THE TOP 25 MOST POPULAR FOOD HASHTAGS ON TIKTOK FOR 2024

Find the top 25 most popular food hashtags on TikTok for 2024. Copy-paste the best hashtags for food bloggers, restaurants and chefs on TikTok.

By Mau, a Senior Food Marketing Strategist at eDigital.

THE TOP 25 MOST POPULAR FOOD HASHTAGS FOR TIKTOK FOR 2024

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TikTok is not helping your business 

• If you are lucky, your organic TikTok videos reach an average of 5% of your followers. This is a massive issue affecting thousands of marketers.
• You have been trying hard to build an audience on TikTok that you do not own.
• You cannot transfer your hard-earned TikTok followers to your best CRM software.
• Your customer acquisition costs from TikTok ads are through the roof.

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THE TOP 25 FOOD HASHTAGS ON TIKTOK

Our best virtual assistants have uncovered the top 25 most popular food hashtags for TikTok.

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25. #restaurant

#restaurant is one of the most popular food hashtags on TikTok used in 2.6+ million posts. 

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The top 3 trending food influencers on TikTok:

• @mattstoney. Matt is an American competitive eater and YouTuber. He is popular for his 100-layer lasagna and his video of the most Korean fire noodles ever eaten. 
• @karissaeats
• @mattymatheson

24. #baking

#baking is one of the most popular food hashtags on TikTok used in 2.8+ million posts. Related: #bakingrecipe

Even #baking influencers such as Mirvat Hachem-Osseili are using the #baking hashtag on TikTok.  

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23. #eating

#eating is one of the most popular food hashtags on TikTok used in 2.8+ million posts.

Related: #eat – #eatingout

“I have been eating well, you will be pleased to know” 

From “96 days”. A song by Cape Verdian born singer Mayra Andrade.

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22. #foodtok

#foodtok is one of the most popular food hashtags on TikTok used in 2.8+ million posts.

#foodtok is a fast-rising hashtag ⚡️

Welcome to the popular #FoodTok hashtag.

You will find perfect recipes, incredible restaurants, and delicious food.

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21. #kitchen

#kitchen is one of the most popular food hashtags on TikTok used in 3+ million posts. Related: #cocina  #cuisine

“By 2050, there will be 9.7 billion people on Earth. One of our biggest challenges is how to produce enough food to feed growing populations. At the moment, 75% of the world’s food is produced from just 5 animals and 12 plants. The last pandemic has also shown the fragile food system is vulnerable to supply chain disruptions, diseases and weather. To feed growing populations, countries must produce more protein, more sustainably and from more sources.” 

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)

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FOOD INFLUENCER SPOTLIGHT

From cooking tutorials to comedy skits, Aja Kitchen offers its fans a little bit of everything.

Aja Kitchen is not on TikTok, but since its launch on YouTube in 2021, the channel has figured out exactly how to lean into YouTube Shorts’ top trends. The channel’s most popular short, includes a non-verbal skit, an apple-carving tutorial, a moral lesson and a clear hero (all in 60 seconds). The result: in just under two weeks, the Short has produced 160+ million views.

Aja Kitchen comedy hub’s multi-part “Emoji Eating” series has also brought in hundreds of millions of views.

The Aja Kitchen channel on YouTube has won 3+ million subscribers in just over a year on YouTube. Now—after two years on the platform—the culinary Indian hub claims a massive 5+ million subscribers.

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OTHER POPULAR FOOD HASHTAGS ON TIKTOK

• #cookies 2.1+ million posts Related: #cookie – #galletas
• #lunch 2+ million posts. Related: #almuerzo
• #CakeDecorating 1.9+ million posts
• #bbq 1.8 Related: #barbacoa – #barbecue
• #healthyfood 1.8 million posts. Related: #healthyrecipes – #healthymeals – #healthysnacks – #healthylunch – #healthysnacks – #healthybreakfasts – #healthydesserts – #healthysalad
• #pasta 1.8+ million posts. 
• #sushi 1.7+ million posts
• #snack 1.6+ million posts Related: #snack – #merienda
• #tasty 1.5+ million posts. 
• #cheese 1.5+ million posts. Related: #queso

• #cookwithme 1.5+ million posts.  Related: #DinnerWithMe
• #tacos 1.5+ million posts.  Related: # tortilla – #burrito – #enchiladas – #quesadilla – #fajitas
  

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• #fruit 1.5+ million posts

• #hungry 1.4+ million posts.  Related: #starving
• #tiktokfoodie 1.4+ million posts
• #cakes 1.3+ million posts.  Related: #cheesecake – #cakeart – #cakechallenge
• #seafood 1.3+ million posts

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WHY DO PEOPLE SHARE FOOD PHOTOS ON TIKTOK?

As food dishes and recipes have become a new form of art, delicate palettes and hungry consumers are ready to experience the unique food options, snap them and share them on TikTok.

Not only young people but all generations are looking for food and restaurant recommendations from experts, food sites and friends on TikTok. They find food photography a great way to document their experiences and enjoy the best eateries where they find the best food. This has a domino effect on profits as more people filling vacant tables means an increase in sales.

