks of a sparkler firework flicker faintly at the ear. It's a free asset with prefabs fitted for eight avatars including Manuka, Maya, Shinra, Milltina, and Shinano. It keeps the mood of summer's end right at your ear — a beautiful giveaway, timing included.

And a supporting player behind the nail surge:

Chocolate rice's "Chocolate rice Nail (No.3)" is a glossy gel nail set decorated with crosses and hearts. It lines up 31 variations from glossy to metallic to monochrome across 14 avatars, and shape keys switch between default and long shapes. At ¥175 per variation or ¥290 for the full pack, it swaps your fingertip finish wholesale — the third entry in a numbered nail series.

Taste: Cool Leads for a Second Month, Dark Climbs to Second

Top 10 Taste Tags

Which taste/aesthetic tags appeared most in this theme.

The taste tallies were cool 46 / dark 33 / cute 30 / fantastical 27 / gothic 23 / refined 23 / elegant 22 / girly 22 / simple 19 / fantasy 19. Cool led for the second month running, and dark jumped from fifth in August to second with 33, while cute slipped to third at 30. With gothic also thick at 23, the darker cluster's growth reads as a warm-up for next month's Halloween. In the Top 10, #7 villain nails was explicitly made "with Halloween coming," and #10's scribbles served the eerie side too.

The cool representative:

WANG's "SONIQ-9" is a cyber-styled headphone whose rims glow neon, in multiple colors including red, black, and white. Published as a free giveaway event, it pushes any techwear look straight into the near future — finished enough to slot into a cool-style makeover as-is.

On the dark side, a wing model with a clever toggle:

Magia Pop's "Silent Duet" packs white angel wings and black fallen wings into one back-wing model. You can freely mix the large and small wings in white and black, and the menu switches between constant flapping, locked open, and locked closed — playing both the sacred and the fallen with one item. True to its name, it's a black-and-white duet to carry around. ¥800.

Prices: The Month a ¥1,000+ Piece Cracked the Top 10

Price Distribution

Price bucket distribution for products in this theme during the period.

The price distribution: free 58 / ¥1–499 at 54 / ¥500–999 at 75 / ¥1,000–1,999 at 10 / ¥2,000–2,999 at 2 / ¥3,000–4,999 at 1. Free through pocket-change still covers 94% of everything (187 / 200), but ¥1,000-plus grew to 13 items from August's 9 — and from that band, #6 Luminous Jelly Veil (¥1,200) made the Top 10. Its full-body volume and three gimmicks justified the price, showing that even in a coin-priced category, enough craft can carry a higher tag.

The ¥500–999 representative:

໒꒱'s "Doji-inu Ears & Tail" is a set of puppy ears (bandage included) and a fluffy tail. Five colors, and you can freely combine ears only or tail only, adding a slightly clumsy, endearing look to any avatar. ¥700. It carries the "ears and tails as instant character" flow that stood out in my September hairstyle report, as a standalone accessory.

And in the free band, a milestone giveaway caught my eye:

Namoku's "Robot Ears for mamefriends" are robot-style ears with green-glowing lenses, released free for the 2,000-follower milestone. Shape keys adjust position and rotation. A generous milestone gift that adds a mechanical accent to chibi-style avatar heads.

September Trends from a Creator's Perspective

From the Top 10 and the full September numbers, here are four angles worth a creator's attention — lined up across three months so the shifts are visible.

MetricJuly 2025August 2025September 2025
Items analyzed239211200
Median price¥400¥400¥400
Median likes569662588
Free share~26%~33%~29%
Under ¥1,000~92%~96%~94%
Top typeEarrings 32Halos 26Earrings 26
Top tasteCute 87Cool 48Cool 46
Free in Top 10352

Points worth noting from an accessory creator's perspective:

  1. Motion is becoming standard equipment — Half the Top 10 carries animation: #1's flapping hearts, #2's cooking breakfast and particles, #6's pulsing glow and three gimmicks, #8's independently rotating rings, #10's squirming scribbles. August's "practical gimmick" current has advanced further, and winning the upper ranks on static modeling alone is getting harder. The strongest pieces layer usability design on top of the motion — #6's "invisible to yourself" toggle, #2's grab-and-carry. Decoration + motion + operability is the three-layer game accessories are now playing.

  2. Nails hit third place, and "per-avatar fitting × two-tier pricing" looks like the shared answer — Nails surged to 19 items and third by type, with two in the Top 10. Notably, both (#5 CherryNail and #7 villain nails) use the exact same price structure: ¥400 per avatar, ¥1,000 full pack. Since hand shapes differ per avatar, nails demand individual fitting — and recouping that work through "just my one avatar, cheap" and "everything, at a discount" tiers is settling in as the genre's playbook.

  3. The Halloween warm-up starts in September — Cool led the taste chart for a second month, dark rose to second with 33, and gothic held thick at 23. #7 villain nails launched in late September explicitly "with Halloween coming," getting ahead of next month's demand. It's the same move as August's osmanthus tail accessory anticipating autumn: accessories are light to produce, so the winning pattern is planting seasonal pieces a month early. If you're aiming at Halloween proper in October, the planning wants to start within September.

  4. Series and multi-releases converted into rankings this month — Re.works took two same-month Top 10 slots with the zodiac series' third entry (#8 Virgo) and a non-series new work (#1 the angel set). Harusame Zakkaten backed #6's jellyfish veil with a galaxy-deploying halo and cursor accessories in the same month, and ST4Y CØØL lined up two dark-toned pieces — a face accessory and a ring set. Rather than chasing one-off hits, shops that pick a lane and ship monthly, in multiples, are becoming the fixtures of the upper ranks — in accessories just as clearly as anywhere else.

Summary

September 2025 was the month motion became standard equipment for accessories. An angel set with flapping heart wings took first place, followed by a halo frying breakfast, a jellyfish pulsing light around the whole body, rotating constellations, and squirming scribbles — half the Top 10 carries animation. Layer on usability touches like "invisible to yourself" and "grab it with your hand," and the category's overall finish feels a notch higher than before.

Behind the rankings run stories of accumulation. Re.works kept its zodiac series going for three months until it reached the Top 10 — while also taking first place with a brand-new set. Harusame Zakkaten shipped glowing piece after glowing piece in a single month. Koganenchi and Namoku gave back follower milestones as free works. Beneath each month's shifting trends, it's the creators who trust their lane and keep building that made September's Top 10 this lively.

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Other categories for September 2025

The new Booth releases of September 2025 are covered category by category in my monthly reports.


About the Data

  • Aggregation date: 2026-07-05
  • Target: accessories published on Booth between 2025-09-01 and 2025-09-30 (200 items)
  • Ranking basis: like_count (likes) in descending order at aggregation time
  • Inclusion criteria: the VRCFinder database only collects items with 300+ likes, so items below 300 likes at aggregation time are not included
  • Note: all figures and rankings are a snapshot as of the aggregation date and may differ from current values. "Published" refers to when the Booth product page went public, which may differ from the actual sales start date
  • Supported models, specs, and prices are based on each Booth product page at the time of writing. Sales and updates may change them, so please check the Booth page before purchasing
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