Top Instagram Hashtags for Pets and Animals
This page shows hashtag performance for Pets and Animals posts on Instagram this week. ContentScout sampled 68 public posts to find which tags appear on top-performing content. Average views across the sample sit at 4,593,704 with a median engagement rate of 5.51%.
ContentScout's own analysis: we sample real public posts matching pets & animals 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.
#dogsofinstagram
14 posts in sample
- 15M
- Avg. views
- 6.7%
- Engagement
#goldenretriever
5 posts in sample
- 9.5M
- Avg. views
- 7.0%
- Engagement
#dogsofig
2 posts in sample
- 7.6M
- Avg. views
- 9.9%
- Engagement
#dogsofinsta
2 posts in sample
- 7.6M
- Avg. views
- 9.0%
- Engagement
#funnydogs
2 posts in sample
- 7.2M
- Avg. views
- 11.7%
- Engagement
#puppies
2 posts in sample
- 6.6M
- Avg. views
- 9.8%
- Engagement
#dogs
6 posts in sample
- 3.9M
- Avg. views
- 8.3%
- Engagement
#dog
12 posts in sample
- 2.8M
- Avg. views
- 5.7%
- Engagement
#cute
5 posts in sample
- 2.7M
- Avg. views
- 9.3%
- Engagement
#puppy
11 posts in sample
- 1.8M
- Avg. views
- 8.1%
- Engagement
#reels
2 posts in sample
- 1.7M
- Avg. views
- 13.3%
- Engagement
#germanshepherd
2 posts in sample
- 1.6M
- Avg. views
- 8.6%
- Engagement
#catlover
3 posts in sample
- 1.5M
- Avg. views
- 6.5%
- Engagement
#catvideo
2 posts in sample
- 1.4M
- Avg. views
- 2.4%
- Engagement
#catmeme
2 posts in sample
- 1.4M
- Avg. views
- 2.4%
- Engagement
#doglover
5 posts in sample
- 1.2M
- Avg. views
- 6.0%
- Engagement
#catreels
2 posts in sample
- 958K
- Avg. views
- 10.0%
- Engagement
#catsfollowers
2 posts in sample
- 897K
- Avg. views
- 14.8%
- Engagement
#catsofinstagram
11 posts in sample
- 690K
- Avg. views
- 9.7%
- Engagement
#funnycats
3 posts in sample
- 641K
- Avg. views
- 6.5%
- Engagement
#cat
5 posts in sample
- 566K
- Avg. views
- 5.4%
- Engagement
#petlovers
8 posts in sample
- 429K
- Avg. views
- 2.7%
- Engagement
#cats
7 posts in sample
- 374K
- Avg. views
- 9.7%
- Engagement
#pets
10 posts in sample
- 371K
- Avg. views
- 4.2%
- Engagement
#pet
10 posts in sample
- 371K
- Avg. views
- 4.2%
- Engagement
Questions, answered.
How is this data measured?+
ContentScout samples public posts in the Pets and Animals niche each week. It reads the hashtags on those posts and calculates the average views and median engagement rate for each tag.
Which hashtag has the highest average views?+
#dogsofinstagram leads the sample with 14,652,711 average views across 14 posts, alongside a 6.71% median engagement rate.
Should I use all of these hashtags on every post?+
No. The list shows individual tags used across different posts, not a recommended combination for a single upload.
Do high average views guarantee my post will reach those numbers?+
No. A tag's average views describe the historical performance of posts using it, rather than a guarantee for future uploads.
Which tags have the highest engagement rates in the sample?+
#catsfollowers has the highest median engagement rate at 14.76%, followed by #reels at 13.30% and #funnydogs at 11.65%.
More on Pets & Animals on Instagram
Pets & Animals on other platforms
Hashtags that work in other Instagram niches