Twitter celebrates 12th birthday of the ‘hashtag’; reveals #Viswasam, as Most Tweeted Hashtags for 2019

Twitter celebrates 12th birthday of the ‘hashtag’; reveals #Viswasam, as Most Tweeted Hashtags for 2019

The Top Hashtag Trend reflected the rise of regional entertainment on Twitter, with Tamil action drama film #Viswasamlanding the spot.

 

This was followed by conversations around politics and governance. Throughout the campaign period for the #LokSabhaElections2019, politicians and political parties used Twitter to communicate with Indian citizens in the country and across the world, while citizens took to the platform to address their queries directly to contesting leaders.

 

As cricket fans from all over the world came to Twitter to talk about winning moments, shocking upsets, classic catches, and unique to this World Cup - the memes about the rain, #CWC19became the top 3rd hashtag this year.

 

Entertainment continued making trends, with the Indian Telugu-language action drama film #Maharshi grabbing the fourth spot.

 

#NewProfilePic encouraged visual content on the platform as users Tweeted about updating their profile pictures, becoming the 5th most commonly Tweeted Hashtag of the year.