This article explains how to use emoji hashtags on Instagram to increase engagement, express yourself, and try a new way to catalog your post. Instagram also lets you add hashtag emojis to comments, and users can search for posts by emoji hashtag.

Sometimes an emoji sums up your feelings perfectly. By pairing it with a hashtag, your post becomes discoverable to those searching for that emoji.

Open Instagram and tap the plus sign to write a new post.

Add an image, filter, and caption as usual, including your usual hashtags.