With 2018 almost coming to a close, Facebook's Instagram highlighted some trends from the year and shared all the different ways Instagram’s community came to the platform to express themselves.

According to Instagram, sharing love and kindness is still a top priority for the Instagram community: the Heart Love Sticker by Arata was the most-used Giphy sticker in Stories, while Heart Eyes was the most-used Face Filter in Stories. In Feed, the "heart" emoji was used in comments over 14 billion times. The happiest place in the world? Disneyland Tokyo, which saw the highest use of "smile" in the caption.

Instagram is home to countless interests and communities; this year, ASMR was the top niche community trend of the year, with soap cutting, slime popping and makeup shaving continuing its steep rise in popularity. The game Fortnite also saw explosive growth with #fortnite being the fastest growing hashtag globally. K-pop’s dominance on social media is reflected by BTS “Army” being the top fandom community on the platform. The biggest viral dance challenge of the year was also born on Instagram, with #inmyfeelingschallenge, which included everyone from @theshiggyshow to @willsmith, coming in at number 1.

Last but not least, millions of people used Instagram to make their voices heard in 2018. The year’s top advocacy hashtags were #metoo (1.5 million), #timesup (597K), #marchforourlives (562K).

Instagram’s 2018 Year in Review:

• Most Used Face Filter in Instagram Stories: Heart Eyes
• Most Used Giphy Sticker on Instagram Stories: Heart Love Sticker by Arata
• Number of times "heart" was used in comments: 14 billion
• Happiest Geotagged Location in the World (highest use of "smile" in the caption): Disneyland Tokyo
• Top Niche Community Trend: ASMR
• Highest Growth Hashtag Community: #fortnite
• Top Fandom Community: BTS (#btsarmy)
• Top Dance Movement: #inmyfeelingschallenge
• Top Advocacy Hashtags: #metoo (1.5 million), #timesup (597K), #marchforourlives (562K)