As a person that has a degree in Marketing, you’d think I’d be completely on top of my social media, that I’d know what it takes to grow my feed and that I would be posting prolifically. And yet… here I am with my 462 followers! Consistency is king in social media, and that’s one of my weaknesses – I am so inconsistent – it’s all or nothing… I’m either posting daily, or forgetting to post and going radio-silence for weeks on end.
I felt that it’s time I start thinking more seriously about social media, and so my first point of call was to do some hashtag research. The jury is out on whether hashtags are still as effective as they used to be when they first emerged, but most SM marketers seem to agree that they can’t harm and should therefore still be used.
I’ve done some research on generic art-related hashtags, as well as hashtags that pertain specifically to my research interests. I feel that using hashtags that link to my research could connect me with audiences that will be far more receptive to my messaging.
| GENERIC: | SPACE & PHILOSOPHY | SCIENCE/MATHS: | |||
| #oilpainting | 28 million | #cosmic | 2.3 million | #geometry | 7.6 million |
| #oilpaint | 3.6 million | #cosmicconsciousness | 690 K | #geometryart | 196 K |
| #oilpaints | 2.5 million | #cosmicart | 354 K | #geometricart | |
| #artcollector | #cosmicenergy | 356 K | #sacredgeometry | 2.8 million | |
| #artcollectors | #cosmos | 6.2 million | #sacredgeometryart | 172 K | |
| #artcollection | #universe | 19.6 million | #platonicsolids | 49.1 K | |
| #sculpture | 29.4 million | #bigbang | 14 million | #platonicsolidsart | 100- |
| #sculptureart | 1.8 million | #bigbangtheory | 752 K | #metatronscube | 107 K |
| #claysculpture | #thebigbang | 44.9 K | #circleoflife | 830 K | |
| #mixedmediasculpture | #cellestial | 1 K+ | #seedoflife | 192 K | |
| #abstractsculpture | #cellestialart | 100 + | #metatron | 223 K | |
| #sculptureartist | 496 K | #interstellar | 1 million | #metatroncube | 11.4 K |
| #sculptor | 1.8 million | #supernova | 1 million | ||
| #sculptorsofinstagram | 66.5 K | #blackholes | 247 K | ||
| #postmodern | |||||
| #posthuman | #briancox | 54.6 K | |||
| #posthumanist | #professorbriancox | 5 K + | |||
| #posthumanism | #physics | 4.6 milliion | |||
| #igart | 2.1 million | #deepspace | 452 K | ||
| #igartist | 733 K | #deeptime | 30 K | ||
| #curator | 2.3 million | #cosmology | 727 K | ||
| #artcurator | #cosmologyfacts | 1 K + | |||
| #galleryart | #cosmologylover | 1 K + | |||
| #artgallery | #space | 23.7 million | |||
| #artmuseum | #spacenerd | 54.6 K | |||
| #fineart | 37.8 million | #spacenerds | 10.1 K | ||
| #contemporaryart | #spacedaily | 5 K + | |||
| #contemporaryartist | #spaceexploration | 706 K | |||
| #contemporaryartwork | #spaceexplorer | 48.1 K | |||
| #artist | #galaxy | 13.3 million | |||
| #visualarts | 2.2 million | #anthropocene | 160 K | ||
| #visualartists | 278 K | #anthropoceneart | 16.1 K | ||
| #visualartist | 2.3 million | #stardust | 1 million | ||
| #clay | 13.6 million | #weareallstardust | 12.1 K | ||
| #clayart | 3.8 million | #weareallconnected | 200 K | ||
| #claysculpture | 893 K | #neildegrassetyson | 222 K | ||
| #clayartists | 27.5 K | #neildegrasstysonquotes | 1 K + | ||
| #clayartist | 861 K | #periodictable | 136 K | ||
| #artisticresearch | #periodicatableofelements | 19.3 K | |||
| #mafineart | 14.7 K | #gold | 85.2 million | ||
| #mfa | 641 K | #philosophy | 7.4 million | ||
| #masterofarts | 58.3 K | #entanglement | 261 K | ||
| #researchbasedart | 1 K+ | #interconnectedness | 77.2 K | ||
| #practicebasedresearch | 5 K+ | #interconnectednessoflife | 100 + | ||
| #practicebasedphd | 1 K+ | #interconnectednessofallthings | 500+ | ||
| #mastersresearch | 1 K+ |
Debbie New 