Popular Hashtags You Don’t Know

Every day, hashtags are invented at a dizzying pace. It’s important to know the meaning behind them and how to use them properly—arbitrarily placing hashtags in your tweets and posts won’t get you anywhere (and may actually do you a disservice in the long run).

Here’s a look at a few very popular hashtags as well as their meanings. How many of these do you use?

• #latergram: used with a photo you took earlier (to indicate you are posting this pic at a later time)
• #instagood: used to describe an artsy pic
• #teamfollowback, #FF, #followFriday: used in conjunction with the names of users you would like people to follow
• #dogstagram: popular hashtag for dog lovers
• #tbt or #throwbackThursday: use this with an old photograph
• #nofilter: used often on Instagram when a photo is taken without using a filter effect