THE TOP 20 MOST POPULAR FOOD HASHTAGS FOR INSTAGRAM IN 2024

Find the top 20 most popular food hashtags for Instagram in 2024. Copy-paste the best hashtags for food bloggers, restaurants and chefs on Instagram.

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THE TOP 20 MOST POPULAR FOOD HASHTAGS FOR INSTAGRAM IN 2024

Before you get into the top 20 most popular food hashtags for Instagram, let me tell you a truth you probably do not want to hear.

The Instagram business model is an incredibly sophisticated “money extraction” machine.

Instagram will deliberately let you build a big organic reach, then change the algorithm to lower your reach and make you pay to get you the same level of reach you previously had for free.

Even marketers in the top fastest-growing industries have to spend plenty of money (boosting their Instagram posts) to reach their hard-earned followers.

Serious food marketers and food business owners who have taken my marketing strategy training sessions or are subscribed to my exclusive newsletter are already using real & proven marketing techniques to build audiences they own, increase their sales and not get distracted with vanity hashtagging.

Trust me.

The actual gains of posting popular food hashtags are minimal if you have not properly crafted a top marketing strategy, delivered optimal customer service or met your marketing objectives.

Two reminders:

  1. You do not own your followers’ data on Instagram. You cannot transfer your hard-earned followers to another platform. You must build raving fans and followers on platforms you own. I will show you how.
  2. Instagram wants you to pay for ads. Full point. The Instagram algorithm will deliberately make it harder to show your content to your followers for free. Stop wasting time and activate proven growth hacking techniques.

Yeah, that’s right, food marketers and business owners (like you) are getting tired and bored of posting on Instagram and not getting results.

THE TOP 20 FOOD HASHTAGS ON INSTAGRAM IN 2024 – LIST

Our best Instagram virtual assistants have uncovered the top 20 most popular food hashtags for Instagram.

Does Jamie Oliver use some of the top 20 most popular food hashtags for Instagram? Probably he does not need to, but you may do.

Copy-paste the most relevant food hashtags to attract your most profitable customer segments.

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20. #cooking

64+ million posts on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #cooking hashtag. 

#cooking is also one of the top 25 most popular food hashtags on TikTok

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Ann Reardon popular woman on YouTube  – How to Cook That channel

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19. #restaurant

65+ million posts on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #restaurant hashtag. 

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18. #tasty

67+ million views on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #tasty hashtag. 

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17. #pizza

71+ million views on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #pizza hashtag. 

#Pizza is also one of the top 25 most popular food hashtags on TikTok

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16. #diet

77+ million posts on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #diet hashtag. 

15. #foodlover

81+ million views on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #foodlover hashtag. 

Related: #foodlovers – #foodlove

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popular food hashtags TikTok blatant reviews Gordon Ramsay

14. #foodblogger

88+ million posts on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #foodblogger hashtag. 

Related: #foodblog

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13. #cafe

97+ million posts on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #cafe hashtag. 

The word cafe has different meanings. For example, in the Spanish language, cafe means coffee or brown colour. 

#cafe a popular food hashtag on Instagram

#cafe a popular food hashtag on Instagram. Photo: Cat & Cow Coffee @catandcow.coffee – Barista – Clovelly Road, Randwick, Sydney, Australia

Related: #sustainablecafe #zerowastecafe – #barista

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12. #lunch

109+ million posts on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #lunch hashtag. 

Related: #almuerzo

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Colombian soup  – Ajiaco stew – A popular lunch dish in Bogotá, Colombia

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11. #foodphotography

115+ million posts on Instagram have been tagged with the popular #foodphotography hashtag. 

Related: #foodpics – #foodpic – #foodphoto

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Tip: Some restaurants are using fake (faux) artificial plants as decor for their food/dish photography but this may send a message to customers that you may also be using fake or artificial ingredients in the preparation of your dishes. Keep your food photography natural and real. If you include a flower or a plant in your Instagram photography, then show real natural ones.

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“As Instagram is showing content to just a few of your followers, forget about hashtags and invest in proven marketing strategies and activities that drive real sales in channels you fully control”

Mau – senior digital marketing specialist at eDigital

Restaurant managers and food business owners who are not offering junk food or soft drinks in their venues are contributing to making their clients and local communities healthier.  Offering scientific-based information about the food you sell to your customers not only shows respect but will also delight customers who take pride in looking after themselves.

These actions will increase repeat visitation and customer loyalty. They will also decrease customer churn rate (Number of customers who visited you once and never come back).

When posting on social media, add hashtags that promote your commitment to healthy food such as:

#nonprocessed
#zerosugar
#nofat
#nosalt
#nopreservatives
#madelocally
#freshproduce
#nomsg
#noartificialflavours
#noartificialcolours

Food creators are also reading> The top 25 most popular travel hashtags for Instagram

Tip: Add hashtags to your Instagram Stories to have chances of being displayed on the Instagram Explore page using the hashtag sticker (you can only add one hashtag) or use the text tool (you can add up to 10 hashtags), you can even hide them by placing a sticker on top of them or use the colour tool to make the hashtags invisible but still findable.

Need a hand with your Instagram Marketing Strategy? Book a training session or hire one of our best Instagram Virtual Assistants today!

No surprise food and travel are so connected! You go to a new city or town and you want to try the local produce. Do not miss adding some of the top 25 most popular Instagram travel hashtags

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CONCLUSION

Popular food hashtags are an important way to expand your Instagram audience and get more reach. When you use a food hashtag, your post will appear on the page for that hashtag. If you use a hashtag on your Instagram Story, it could be included in the relevant hashtag Story, which also appears on the hashtag page.

eDigital can help you conceptualise, plan, develop, run and optimise successful food marketing campaigns that generate leads and sales for your brand.

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THE TOP 20 MOST POPULAR FOOD HASHTAGS FOR INSTAGRAM IN 2024

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