As trendy food becomes fashionable items, clever food retailers are catering to this hunger perfectly with unique foods and innovative dishes.

Their success does not rely on hashtags, it is all about product development. Hashtags are just a tool to further amplify the social media promotion of their new food creations.

Examples include:

• The Dalgona Bobamisu, by the Burwood Hotel (Sydney, Australia). The Dalgona Bobamisu is a deconstructed tiramisu with boba pearls and a coffee foam called “dalgona”. The Dalgona trend had gone viral on TikTok during lockdown where people made the foamy coffee at home and the Burwood pub has now paid its tribute to the fad.

“This dish always appears on social media because it looks good and tastes good so customers come back to eat it over and over. I analyse our social media reach and our videos of some of our dishes have a lot of reach in America as well, so it’s quite global”

Shirley Li, Burwood Hotel social media marketing specialist. Source: Daily Telegraph.

But among their top sellers is their Nuclear Fire Noodles – a combination of spicy instant ramen, shoestring fries, crispy seaweed and their nuclear fire hot sauce that has foodies going wild. Customers come in and see their posters about them and their videos on TikTok get curious and want to try them. “It’s one of our biggest sellers and we have both the extreme version and the regular version” The pub also offers bubble tea-inspired cocktails for those craving something sweet after the firey noodles.

It’s all about TikTok videos these days if you want to bring a young demographic to your food business and since COVID means consumers can’t travel, people still want to try new food locally and share the experience on TikTok.

“People expect us to only have steaks and burgers and schnitzels, which we do have. But our East meets West menu is a huge point of attraction.” Ms Li said.

Among them is Bubble Nini tea which combines the ever-popular bubble tea with a florist shop to create beverages that look as good as the bouquets they are surrounded by.

People on TikTok are also proving that the most shareable food videos don’t have to be expensive with affordable foods like Bengong’s Tea and Bakery’s yummy melon and strawberry bread and Mr Hot Dog’s delicious fried Korean corn cakes being a hit on TikTok.

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OTHER TOP TRENDING FOOD HASHTAGS ON TIKTOK

Some of the top 10 most followed brands on TikTok also use the below popular food hashtags on TikTok.

• #streetfood. 1.2+ million posts

• #brunch 1.2+ million posts
• #foodblogger 1.2+ million posts
• #homecooking 1.2+ million posts
• #egg 1.1+ million Related: #eggs
• #milk 1+ million posts. Related: #milkshake#picnic 900+ thousand posts
• #foodreview. 1+ million posts

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• #ramen 800+ thousand posts
• #icedcoffee 800+ thousand posts. #espresso – #mocha – #macchiato – #capuccino – #frappe – #icedtea
• #foodphotography 800+ thousand posts
• #steak 800+ thousand posts

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• #koreanfood 720+ thousand posts
• #smoothie 700+ thousand posts
• #donuts 700+ thousand posts
• #rice 600+ thousand posts
• #cookingtiktok 600+ thousand posts
• #noodles 600+ thousand posts
• #vegetarian 600+ thousand posts

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• #foodchallenge 500+ thousand posts
• #lunchtime 500+ thousand posts. Related: #dinnertime
• #torta 500+ thousand posts
• #chips 500+ thousand posts
• #salmon 500+ thousand posts
• #bubbletea 500+ thousand posts
• #hotdog 500+ thousand posts
• #soup 500+ thousand posts. Related: #chickensoup 

• #fasting 400+ thousand posts
• #milkshake 400+ thousand posts
• #roast 400+ thousand posts
• #lunchbox 400+ thousand posts. Related: #lunchideas 
• #homemadefood 400+ thousand posts

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TOP HASHTAGS FOR FOOD INFLUENCERS ON TIKTOK

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• #kebab 300+ thousand posts
• #cookingtips 300+ thousand posts
• #cookingvideo 300+ thousand posts
• #yummychallenge 300+ thousand posts
• #buffet 300+ thousand posts
• #pie 300+ thousand posts. Related: #meatpie – #vegemite
• #yogurt 200+ thousand posts.  Related: #frozenyogurt
• #croissant 200+ thousand posts
• #potatoes 200+ thousand posts
• #soulfood 200+ thousand posts
• #sourdough 200+ thousand posts
• #gelato 200+ thousand posts
• #supper 200+ thousand posts
• #empanadas 200+ thousand posts. Related: #sopa – #arepa #tamal – #buñuelos

NICHE FOOD HASHTAGS FOR TIKTOK

• #nycfood 180+ thousand posts. Related: #nycfoodie
• #shawarma 150+ thousand posts. Related: #shakshuka – Bourekas
• #almond 140+ thousand posts

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• #nasigoreng 130+ thousand posts
• #pita 100+ thousand posts
• #superfood 100+ thousand posts
• #tastyfood 100+ thousand posts
• #dinnerparty 100+ thousand posts
• #foodart 100+ thousand posts
• #bagel 100+ thousand posts
• #dumplings 100+ thousand posts
• #schoollunch 100+ thousand posts
• #takeaway 100+ thousand posts
• #cookiedough 100+ thousand posts

