ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s biggest city has been ranked the second-most popular city on Instagram.
With over 26 million hashtags, Vancouver is ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s second-most Instagrammable city, according to a study conducted by a Toronto real estate listing business called Greater Toronto Home Pros.
The company analyzed hashtags on Instagram to determine the most popular cities in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½.
Toronto dwarfed Vancouver for popularity, however, with a whopping 55 million hashtags dedicated to the T-Dot. In addition to the city's most popular hashtag, which is the traditional #toronto, the report's authors note that there were a couple of other popular choices, including #torontocity, with over 113,000 posts, and #torontocityvibes, with over 19,000 of them.
"The posts on Instagram which use the hashtag #toronto are an array of scenic photographs taken of the mountains and the incredible skyline during both sunrise and sunset hours."
In addition to the popular #vancouver hashtag, another local favourite is #vancouvercity, which was included in 45,000 posts. Though not mentioned in the report, on Instagram is on the verge of crossing the two-million posts mark.
Vancouver's striking juxtaposition between modern skyscrapers and soaring mountain ranges makes it a social media darling. Additionally, many of the images show natural lakes and waterfalls, according to the report.
After Vancouver, Montreal was the third-most popular city in ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½, with over 20 million hashtags for the vibrant French city. Calgary followed Montreal in fourth but had less than half the number of hashtags, with under 9 million of them on the platform.
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s capital city, Ottawa, rounded out the top five, with just under eight million Instagram hashtags.
The findings indicate how a city "looks and feels for those who live and visit there," and can help people decide where they would like to live or visit, notes a spokesperson for the company behind the rankings.