We like numbers and one of our most exciting times of year is to look back and see how things stacked up against previous years. For example, we saw a 51%+ increase in website traffic from 2016 compared to 2015. Across social media platforms, we saw our Facebook audience grow by 150%, Twitter by 36%, and Instagram by 240%! Of course like all number games, people like to see growth.
Instagram released a bunch of stats on the 2016 year, and there is some exciting news for Cedar Fair park fans, as many of our favorite parks made the list of the most Instagrammed Places of 2016.
North Carolina
1. Charlotte Douglas International Airport
2. Lake Norman
3. Carowinds
4. Bank of America Stadium
5. PNC Music Pavilion
Ohio
1. Quicken Loans Arena
2. Cedar Point
3. The Ohio State University
4. Progressive Field
5. Kings Island
Virginia
1. Virginia Beach Oceanfront
2. James Madison University
3. Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
4. Busch Gardens Williamsburg
5. Kings Dominion
Fore reference, the top food hashtags for 2016 were as follows:
1. #turkey
2. #pizza
3. #sushi
4. #fish
5. #bbq
6. #salad
7. #eggs
8. #steak
9. #avocado
10. #bread
Top food-related hashtags:
1. #instafood
2. #foodporn
3. #healthy
4. #foodie
5. #yummy
6. #coffee
7. #delicious
8. #dinner
9. #breakfast
10. #sweet
We are sure we used several of those throughout our adventure.
Top Travel Hashtags 2016
1. #travel
2. #sunset
3. #travelgram
4. #wanderlust
5. #vacation
6. #instatravel
7. #adventure
8. #view
9. #travelphotography
10. #roadtrip
We also did a little digging and found the most Instagrammed places in Canada, and were happy to see one of our favorite parks that made the list.
1. Niagara Falls
2. Rogers Centre Toronto Blue Jays Game
3. Air Canada Centre
4. Toronto Pearson International Airport
5. Canada’s Wonderland
6. Vieux Port de Montreal
7. CN Tower / La Tour CN
8. Vancouver International Airport
9. Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
10. Whistler Blackcomb
The real takeaway here is the power of you! The reason the Cedar Fair parks make these lists is because of you and your loyal dedication to sharing your experience across social media platforms. The parks can request all day that guests share their experience with special hashtags, etc., but it is really up to the user to take that experience and share it online.
This would probably be a good time to say if you do not follow us on Instagram, we would love if you would go over to our page and follow along on our CPFoodBlog Instagram adventures. We share lots of exclusive photos on our Instagram site that are not shared across Facebook or Twitter.
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