10 Years Trending! The Hashtag Hall of Fame on Its 10th B’Day

It’s been 10 years since the hashtag came into being. Since they were first used on Twitter in 2007, hashtags have grown to become a quintessential part of social media.The hashtag was born on Twitter on 23 August 2007. From breaking news to world-changing movements, Twitter’s hashtags have done it all. Here's to 10 years of trending hashtags.2007The first hashtag, created by Chris Messina, was #barcamp and the tweet it appeared in looked like this:#noticias, the Spanish word for news, became the most used Twitter hashtag of 2007.2008The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks resulted in #Mumbai becoming a trending hashtag.The #YesWeCan hashtag during the 2008 US Presidential Election Campaign became closely associated with former President Obama, and has been ever since.2009#inaug09 trended when Barack Obama, inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States of America, became the United States' first African-American president.#Chandrayaan became a Twitter trend when the ISRO-designed spacecraft became the first to detect water on the moon.#MusicMonday and #FollowFriday quickly were two of the most popular Twitter hashtags in 2009, and set off Twitter trends that are now a part of the site’s culture.2010The #HaitiEarthquake hashtag was a result of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that shook the nation on 12 January.#imjustsaying, which has become a highly used phrase even in offline conversation, was one of the top trending hashtags in 2010.2011The hashtag #Japan trended after the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s Tohoku region and also caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster.Prince William and Kate Middleton’s #RoyalWedding got tweeted at the rate of 300 tweets per hour at the peak of its popularity.#OsamaDead, #September11 and #WarOnTerror were some of the trending hashtags on Twitter when Osama Bin Laden was killed by Navy SEALS in Abbottabad, Pakistan.2012With footage and photographs from war-ravaged #Syria breaking the internet, the country became a trending topic on Twitter.#London2012 became a top hashtag during the 2012 London Olympics.Twitter users went into celebration mode when former US President Barack Obama was re-elected for #4moreyears.2013Twitter was the place of origin of the #BlackLives Matter movement after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen, Trayvon Martin.#DevyaniHumiliated - The arrest of Devyani Khobragade in New York had caused a major diplomatic row between the US and India.#ThankYouSachin and #BornToPlayCricket | 16 November 2013; Wankhede Stadium and thousands of fans stood in respect for the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar.2014#HeForShe went viral in 2014 when Harry Potter star Emma Watson spoke at the United Nations about gender equality.#IceBucketChallenge went viral on social media during July-August 2014 as a way to raise funds for MS.2015#DelhiDecides and #AapSweeps were the hashtags used for tweeting about the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP’s landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly Election.Remember #TheDress? It seemed like the whole world had their say over whether a dress was black and blue or white and gold in February 2015.2016People took to tweeting about the demonetisation using the hashtags #Notebandi and #BlackMoney when the Indian government put 500 and 1000 rupee notes out of commission in November 2016.#Brexit probably doesn't need an explanation, but the UK was divided over whether or not we should leave the European Union in June 2016.#USElection2016 and #Trump were two of the most used Twitter hashtags, with the latter becoming the only person to make the 2016 list.2017#BTSBBMMAS The most popular hashtag of 2017 has already been used more than 300 million times. It refers to the K-Pop band BTS and their victory at this year’s Billboard Music Awards.This year has seen Twitter users registering their disillusionment with US President Donald Trump with the hashtag #NotMyPresident.Have other memorable hashtags you want to talk about? Tell us in the comments!(#TalkingStalking: Have you ever been stalked? Share your experience with The Quint and inspire others to shatter the silence surrounding stalking. Send your stories to editor@thequint.com or WhatsApp @ +919999008335.)

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10 Years Trending! The Hashtag Hall of Fame on Its 10th B’Day

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