If you're one to overload your social media with travel photos while on a trip, then choosing a cruise based on how photogenic it might be could be a consideration. A new study analysed hashtag numbers on Instagram and Google search counts of world-famous cruises to find the most Instagram-famous cruises. The initial list of cruise lines was determined using their popularity on major travel platforms and ranked according to Instagram hashtag amount.
Here are the top ten. Seabourn Cruise Line, with 20K hashtags on Instagram, lands in 10th in the ranking of the most Instagram-famous cruises. Holland America secures ninth place on the list of the most Instagram-famous cruises with 201K hashtags on Instagram Costa Cruise secures the eigth spot of the most Instagram-famous cruises with 218K Instagram hashtags.
Despite being 8th on the list with Instagram hashtags, the number of Google searches are the lowest on the list at 165K. The seventh most Instagram-famous cruise in the world is Norwegian Cruise Line, with 428K hashtags on Instagram. A surprising contrast was observed when it came to Google searches.
Despite being tagged 428K times on Instagram, it was searched 5.7 million times on Google, making it the second most searched cruise after Royal Caribbean. Princess Cruise ranks sixth on the list of the most Instagram-famous cruises in the world, with 435K hashtags on Instagram.
The fifth spot is reserved by Celebrity Cruise as the most Instagram-famous cruise with 466K ha.