Instagram (as a visual-first platform) is used as a tool that enables artists and designers, all across the world, to show their work to people all over the internet. And It has attracted many talented designers to come over to it and post their best work there. But sometimes it feels to be very crowded as there are many people who publish their work on Insta. Which makes it difficult for your work to get the needed attention.
This is where Instagram hashtags come to your rescue. Studies have shown that posts with Hashtags get more engagements than those without them. My post’s analytics shows that 30-40% of the engagements I got, comes just from the Hashtags.
What are Hashtags in Instagram?
Hashtags are a combination of letters, numbers, and/or emojis started with the Hash (#) symbol. On Instagram, Hashtags are used to organize and categorize the content. Hashtags are clickable links that lead to that specific Hashtag’s page, this page works as a directory for all the posts that were tagged with that hashtag.
Instagram lets you add 30 Hashtags to your post and 10 to your stories. If you add carefully chosen hashtags to your post, it will significantly increase your audience reach and engagements you will receive on your posts, that’s why I created this list of hashtags for graphic designers like me to make this process a little easier.
Most popular Instagram Hashtags for graphic designers
These are the Hashtags with most post added to them or simply are more famous on Instagram.
- #design (275,170,582 posts)
- #illustration (161,868,178 posts)
- #designer (73,763,610 posts)
- #graphicdesign (51,166,116 posts)
- #illustrator (37,075,639 posts)
- #branding (28,665,476 posts)
- #logo (25,212,810 posts)
- #graphics (18,043,151 posts)
- #typography (17,111,685 posts)
- #graphicdesigner (12,441,110 posts)
General graphic design hashtags on design
These Instagram Hashtags can work for nearly every type of design
#art #design #designer #graphicdesign #vectorart #graphicdesigner #vector #artwork #designinspiration #designideas #flatdesign #designspiration #graphic #graphicart #artistsoninstagram #artoftheday
Branding related Hashtags
Showcasing a branding project on Instagram these Hashtags will come in handy
#brand #branding #brandingdesign #brandingagency #brandidentity #branddesign #brandinginspiration #visualdesign #brands #logobrand #corporatedesign
Hashtags for Logo Design
Although, Logo design is a part of Branding but there are a lot of Hashtags around it so we thought to give it a different segment. Here are they.
#logo #logodesigner #logodesigns #logos #logotype #logoinspirations #logodesinger #logoinspiration #logomark #logoprocess #logoinspire #logoconcept #logobrand #logonew #designlogo
Hashtags for Illustration artists
These are the most popular hashtags on Instagram for Illustrations.
#illustration #illustrator #illustrationartists #illustragram #doodleart #doodling #illustrate #illustration_daily #illustrationart #illustratorsoninstagram #illustrationoftheday #cartoon #cartoonart #vectorillustration #vectorart #characterdesign
For womans:
There are some popular female-specific hashtags, that you can try including in your post too (if you are female, of course).
#womenwhodraw #womanartist #femaleartist #womenofillustration #creativewomen
Typography design Hashtags
If you are posting something typographic, like showcasing your custom made typeface. These Instagram Hashtags might come in handy.
#typography #type #typographyinspired #typographydesign #typographic #font #handmadefont #typedesign #logotype #calligraphy #calligraphyart #typespire #typematters #lettering #letteringart
Hashtags for Web design and Ui / UX
Posting mockups of a website or an app? try adding these Instagram Hashtags to your post.
#webdesign #websitedesign #webdesigner #web #website #webdeveloper #ui #ux #uidesign #uxdesign #appdesign #userinterface #userexperience
Bonus Tip: Create your own Hashtags
On Instagram, you can create your very own Hashtags too, by just adding them to any of your posts. It will create a new page for that Hashtags. Using your very own Hashtag provides many benefits like it makes your brand easier to discover and even lets you organize contests on Instagram. I highly recommend doing so, if you are really serious about your Instagram journey.
How to use hashtags (Important note):
Popular Hashtags are very helpful for your Instagram marketing. but please note that it does not mean you should not just add all these popular tags. It is very important to have a combo of famous broad hashtags and more niche-specific hashtags.
As more popular Hashtags increase your post’s reach and bring more eyes to your work. But these Hashtags got a huge no. of excellent posts on them every second, hence make it difficult for your posts to stand out. That’s why you should always use relevant specific Hashtags that describe your post well as they have low competition which makes it easier for your post to get more attention and engagement too. Studies has proven it too.
- Example of
- Popular Hashtag: #graphicdesign
- More specific Hashtag: #logo
- Very niche-specific Hashtag: #logoanimation
These are the list of all the Hashtags for a Graphic Designer that you can use to increase your post’s reach and engagements you get on them on Instagram
Last words
This concludes our complete list of Hashtags for Graphic designers to grow their Instagram account. I hope this post helps you a bit in your Instagram journey. And also don’t forget to bookmark this page for future reference.
Check out our blog on “8 amazing Instagram tips to increase your followers count.”
Thank you for the auspicious write-up. It helped me.
I checked on the web as some friends told me that hashtags can make me reach more followers and found the hashtags in your article really worked, Thank you.