{"id":871356,"date":"2026-09-23T08:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/tools\/hashtag-checker\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T07:54:10","slug":"hashtag-checker","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/en\/tools\/hashtag-checker\/","title":{"rendered":"Hashtag checker: how many hashtags can you use?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lk-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Paste your caption below. You will see how many hashtags it holds, whether that fits the limit, which ones you use twice and which are so generic that Instagram discourages them itself.<\/p><div class=\"lk-erc lk-ht\" id=\"lk-ht-5598\" data-hashtags=\"{&quot;lang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;strings&quot;:{&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Hashtag checker&quot;,&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;Platform&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Paste your caption&quot;,&quot;ph&quot;:&quot;Paste the text of your post here, hashtags included.&quot;,&quot;used&quot;:&quot;hashtags used&quot;,&quot;of_max&quot;:&quot;of a maximum of %d&quot;,&quot;ok&quot;:&quot;This fits.&quot;,&quot;over&quot;:&quot;Too many. Remove %d.&quot;,&quot;none&quot;:&quot;No hashtags found yet.&quot;,&quot;found&quot;:&quot;Hashtags found&quot;,&quot;issues&quot;:&quot;What stands out&quot;,&quot;dupe&quot;:&quot;appears %d times&quot;,&quot;generic&quot;:&quot;very generic&quot;,&quot;invalid&quot;:&quot;will not work as a hashtag&quot;,&quot;long&quot;:&quot;very long (%d characters)&quot;,&quot;i_over&quot;:&quot;Instagram will not post your post or comment if it holds more than 5 hashtags.&quot;,&quot;i_dupe&quot;:&quot;The same hashtag twice still counts twice. Replace the duplicate with another one.&quot;,&quot;i_gen&quot;:&quot;Instagram named generic tags like #reels and #explore as a reason for the limit of 5: specific hashtags work better than broad ones.&quot;,&quot;i_inv&quot;:&quot;A hashtag can only hold letters, numbers and an underscore. A space, full stop or hyphen cuts it off.&quot;,&quot;i_long&quot;:&quot;Nobody searches for a hashtag of more than 30 characters.&quot;,&quot;i_none&quot;:&quot;You may post without any. Instagram itself says hashtags are not a way to get more reach.&quot;,&quot;tips&quot;:&quot;What Instagram says about it&quot;,&quot;tip1&quot;:&quot;Hashtags do not add reach: they help with search and categorisation (Adam Mosseri, May 2025).&quot;,&quot;tip2&quot;:&quot;Put them in the caption, not in a comment: the caption text is the most important search signal.&quot;,&quot;tip3&quot;:&quot;Pick five hashtags that really describe your post, not five that everyone uses.&quot;,&quot;source&quot;:&quot;Limit and rules: Instagram (@creators, 18-12-2025) and the Help Center, read 22-09-2026. The limit of 5 on TikTok comes from the app itself; TikTok has said nothing official about it. Everything happens in your own browser: we do not send or keep anything.&quot;,&quot;tiktok_note&quot;:&quot;On TikTok the app shows \\&quot;Maximum 5 hashtags\\&quot;. That was reported in August 2025 and never officially confirmed.&quot;},&quot;max&quot;:{&quot;instagram&quot;:5,&quot;tiktok&quot;:5},&quot;generic&quot;:[&quot;reels&quot;,&quot;reel&quot;,&quot;explore&quot;,&quot;explorepage&quot;,&quot;fyp&quot;,&quot;foryou&quot;,&quot;foryoupage&quot;,&quot;viral&quot;,&quot;trending&quot;,&quot;follow&quot;,&quot;followme&quot;,&quot;follow4follow&quot;,&quot;f4f&quot;,&quot;like4like&quot;,&quot;l4l&quot;,&quot;likeforlike&quot;,&quot;instagood&quot;,&quot;instadaily&quot;,&quot;photooftheday&quot;,&quot;love&quot;,&quot;tiktok&quot;,&quot;instagram&quot;]}\"><div class=\"lk-erc__row\"><span class=\"lk-erc__label\" id=\"lk-ht-5598-pf\">Platform<\/span><div class=\"lk-erc__tabs lk-ht__platform\" role=\"radiogroup\" aria-labelledby=\"lk-ht-5598-pf\"><button type=\"button\" role=\"radio\" aria-checked=\"true\" data-v=\"instagram\">Instagram<\/button><button type=\"button\" role=\"radio\" aria-checked=\"false\" data-v=\"tiktok\">TikTok<\/button><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lk-erc__row\"><label class=\"lk-erc__label\" for=\"lk-ht-5598-t\">Paste your caption<\/label><textarea id=\"lk-ht-5598-t\" class=\"lk-ht__input\" rows=\"5\" placeholder=\"Paste the text of your post here, hashtags included.\"><\/textarea><\/div><div class=\"lk-erc__result\" aria-live=\"polite\"><p class=\"lk-erc__big\"><\/p><p class=\"lk-erc__bigsub\"><\/p><p class=\"lk-ht__verdict\"><\/p><p class=\"lk-gp__subhead lk-ht__foundhead\" hidden>Hashtags found<\/p><div class=\"lk-ht__tags\"><\/div><p class=\"lk-gp__subhead lk-ht__issuehead\" hidden>What stands out<\/p><ul class=\"lk-erc__small lk-ht__issues\"><\/ul><p class=\"lk-erc__note\"><\/p><\/div><details class=\"lk-erc__check\"><summary>What Instagram says about it<\/summary><div class=\"lk-erc__own\"><ul class=\"lk-ht__tips\"><li>Hashtags do not add reach: they help with search and categorisation (Adam Mosseri, May 2025).<\/li><li>Put them in the caption, not in a comment: the caption text is the most important search signal.<\/li><li>Pick five hashtags that really describe your post, not five that everyone uses.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/details><p class=\"lk-erc__source\">Limit and rules: Instagram (@creators, 18-12-2025) and the Help Center, read 22-09-2026. The limit of 5 on TikTok comes from the app itself; TikTok has said nothing official about it. Everything happens in your own browser: we do not send or keep anything.<\/p><\/div><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many hashtags can you use?<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Instagram five, on a post as well as on a reel. Instagram announced that on 18 December 2025 through @creators, and it has been in the Help Center since: put more than five under a photo or video and your comment will not post. Before that the limit was thirty.