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Feel the love: Heart symbol dominates Instagram content in 2018
Instagram also mentions Disneyland Tokyo as the world’s most visited happiness-bringing location and BTS’ “ARMY” as the most popular fandom community.
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The fastest-growing hashtags globally were #metoo, #timesup, and #marchforourlives, while in Indonesia, they were # hspn2018, #welovejakarta, and # BebasSampah2020. (Shutterstock/File)
Instagram recently shared the most popular moments, content and trends that occurred on the platform this year.
The heart symbol (❤️) dominated content on Instagram throughout the year, in the form of emojis, GIFs and stickers. The emoji was used more than 14 billion times in comments. “Heart Love by Arata” and “Heart Eyes” were the most used GIF sticker and face filter in Stories, respectively.
The fastest growing hashtags globally were #metoo, #timesup, and #marchforourlives, while in Indonesia, they were # hspn2018, #welovejakarta,and #BebasSampah2020.
The fastest-growing community trend on Instagram in Indonesia were #bestfanarmy, #ketodietand #bisnisanakmuda. Meanwhile, #asiangames2018was the country’s most popular event.
Fashion continues to be one of the most sought-after content by Instagram users in Indonesia. Some of the most used hashtags were #bajumurah, #hijab, and #gamis.
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Instagram also mentions Disneyland Tokyo as the world’s most visited happiness-bringing location and BTS’ “ARMY” as the most popular fandom community. (iru/kes)
Below are the lists of most liked posts and geotagged cities in Indonesia throughout 2018:
Most liked posts by Indonesian Instagram users in 2018
- Jokowi
- Raditya Dika
- Iqbaal Ramadan
- Nissa Sabyan
- Raisa
Most geotagged Indonesian cities in 2018
- Jakarta
- Yogyakarta
- Bandung, West Java
- Bali
- Medan, North Sumatra
- Batam, Riau
- Surabaya, East Java
- Semarang, Central Java
- Bekasi, West Java
- Palembang, South Sumatra
