News
401 hashtags in this category
News hashtags track the breaking stories, ongoing investigations, and rolling coverage moments that define each news cycle — from natural disasters and geopolitical crises to media-industry moments and the meta-discourse around how news itself is produced and consumed.
This category overlaps significantly with politics, activism, and technology, but focuses on tags whose primary function is real-time information distribution rather than opinion or movement-building. Expect heavy activity during major breaking-news events.
By the numbers: this category spans 401 entries documented on Hashpedia, with origin dates ranging from 1980 to 2026 , most active on Twitter, YouTube, News Media.
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| Hashtag | Platform | Year | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeppHeardTrial | TikTok | 2022 | 10 billion+ |
| News | 2006 | 10B+ | |
| PopeFrancis | 2013 | 10 billion+ | |
| Weinstein | 2017 | 10 billion+ | |
| NelsonMandela | 2013 | 5 billion+ | |
| Israel | 2008 | 3B+ | |
| OprahMeghanHarry | 2021 | 3 billion+ | |
| PhillyD | YouTube | 2007 | 3 billion+ |
| RoyalWedding2018 | 2018 | 3 billion+ | |
| TheDailyNYT | iTunes | 2017 | 3 billion+ |
| ManchesterBombing | 2017 | 2 billion+ | |
| Gaza | 2008 | 2B+ | |
| IndiaCovidCrisis | 2021 | 2 billion+ | |
| SurvivingRKelly | 2019 | 2 billion+ | |
| RoyalBaby | 2013 | 2 billion+ | |
| COP26 | 2021 | 1.5 billion+ | |
| DemiOverdose | 2018 | 1.5 billion+ | |
| KevinSpacey | 2017 | 1.5 billion+ | |
| RuthBaderGinsburg | 2020 | 1.5B+ | |
| ShanghaiLockdown | 2022 | 1.5 billion+ | |
| UvaldeStrong | 2022 | 1.5 billion+ | |
| IsraelHamasWar | 2023 | 1.2B+ | |
| MichaelJacksonDeath | 2009 | 1 billion+ | |
| ShaneDawsonIsOverParty | 2020 | 1 billion+ | |
| TheDailyPodcast | Podcast | 2017 | 1 billion+ downloads |
| LAFires | 2025 | 900M+ | |
| Pelosi Taiwan Visit | 2022 | 900M | |
| ToryLanezTrial | 2022 | 900 million+ | |
| IdahoMurders | TikTok | 2023 | 827M+ |
| AceFamilyScandal | YouTube | 2019 | 800 million+ |
| Asiana214 | 2013 | 800 million+ | |
| Batkid | 2013 | 800 million+ | |
| BillCosby | 2014 | 800 million+ | |
| CubaLibre | 2021 | 800 million+ | |
| European Energy Crisis | 2022 | 800M | |
| KimKRobbery | 2016 | 800 million+ | |
| RobinWilliamsDeath | 2014 | 800 million+ | |
| KateMiddleton | 2024 | 700M+ | |
| PrinceDeath | 2016 | 700 million+ | |
| AlexMurdaugh | 2023 | 693M+ | |
| ChattanoogaShooting | 2015 | 600 million+ | |
| ColleenBallinger | YouTube | 2023 | 600 million+ |
| HaitiEarthquake2021 | 2021 | 600 million+ | |
| MonolithMystery | 2020 | 600M+ | |
| Nord Stream Sabotage | 2022 | 600M | |
| Sandy | 2012 | 600M+ | |
| WagnerRebellion | 2023 | 573M+ | |
| TitanicSub | 2023 | 567M+ | |
| CrackSelfie | 2013 | 500 million+ | |
| Japan | 2011 | 500M+ | |
| JeffreyEpsteinDoc | 2020 | 500M+ | |
| LoganPaulJapan | YouTube | 2018 | 500 million+ |
