Best 30 Hashtags to gaining More Followers Use 11 to 30 hashtags to grow your account. Hide your hashtags in a comment with . and return, 5 times. Use more hashtags relevant to your niche. What are your keywords? What are peers/competitors/influencers using? What does Instagram suggest as related? Use only a few popular hashtags. Only use tags relevant to your content. Post in the description – don’t wait for the comment. Your content must rock to stand out in popular tag feeds. Choose hashtags that are actively used (but not too active!).