Functional studies uncovered that circANKS1B promoted breast cancer cell migration both in vitro and in vivo, whereas it had no effect on breast cancer growth via sponging miR‐148a‐3p and miR‐152‐3p to upregulate USF1, leading to transcriptional activation of TGF‐β1, which could upregulate TGF‐β1/Smad signalling to promote EMT. This evidence concerns the gene USF1 and breast cancer.