| PanicBuying | 2020 | 500M+ | |
| TaylorSwiftTrial | 2017 | 500 million+ | |
| TigerWoodsScandal | News Media | 2009 | 500 million+ |
| UkraineWar | 2022 | 500 million+ | |
| WhitneyHoustonDeath | 2012 | 500 million+ | |
| UkraineCounteroffensive | 2023 | 492M+ | |
| NordStream | 2022 | 460 million+ | |
| PhilipDeFranco | YouTube | 2006 | 420 million+ |
| NashvilleShooting | 2023 | 418M+ | |
| KingCharlesCoronation | 2023 | 412M+ | |
| BaltimoreB ridge | 2024 | 400M+ | |
| BP | 2010 | 400M+ | |
| ChrisBrownRihanna | News Media | 2009 | 400 million+ |
| Diddy | 2024 | 400M+ | |
| FedmysterScandal | 2020 | 400 million+ | |
| G7Cornwall | 2021 | 400 million+ | |
| GreatConjunction | 2020 | 400M+ | |
| JussieSmollett | News Media | 2019 | 400 million+ |
| KimKSexTape | News Media | 2007 | 400 million+ |
| PewDiePieBridge | 2017 | 400 million+ | |
| QueenElizabethII | 2022 | 400 million+ | |
| QueenElizabeth | 2022 | 400M+ | |
| TanaCon | 2018 | 400 million+ | |
| UpFirstPodcast | Podcast | 2017 | 400 million+ downloads |
| CallMeCarsonDrama | 2021 | 350 million+ | |
| EllenDeGeneres | 2020 | 350 million+ | |
| ProJared | 2019 | 350 million+ | |
| MixerShutdown | 2020 | 310 million+ | |
| DeppVsHeard | 2022 | 300M+ | |
| Haiti | 2010 | 300M+ | |
| JohnnyDeppTrial | 2022 | 300 million+ | |
| LuigiMangione | 2024 | 300M+ | |
| PaulaDeen | News Media | 2013 | 300 million+ |
| RussiaUkraine | 2022 | 300 million+ | |
| RFLCT | 2021 | 300 million+ | |
| EastPalestineOhio | 2023 | 287M+ | |
| TwitchDMCA | 2020 | 285 million+ | |
| BalenciagaScandal | 2023 | 276M+ | |
| AlinityCatThrow | Twitch | 2019 | 250 million+ |
| CodeSwitch | NPR | 2013 | 250 million+ |
| Parkland | 2018 | 250M+ | |
| JapanEarthquake | 2011 | 250 million+ | |
| MiniLaddExposed | 2020 | 250 million+ | |
| Osama | 2011 | 250M+ | |
| PnutTheSquirrel | 2024 | 250M+ | |
| RachelDolezal | News Media | 2015 | 250 million+ |
| UNCFlagGuys | 2024 | 250M+ | |
| CallMeCarson | 2021 | 245 million+ | |
| AlecBaldwin | 2021 | 200 million+ | |
| Weinergate | 2011 | 200 million+ | |
| BlueWhaleChallenge | VKontakte | 2016 | 200 million+ |
| Eclipse2024 | 2024 | 200M+ | |
| LoganPaulSuicideForest | 2018 | 200M+ | |
| MomoChallenge | 2018 | 200M+ | |
| NorthKorea | 2017 | 200M+ | |
| PrayForParis | 2015 | 200M+ | |
| Prince | 2016 | 200M+ | |
| Recession | 2008 | 200M+ | |
| DailyZeitgeist | Apple Podcasts | 2018 | 200 million+ downloads |
| TitanSubmersible | 2023 | 200M+ | |
| TurkeyEarthquake | 2023 | 200M+ | |
| UkraineUnderAttack | 2022 | 200M+ | |
| HaitiEarthquake | 2010 | 180 million+ | |
| FrancisScottKeyBridge | 2023 | 154M+ | |
| AfghanistanWithdrawal | 2021 | 150M+ | |
| BalloonBoy | News Media | 2009 | 150 million+ |
| BritneyFree | 2021 | 150M+ | |
| CarrieFisher | 2016 | 150M+ | |
| DavidBowie | 2016 | 150M+ | |
| HurricaneHelene | 2024 | 150M+ | |
| OJSimpson | 2024 | 150M+ | |
