The symbols that drive discourse, build communities, and occasionally break the internet.
“My 13th reason”: Users react to TikTok’s new limit for hashtags
TikTok users are mostly confused about the move.
On Aug 14, 2025 by Charlotte Colombo
How the hashtag is helping people stay alive in Sudan
The hashtag is back and making a big difference.
On May 22, 2023 by Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The 10 most influential hashtags of the decade
In 2010, no one knew what hashtags were. By the end of the decade, they were changing the world.
On Dec 15, 2019 by Elisa Shoenberger
People are sharing how serving in the military has ruined their lives with #WhyIServe
The U.S. Army started the hashtag as a catalyst for positive stories.
On May 26, 2019 by Samira Sadeque
4chan’s new troll campaign aims to make the hashtag a white supremacist symbol
Notorious internet forum launches operation ‘Bash the Hash.’
On May 26, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
What is KAG, Trump’s 2020 campaign slogan?
The 2020 campaign slogans are already in full force.
On Aug 21, 2018 by Andrew Wyrich
#ImWithKer enlists Kermit in the fight against Pepe
Which frog are you with?
On Oct 3, 2016 by Miles Klee
Every kind of Twitter, ranked from worst to best
Not all Twitter is created equal.
On Sep 26, 2016 by Miles Klee
Asian-American men, toxic masculinity, and racism: A Twitter town hall starts a conversation
With #HyperMasculAZNs, the AAPI community addresses misogyny and harmful stereotypes.
On Aug 5, 2016 by Jaya Saxena
This is what $1 million in meme research looks like
Money well spent.
On May 12, 2016 by Gabe Bergado
I started #BiracialLooksLike because there’s more than one way to look biracial
Why I started the Twitter hashtag #biraciallookslike.
On Sep 17, 2015 by Jaya Saxena
Why #GrowingUpBlack is more than just a hashtag
The black community came together on Twitter to celebrate their experience.
On Jul 16, 2015 by Leslie Antonoff
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown blasts media’s take on Mike Brown slaying
A thought experiment reveals the depths of journalistic bias.
On Aug 11, 2014 by Miles Klee
The Comic Sans comeback is the perfect expression of our cultural confusion
Do we turn to Comic Sans because we’re criticizing it or because we’re embracing it?
On May 6, 2014 by [email protected]
An Instagram hashtag is not the classiest way to dump your girlfriend
Is this what all the cool kids are doing these days?
On Apr 24, 2014 by EJ Dickson
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