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On TikTok the app shows the message &#8220;Maximum 5 hashtags&#8221;. Several outlets reported it in August 2025, but TikTok has said nothing official about it. So we call it what it is: what the app shows, not a rule TikTok has confirmed.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do hashtags give you more reach?<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No, and Instagram says so itself. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, said in May 2025 that contrary to popular belief hashtags are not a way to get more reach: they help with search and with categorising your post. So do not expect views from them. What they do is make you findable for someone searching for exactly that.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Put them in your caption, not in a separate comment. According to Instagram&#8217;s own explainer on search, the caption text is by far the most important signal. More about this in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/en\/how-many-hashtags-instagram\/\">how many hashtags on Instagram, and which ones still work<\/a>.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does the checker flag some hashtags?<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Duplicate:<\/strong> the same hashtag twice still counts twice towards the limit. A waste of one of your five slots.<\/li><li><strong>Very generic:<\/strong> tags like #reels, #explore and #fyp. Instagram named exactly this kind of broad tag as its reason for the limit of five: specific hashtags work better than general ones.<\/li><li><strong>Will not work:<\/strong> a hashtag can only hold letters, numbers and an underscore. A space, full stop or hyphen cuts it off, so #sun-and-sea becomes just #sun.<\/li><li><strong>Very long:<\/strong> nobody searches for a hashtag of more than thirty characters.<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More likes on your post?<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hashtags make you findable, but they do not fill your post. Bought likes and views count towards your numbers, not as real engagement: they come from profiles that do nothing else. What they do is make a new post look fuller to the first visitors.<\/p><ul class=\"lk-cards\"><li class=\"lk-card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/en\/buy-instagram-likes\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1-247x247.webp\" class=\"lk-card__img\" alt=\"Instagram Likes Kopen 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1-247x247.webp 247w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1-510x510.webp 510w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Instagram-Likes-Kopen-2026-1.webp 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><span class=\"lk-card__body\"><span class=\"lk-card__title\">Instagram Likes<\/span><span class=\"lk-card__price\">from <strong>&euro;1,45<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"lk-card__meta\">3\u00a0million+ Instagram likes delivered<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"lk-card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/en\/buy-tiktok-views\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen-247x247.webp\" class=\"lk-card__img\" alt=\"TikTok Views Kopen\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen-247x247.webp 247w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen-510x510.webp 510w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/TikTok-Views-Kopen.webp 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><span class=\"lk-card__body\"><span class=\"lk-card__title\">TikTok Views<\/span><span class=\"lk-card__price\">from <strong>&euro;1,45<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"lk-card__meta\">31\u00a0million+ TikTok views delivered<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"lk-card\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/en\/buy-instagram-followers\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1-247x247.webp\" class=\"lk-card__img\" alt=\"Instagram Volgers Kopen 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1-247x247.webp 247w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1-1024x1024.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1-150x150.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1-510x510.webp 510w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1-100x100.webp 100w, https:\/\/www.likes-kopen.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Instagram-Volgers-Kopen-2026-1.webp 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><span class=\"lk-card__body\"><span class=\"lk-card__title\">Instagram Followers<\/span><span class=\"lk-card__price\">from <strong>&euro;3,99<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"lk-card__meta\">5.3\u00a0million+ Instagram followers delivered<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><section class=\"wp-block-group lk-faq-list is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions about hashtags<\/h2><details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>How many hashtags can you use on Instagram?<\/summary><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five, on a post and on a reel. Instagram announced this on 18 December 2025. Use more under a photo or video and your comment will not post.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Can you put hashtags in a comment?<\/summary><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can, but Instagram itself writes that you should put keywords and hashtags in the caption: the caption text weighs heaviest in search.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Do hashtags help you go viral?<\/summary><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no evidence for that, and Instagram contradicts it itself. Hashtags help people find you when they search; your reach comes mostly from recommendations.<\/p><\/details><details class=\"wp-block-details is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\"><summary>Is the hashtag checker free?<\/summary><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, without an account. 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