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FINAL FOOD HASHTAGS TO CONSIDER

• #baguette 90+ thousand posts
• #homemadepizza 60+ thousand posts
• #couscous 60+ thousand posts
• #healthydessert 60+ thousand posts
• #feast 60+ thousand posts
• #fishandchips 50+ thousand posts

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• #udon 50+ thousand posts. Related: #gyoza
• #madefromscratch 40+ thousand posts
• #laksa 30+ thousand posts
• #sorbet 30+ thousand posts
• #kefir 20+ thousand posts
• #lunchformyhusband 20+ thousand posts

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“If you are lucky, TikTok is showing your videos to 5% of your followers. Forget about hashtags and invest in proven marketing strategies and activities that drive real sales in channels you fully control”

Mau – a Senior Digital Marketing Strategist at eDigital. 

THE MOST POPULAR BRANDED FOOD HASHTAGS ON TIKTOK

It is no surprise the top most popular branded food hashtags are for fast-food brands selling junk food.

• #starbucks 3.2+ million posts
• #mcdonalds 2.6+ million posts
• #kfc 950+ thousand posts
• #subway 560+ thousand posts
• #tacobell 510+ thousand posts
• #burgerking 370+ thousand posts
• #dunkindonuts 300+ thousand posts
• #chipotle 250+ thousand posts
• #pizzahut 210+ thousand posts
• #dominos 160+ thousand posts
• #dairyqueen 100+ thousand posts
• #nandos 56+ thousand posts
• #hungryjacks 7+ thousand posts

IS BODY POSITIVITY/ACCEPTANCE HELPING THE JUNK FOOD INDUSTRY?

People who neglect the care of their bodies and follow harmful eating habits (junk food) are sending the message to their new generations (children) that it is normal to be unfit, out of shape or physically weak.

Popular hashtags such as #bodypositivity #bodyacceptace #loveyourbody are trending and maybe justify the addiction to eating junk food while people subscribe to popular fitness apps or virtual home gym programs to quickly burn fat.

You may find – in reality – most people can’t keep up with their fitness demands, routines or goals and – sadly – give up; making them less prone to keep consistent daily exercise and healthy food habits.

Some supermarkets and grocery stores are not helping either.

For example, you may visit Woolworths, Coles or other supermarket chains in Australia – to find out the food offered may not be that healthy; especially the packaged and/or processed food – taking most of the shelf space these days – containing high amounts of preservatives, unhealthy fats (saturated and trans fats), sugar, salt (sodium), additives such as artificial flavours and/or colours.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Restaurant managers and food business owners who are not offering junk food or soft drinks in their venues are contributing to making their clients and local communities healthier.  Offering scientific-based information about the food you sell to your customers not only shows respect but will also delight customers who take pride in looking after themselves.

These actions will increase repeat visitation and customer loyalty. They will also decrease customer churn rate (Number of customers who visited you once and never come back).

When posting on social media, add hashtags that promote your commitment to healthy food such as:

#nonprocessed
#zerosugar
#nofat
#nosalt
#nopreservatives
#madelocally
#freshproduce
#nomsg
#noartificialflavours
#noartificialcolours

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NEW FOOD TRENDING ON TIKTOK WILL BRING NEW FOOD HASHTAGS

1. ALTERNATIVE PROTEIN

By 2035, Europe and North America are expected to have reached the point of “peak meat,” and consumption of animal proteins will begin to decline, pushed by concerns about the environmental costs of growing all the animals eaten, how those animals are treated and the consequences for human health of eating so much conventional protein.

Alternative proteins are no longer a niche market and have become a mainstream phenomenon. Restaurants, cafes and fast-food chains (especially in developed countries) are already offering plant-based meats and milk options. By 2035, 22% of all the meat, seafood, eggs, and dairy consumed around the globe is very likely produced with an alternative protein.

For example, did you know the #peaprotein hashtag on Twitter had a 42% YoY increase? This was revealed on Twitter’s alternative food trends report.

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THE TOP FOOD DELIVERY APP HASHTAGS ON TIKTOK

#doordash
#ubereats
#grabfood
#gofood
#foodpanda
#justeat
#grubhub
#deliveroo
#wolt
#menulog

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TRENDING FOOD INFLUENCERS ON TIKTOK RIGHT NOW

• Zach Choi ASMR. Get ready for a lot of gentle knife scraping and soft stirring sounds. Choi produces every kind of soothing cooking noise. Examples include frying up some hot dogs, make deep-fried, bacon-wrapped cheese. Choi’s multiformat approach (mukbang videos and other pieces of long-form content) has pushed his channel toward the top of TikTok but also YouTube and Instagram.

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CONCLUSION

The TikTok algorithm relies heavily on hashtags to categorise and discover food content. Using food hashtags on TikTok effectively involves striking a balance. Don’t use too many hashtags, as they may come across as spammy, but ensure you use enough relevant ones to increase your food content’s discoverability and engagement.

Also, stay up-to-date with trending food-related hashtags to leverage the popular food right now and increase the chances of your food content reaching a wider audience and potentially for your food videos to go viral. 

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