How to Use Hashtags on TikTok

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Using hashtags on any social media site makes your content more visible and discoverable, and TikTok is no exception. Creating your own hashtags and adding popular hashtags to your videos can help you gain followers, views, and likes. [1] This wikiHow will teach you how to find the right hashtags for your content, how to create your own hashtags, and suggest a few of the most popular hashtags you can add to any video.

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Using Trending Hashtags

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    To find popular hashtags, open TikTok and click on the Discover compass icon at the bottom of the screen.
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    When you find a trending hashtag you like, remember to add it to your next video.
    • On the right-hand side of the videos on the Discover page you can see the number of times that hashtag or sound has been used.
    • You can use this indicator as a measure for how popular the hashtag is.
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    It's important to add hashtags that are specific to your video's content.
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    For example, if your video is funny and focuses on making people laugh, searching "#comedy" in the Discover bar will generate common comedic hashtags. Other categories you could use for a general search:
    • Education
    • Cooking
    • Music
    • Art
    • Broadway
    • Sports
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Using Popular Hashtags

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    [2] There are a couple generic hashtags you can add to any post:
    • #fyp
    • #foryou
    • #bhfyp
    • #tiktokdance
    • #tiktokmemes
    • #foryoupage
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    The FYP will show you new videos based on TikTok's algorithm. Start looking for hashtag trends across videos that you see and incorporate them into your own videos.
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Creating Your Own Hashtags

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    A personal hashtag can fit specifically to your content or make a project or campaign stand out. There are a couple of things to keep in mind when making your own hashtags:
    • The hashtag should be self-explanatory and easy to understand at a quick glance.
    • Make sure the hashtag is relevant to your campaign, project, or content.
    • The snappier and easier the hashtag is to remember, the more people will remember it and may use it.
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    For example, if you wanted to make food, hair, and craft tutorials you might add the hashtags, #wikihowfood, #wikihowhair, or #wikihowcraft to your videos respectively.
    • Creating a hashtag for each subniche will allow you to diversity your audience and grow your followers!
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Adding Hashtags to Videos

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    TikTok has a limit of 100 characters per caption, so be sure to keep your messages short and sweet to leave room for enough hashtags.
    • There is no limit to how many hashtags you can add to a post, so the more the merrier.
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    • Be sure not to leave spaces or use any special characters as these will break the hashtag link, and remove your video from that hashtag.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://influencermarketinghub.com/tiktok-hashtags/
      2. ↑ https://www.hashtag.expert/growth/tiktok-hashtags

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      1. Open TikTok and navigate to the Discover page by clicking on the compass symbol at the bottom of the screen.
      2. Scroll through popular hashtags on the Discover page.
      3. Search for specific hashtags using the Search bar at the top of the Discover page.
      4. Add your chosen hashtags to your videos by typing the pound "#" symbol and then the characters after your caption.

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