# How to Use Hashtags on TikTok (and How Many to Add)

You can add up to 5 hashtags to a TikTok post: TikTok introduced the cap in August 2025, with an in-app notice reading "Maximum 5 hashtags".

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**12 October 2026** Published

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**You can add up to 5 hashtags to a TikTok post: TikTok introduced the cap in August 2025, with an in-app notice reading “Maximum 5 hashtags”.** Type # in your caption, then the word, and pick from the suggestions. Use 3 to 5 specific hashtags that describe what’s actually in the video, rather than broad tags like #fyp that are attached to billions of posts.

Hashtags help TikTok and viewers place your video, but they’re one signal among many; captions, spoken words and on-screen text count too. This guide covers adding hashtags, choosing them and finding the right ones. Spotting trends is covered in [how to find trends on TikTok](/blog/tiktok-trends/find-tiktok-trends/). Hashtags work alongside sound, so [trending sounds on TikTok](/blog/tiktok-trends/trending-sounds/) is the next thing to check, and [trending products on TikTok](/blog/tiktok-trends/trending-products/) are usually found through the same tags.

## How Many Hashtags Can You Use on TikTok?

**TikTok allows a maximum of 5 hashtags per post.** The limit appeared in August 2025 as an in-app warning, “Maximum 5 hashtags. Use accurate hashtags to get more views”, and TikTok didn’t publish a separate announcement ([MediaPost](https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/408371/tiktok-limits-hashtags-as-algorithms-become-more-s.html), [Search Engine Land](https://searchengineland.com/tiktok-limits-hashtags-460894)). Guides that recommend 10, 20 or 30 hashtags predate the cap.

## How Do You Add Hashtags to a TikTok?

**You add hashtags in the caption on the posting screen.** Listed below are the 4 steps.

1.  **Record** or upload your video and tap **Next**.
2.  **Tap** the caption box.
3.  **Type** # and start the word; TikTok suggests matching hashtags with their view counts.
4.  **Pick** a suggestion or finish typing, then add up to 4 more.

Hashtags count toward your caption’s character limit, so keep them short.

## Which Hashtags Should You Use on TikTok?

**Use a mix of specific hashtags: one or two for your exact niche, one for the content type, and one trending tag only when it truly fits.** The table shows the mix with an example for a sourdough baking video.

| Slot | Purpose | Example |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Niche | Who the video is for | #sourdoughbaking |
| Topic | What the video shows | #breadrecipe |
| Format | The type of video | #bakingtutorial |
| Community | A group that gathers around it | #breadtok |
| Trend (optional) | A relevant trending tag | Only if it fits the video |

Skip #fyp, #foryou and #viral: they’re on so many posts that they tell TikTok nothing about your video.

## How Do You Find the Best Hashtags for a Video?

**Find hashtags by searching your topic in TikTok, opening the hashtag results to compare view counts, and checking TikTok Creative Center’s hashtag ranking for what’s rising.** A tag with very high views is crowded; a tag with almost none has no audience. The ones in between, specific to your niche and still active, are usually the best fit. The Creative Center steps are in [how to find trends on TikTok](/blog/tiktok-trends/find-tiktok-trends/).

## Do Hashtags Still Matter on TikTok?

**Hashtags still help, but less than they used to; TikTok also reads captions, speech and on-screen text to understand a video.** Hashtags are most useful for joining a community, a challenge or a campaign. A clear caption with the words people search for does as much for discovery as the tags.

## How Do You Block a Hashtag on TikTok?

**To stop seeing videos with a hashtag, add it to your content filters, under Settings and privacy, then Content preferences.** The steps are in [how to block hashtags, sounds and keywords on TikTok](/blog/tiktok-profiles/block-hashtags-keywords/).

## How to Measure Hashtag Performance With Data

**To compare hashtags properly, look at the videos behind them: how many are recent, how many views they get and who posts them.** apidojo’s [TikTok Scraper](https://apify.com/apidojo/tiktok-scraper) on Apify collects every video on a hashtag page, with its views, likes, shares, upload time and creator, so you can see which tags are active and which are crowded (Apify).

```
{
  "startUrls": ["https://www.tiktok.com/tag/sourdoughbaking"],
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

It costs $0.30 per 1,000 posts. The developer guide is [how to scrape TikTok hashtag pages](/blog/tiktok-scraping/scrape-hashtags/).

## The scrapers behind this

-   [TikTok Scraper Profiles, videos, hashtags, music and locations; 460 posts/sec measured $0.30 / 1K posts](/scrapers/tiktok-scraper/)

## Questions people ask

### Can you add hashtags after posting a TikTok?

You can edit the caption of a posted video where the edit option is available to your account; otherwise repost with new hashtags.

### Should hashtags go in the caption or the comments?

In the caption; hashtags in comments don't categorise the video.

### Do hashtags work on TikTok photos and slideshows?

Yes, add them to the caption the same way.

### How do you see how many views a hashtag has?

Search the hashtag and open its page; the total views appear at the top.

## More on finding TikTok trends

-   [How to Find Trends on TikTok: Sounds and Hashtags Find TikTok trends with Creative Center and in the app: trending sounds, hashtags, formats and creators, and how long trends last.](/blog/tiktok-trends/find-tiktok-trends/)
-   [How to Find Trending Sounds on TikTok Find trending TikTok sounds in Creative Center and the app, tell if a sound is still rising, and check which sounds businesses can use.](/blog/tiktok-trends/trending-sounds/)
-   [How to Download a TikTok Sound (Extract Audio) Save TikTok sounds to Favorites, extract audio from your own videos, find the full song behind a sound, and know the rights rules.](/blog/tiktok-trends/download-tiktok-sound/)
-   [How to Add Your Own Sound to TikTok Make an original sound, add a voiceover, rename your sound and upload music you made, plus what audio you're allowed to use.](/blog/tiktok-trends/add-your-own-sound/)
-   [How to Find Trending Products on TikTok Find trending products in TikTok Shop, product hashtags and Creative Center, check momentum, and track products with data.](/blog/tiktok-trends/trending-products/)

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