Largest Twitter Hashtag 2020: “#TransRightsAreHumanRights”
The hashtag #TransRightsAreHumanRights was by far the top growing hashtag on Twitter in the year of 2020, exploding in usage by a whopping 557 percent, as ‘LGBTQ Nation’ reports.
Similarly, usage of the hashtags #translivesmatter became more popular than last year by 113 percent.
#allblacklivesmatter, typically use to emphasise and include Black LGBT+ lives that are sometimes excluded in mainstream media or by anti-LGBT+ supporters, grew by 112 percent.
#blacktranslivesmatter, highlighting struggles and violence facing Black trans people, grew by 108 percent.
In a year where the community began relying on online spaces more than ever, the hashtag #LGBTQ grew by 49 percent. The usage of the rainbow emoji went up by 20 percent, the social network announced in its annual “Year on Twitter” data release.
Other hashtags that went up in usage during 2020 included #indigenouslivesmatter, which went up by 84 percent, #mentalhealth by 18 percent, and #blackmentalhealth by 19 percent.
The most used hashtags of the year were #COVID19, #BlackLivesMatter, and #StayHome.
There were other LGBT+ highlights from the Year on Twitter global data research published by the company. The Netflix documentary Tiger King, featuring now-out star Carole Baskin, was the most tweeted about streaming show in the United States, second-most tweeted show after ESPN’s The Last Dance, and the ninth overall TV show tweeted about in all of the world.
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