If you use YouTube regularly, you may have noticed a brand new inclusion.
Across the internet the “pound sign” has become the “hashtag.” It is popular on many different social platforms for search purposes including but not limited to:
- Instagram – (Check out this list of the top 99 hashtags for business on Instagram)
- Linkedin – (Check out this list of the top 22 hashtags for business on Linkedin)
Now you can add YouTube to that list.
That’s right, you may start noticing the titles of YouTube videos are including hashtags. If you click the hashtags you will come to a search page of other videos with a similar hashtag.
You can also search by hashtag now too on YouTube.com.
This presents an entirely new way to market YouTube videos. Including the related hashtags and ones which are trending, will be a great way for yet another version of promoting a video.
Here are the top 5 YouTube hashtags as of August 26, 2018
- #gottalent
- #talentshows
- #dancemoms
- #nurseryrhymes
- #babysharkchallenge