| StimulusCheck | 2020 | 150 million+ | |
| Syria2025 | 2025 | 150M+ | |
| TongaVolcano | 2022 | 150 million+ | |
| HurricaneHarvey | 2017 | 120M+ | |
| HurricaneMilton | 2024 | 120M+ | |
| LightningBolt | 2010 | 120 million+ | |
| Mariupol | 2022 | 120M+ | |
| TrayvonMartin | 2012 | 120 million+ | |
| TyphoonHaiyan | 2013 | 120 million+ | |
| BuffaloShooting | 2022 | 110M+ | |
| HurricaneMichael | 2018 | 110M+ | |
| TarmacLady | TikTok | 2023 | 100 million+ |
| CaitlynJenner | 2015 | 100M+ | |
| Cosby | 2014 | 100M+ | |
| DerekChauvinTrial | 2021 | 100M+ | |
| EmbeddedPodcast | Podcast | 2016 | 100 million+ downloads |
| Harambe | 2016 | 100 million+ | |
| InTheDarkPodcast | Podcast | 2016 | 100 million+ downloads |
| MauiFires | 2023 | 100M+ | |
| Octomom | News Media | 2009 | 100 million+ |
| PeanutTheSquirrel | 2024 | 100M+ | |
| RIPRobinWilliams | 2014 | 100M+ | |
| StimulusCheck | 2020 | 100M+ | |
| StormyDaniels | 2018 | 100M+ | |
| TexasPowerGridFailure | 2021 | 100M+ | |
| January6th | 2021 | 97 million+ | |
| AlitoLeak | 2022 | 95M+ | |
| MegynKelly | 2018 | 95M+ | |
| NepalEarthquake | 2015 | 95 million+ | |
| TexasFreeze | 2021 | 95 million+ | |
| AsiaArgento | 2018 | 90M+ | |
| Azovstal | 2022 | 90M+ | |
| HurricaneIrma | 2017 | 90M+ | |
| EpsteinArrested | 2019 | 90M+ | |
| PaulPelosiAttack | 2022 | 90M+ | |
| VarsityBlues | 2019 | 85M+ | |
| HurricaneMaria | 2017 | 85M+ | |
| KhersonLiberated | 2022 | 85M+ | |
| PolarVortex | 2014 | 85 million+ | |
| AirQualityCrisis | 2023 | 80M+ | |
| BostonMarathonBombing | 2013 | 80 million+ | |
| BuchaMassacre | 2022 | 80M+ | |
| CelebDeaths2016 | 2016 | 80M+ | |
| KabulAirport | 2021 | 80M+ | |
| MoroccoEarthquake | 2023 | 80M+ | |
| Pulse | 2016 | 80M+ | |
| BombCyclone | 2018 | 75 million+ | |
| CrimeanBridge | 2022 | 75M+ | |
| LasVegas | 2017 | 75M+ | |
| PittsburghStrong | 2018 | 75M+ | |
| Baghdadi | 2019 | 70M+ | |
| ChrisCuomoFired | 2021 | 70M+ | |
| IPCC15CReport | 2018 | 70 million+ | |
| MadeleineMcCann | 2012 | 70 million+ | |
| TripleDigitHeat | 2011 | 70 million+ | |
| Uvalde | 2022 | 70M+ | |
| CaliforniaDrought | 2012 | 65 million+ | |
| HighlandParkShooting | 2022 | 65M+ | |
| JonBenetRamsey | 2011 | 65 million+ | |
| 21SavageICE | 2019 | 60 million+ | |
| CodeRedHumanity | 2021 | 60 million+ | |
| ElPasoShooting | 2019 | 60M+ | |
| MichelleWolfWHCD | 2018 | 60 million+ | |
| NiceAttack | 2016 | 60M+ | |
| PanamaPapers | 2016 | 60M+ | |
| Snowzilla | 2016 | 60 million+ | |
| SupercellThunderstorm | 2013 | 60 million+ | |
| TravisScottApology | 2021 | 60M+ | |
| CaliforniaFires2019 | 2019 | 55M+ | |
| ElizabethHolmes | 2018 | 55 million+ | |
| HeatIndex | 2011 | 55 million+ | |
| WesternWildfires2021 | 2021 | 55M+ | |
| GazaUnderAttack | 2021 | 52 million+ | |
| Charlottesville | 2017 | 51 million+ | |
| CaseyAnthony | 2011 | 50 million+ | |
| Charlottesville | 2017 | 50M+ | |
| CloudSeeding | 2017 | 50 million+ |