Pop Culture dictionary
xyzbca
or #xyzbca
What does xyzbca mean?
xyzbca, often written as #xyzbca, is an extremely popular TikTok hashtag that users attach to videos in the hope that they will go viral. The letters themselves have no actual meaning.
Xyzbca is a meaningless hashtag used on the social media platform TikTok. It is consistently one of the most popular hashtags on the platform and has trillions of views. The hashtag is used with any kind of video.
The xyzbca hashtag is used in the hope that TikTok’s algorithm will prioritize the video and more users will see it. The hashtags #fyp and #foryou are used in the same way.
Because this hashtag is one of the most popular on the platform, it is thought that using it could lead to more views. But TikTok has not publicly revealed details of how its algorithm actually works, so it is unknown if the algorithm actually prioritizes certain hashtags over others.
Where does xyzbca come from?
The xyzbca hashtag on TikTok has been used since at least early 2020. Since that time, the hashtag has been used in tens of millions of TikTok posts.
It is unknown exactly who popularized this specific hashtag or when. According to most sources, it seems to have emerged from an urban legend that using those specific letters in a video’s hashtag would fool TikTok’s algorithm into prioritizing the video to show to users. There is no evidence that this is true, but the hashtag still became extremely popular among TikTok users.
Examples of xyzbca
Who uses xyzbca?
Xyzbca is one of the most popular hashtags on TikTok. Many TikTok users put this hashtag on their video in an attempt to go viral. Although this hashtag appears on other social media platforms, it’s not used the way it is on TikTok.
I’m going to start tweeting as if this was tiktok#viral #fyp #xyzbca #funny #comedy
— David (David) (@Deikay2) January 15, 2022
Every time I read “xyzbca” hashtag on tiktok my brain reads zaxbys
— ct (@CaitlinTomerr) September 23, 2020
I taught my boss about the #xyzbca for TikTok and he’s excited about how much views he’s gotten already and asking if TikTok is gonna send him money now. The video just crossed 700 🤣
— Gypsy.Spice (@sadz1312) March 15, 2022
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