Instagram Music Hashtag Rankings and Performance Data
This week, we sampled 70 public Instagram posts in the Music niche. The average view count across the sample is 326688, down from 441511 in the previous run. The median engagement rate is 12.02%. ContentScout reads this social data to show which hashtags appear on the top-performing posts.
ContentScout's own analysis: we sample real public posts matching music search terms on Instagram and score them by how much engagement they're getting relative to how recently they were posted. Hashtags are ranked by the average views of the posts using them, not by how often they appear. The numbers describe those posts, they don't promise results.
#guitarists
2 posts in sample
- 215K
- Avg. views
- 11.3%
- Engagement
#guitarist
3 posts in sample
- 174K
- Avg. views
- 9.9%
- Engagement
#musicians
3 posts in sample
- 144K
- Avg. views
- 9.9%
- Engagement
#musician
10 posts in sample
- 100K
- Avg. views
- 11.4%
- Engagement
#artist
5 posts in sample
- 88K
- Avg. views
- 26.0%
- Engagement
#easysong
2 posts in sample
- 65K
- Avg. views
- 9.6%
- Engagement
#indiemusic
2 posts in sample
- 40K
- Avg. views
- 6.5%
- Engagement
#videoediting
2 posts in sample
- 38K
- Avg. views
- 14.7%
- Engagement
#contentcreation
2 posts in sample
- 38K
- Avg. views
- 14.7%
- Engagement
#singer
12 posts in sample
- 36K
- Avg. views
- 5.8%
- Engagement
#music
15 posts in sample
- 34K
- Avg. views
- 15.4%
- Engagement
#coversong
5 posts in sample
- 31K
- Avg. views
- 10.1%
- Engagement
#musicbusiness
6 posts in sample
- 31K
- Avg. views
- 9.7%
- Engagement
#writingsongs
2 posts in sample
- 22K
- Avg. views
- 7.5%
- Engagement
#topmusicattorney
2 posts in sample
- 21K
- Avg. views
- 11.3%
- Engagement
#livemusic
3 posts in sample
- 18K
- Avg. views
- 20.6%
- Engagement
#fyp
2 posts in sample
- 16K
- Avg. views
- 10.3%
- Engagement
#independentartist
2 posts in sample
- 16K
- Avg. views
- 28.8%
- Engagement
#songwritersofinstagram
3 posts in sample
- 15K
- Avg. views
- 6.5%
- Engagement
#coversongs
4 posts in sample
- 13K
- Avg. views
- 13.5%
- Engagement
#relationships
2 posts in sample
- 13K
- Avg. views
- 16.7%
- Engagement
#newmusic
18 posts in sample
- 13K
- Avg. views
- 18.6%
- Engagement
#singing
5 posts in sample
- 7.1K
- Avg. views
- 26.0%
- Engagement
#songwriter
11 posts in sample
- 7K
- Avg. views
- 10.5%
- Engagement
#songwriting
8 posts in sample
- 6.1K
- Avg. views
- 10.8%
- Engagement
Questions, answered.
How is this data measured?+
ContentScout samples public Instagram posts in the Music niche each week. We track view counts, engagement rates, and the specific hashtags used on each post.
Which hashtag has the highest average views?+
#guitarists leads the ranking with an average of 215407 views across 2 posts in the sample, along with a median engagement rate of 11.29%.
Which hashtag appears on the most posts?+
#music appears on 15 posts in the sample, generating an average of 33813 views and a median engagement rate of 15.37%.
Does a hashtag guarantee a specific number of views?+
No. The view numbers describe the posts that happened to use each tag in our sample, rather than a guarantee of reach.
Should I use all of these hashtags at once?+
No. The data lists individual tags and their performance separately. Select the specific tags that match your content rather than combining all of them.
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