hashtag campaign

Coordinated online movement

A hashtag campaign is a coordinated effort on social media where participants use a specific hashtag to promote a cause, brand, or message.

Organizations launch them to build awareness, encourage engagement, or track conversation around an issue: The nonprofit's hashtag campaign went viral.

Success depends on the hashtag being memorable and the cause resonating enough that people share it voluntarily.

Related

influencer · brand ambassador · awareness · social justice · movement · slogan · Twitter · Instagram · activism · digital activism · engagement · followers · retweet · share · brand · cause · challenge · meme

Categories
Opposites
digital vs. traditional activism

hashtag campaignstreet protest

Public demonstration against authority

sit-in · march · petition · town hall meeting · grassroots organizing

symbolic vs. substantive action

hashtag campaigndirect action

Confrontational political tactics

mutual aid · boots on the ground · slacktivism

visibility vs. silence

hashtag campaignmedia blackout

Suppression of press coverage

censorship · suppression · radio silence · shadowban · deplatforming

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Everyday, not technical · Rated G