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YouTube Adds Hashtags to Feature Set

YouTube Hashtag New Feature 2018

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:

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.

YouTube with Hashtags on Videos 2018

You can also search by hashtag now too on YouTube.com.

Hashtags on YouTUbe Search 2018

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

 

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