Question: Do Hashtags Work on Facebook?

Answer:

Yes, hashtags work on Facebook. Hashtags are a relatively new feature on the social networking site, having just rolled out across all user accounts in June of 2013.

Hashtags posted anywhere on Facebook show up in the color blue to signify that it is a clickable link, which takes you to another page. When you click on a hashtag from within your News Feed, on a Page, on a friend’s profile or even on your own profile, you’ll be taken to that hashtag’s very own page where all public posts containing that hashtag are being curated in real time.

If you want to explore a specific hashtag that is not currently available to click on, you can simply type Facebook.com/hashtags/ into your web browser, followed by the hashtag keyword. For example, the #dogs page can be found at Facebook.com/hashtags/dogs.

You can visit any hashtag page to see what other people are saying about the same topic, and even join in the discussion if you want. Only public posts show on hashtag pages, so posts containing hashtags that have been set to be shared privately or with friends will be excluded from these pages.

To use a hashtag on Facebook, all you have to do is include the pound symbol ‘#’ in front of a word or phrase, with no spaces. And of course, if your post containing that hashtag is shared publicly, it will show up on the hashtag’s public page.

For more information on this topic, you can visit Facebook's official hashtag help page.