Hashtags are possibly the most misunderstood tool on the social web. Some people confuse social mentions with hashtags; others use completely obscure hashtags because they see their friends using the ...

Sports fans love to talk. From cheering in stadiums to sharing highlights online, the conversation never stops. On social media, hashtags became the shortcut for these discussions. A tag can connect ...

Perhaps one of the most useful features of Twitter analytics is the ability to view recurring-trends data: You can access valuable stats on Tweet volume for commonly used hashtags; you can then use ...

In 2007, the first hashtag was created on Twitter, and with that, a cultural icon was born. Today, hashtags are used to invoke humor, fuel social movements, and drive marketing strategies. In fact, 75 ...

Instagram allows you to view the top posts and most recent posts of a hashtag. You can also follow hashtags to get the top posts in your news feed. Screenshot from Instagram, August 2021 If you want ...

Today’s entrepreneurs have to start businesses in a culture of intense social media activity. In case you haven’t noticed, this social media thing is kind of a big deal. One thing that every social ...

If you want to make your content more popular on TikTok, finding the right songs or hashtags to use is important to increase the views of your post. Two metrics can really help a creator get more ...

LinkedIn is constantly improving to better serve users. Though the platform has been around since 2003, they introduced clickable hashtags in 2016. Other platforms have been using them much longer, ...

Elon Musk asked people to stop using hashtags on X, saying the platform doesn't need them anymore. Hashtags are used to help ...

Most brands, from enormous to tiny, use hashtags, but choices tend to be all over the place and the messages don’t always register which brand the hashtag relates to. What follows are 14 of the most ...

Internet fads tend to have a distinct life cycle. First, the embrace by early adopters and tastemakers, particularly the young. Next, an explosion of popularity leading to inescapable ubiquity.