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The World’s Favourite Natural Wonders

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American Niagara Falls at sunset

LONDON, 2021-Jul-23 — /Travel PR News/ — With vaccinations starting to roll out worldwide and certain countries begin to lift restrictions, holidays phrases like ‘summer vacation 2021’ and ‘holidays’ have risen by over 5,000% in the past month worldwide. As holiday excitement grows and people have been saving up for their dream trips, SaveOnEnergy.com/uk wanted to find out which of the world’s natural wonders we’re most looking forward to seeing again.

To do this, they searched variations of hashtags pertaining to natural wonders around the globe to find out which are most popular on Instagram.
The Most ‘Grammed Natural Wonders

 

Natural Wonder 

Country 

Instagram Hashtags 

#1 

Niagara Falls

Canada/USA

           5,762,714

#2 

Yosemite

USA

           5,448,936

#3 

Grand Canyon

USA

           4,648,931

#4 

Aurora Borealis/Northern Lights

Iceland

           3,362,055

#5 

The Sahara

Northern Africa

           2,661,348

#6 

Galapagos Islands

Ecuador

           2,012,669

#7 

Mount Everest

China/Nepal

           1,793,316

#8 

Danube Delta

Romania

           1,499,237

#9 

The Dead Sea

Jordan/Israel

           1,288,628

#10 

Ha Long Bay

Vietnam

           1,269,970
SaveOnEnergy.com/uk can reveal that the natural wonder with the most interest on Instagram is Niagara Falls, located on the boarder of Canada and the USA, with over 5.7 million hashtags on Instagram.
Coming second with over 5.4 million hashtags is Yosemite National Park in California, USA. Best known for its stunning waterfalls, the park is a whopping 1,200 square miles so there’s plenty of photo opportunities all over the park.

yosemite park / credit: envato

In third with 4.6 million hashtags is the Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA. The canyon is open 24 hours a day, meaning you can find the perfect lighting for pictures all year round.
Completing the top five are the Aurora Borealis, or the Northern Lights, (3.3 million hashtags), and The Sahara in Northern Africa (2.6 million hashtags).
The Least ‘Grammed Natural Wonders

 

Natural Wonder 

Country 

Instagram Hashtags 

#1

Great Pyramid of Giza

Egypt

                 13,987

#2

Angel Falls

Venezuela

                 51,825

#3

Amazon River

Brazil, and others in South America

              108,312

#4

Victoria Falls

 Zimbabwe

              298,099

#5

Giant’s Causeway

Northern Ireland

              312,674

#6

Cliffs of Moher

Ireland

              663,223

#7

Komodo Island

Indonesia

              921,953

#8

Great Barrier Reef

Australia

              928,550

#9

Mount Kilimanjaro

Tanzania

           1,121,772

#10

Pamukkale, Denizli

Turkey

           1,266,740
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If you’re looking for a quieter holiday with less footfall, then SaveOnEnergy.com/uk have also calculated the destinations with the least hashtags that are less likely to be packed with others snapping pics for their Instagram.
The least Instagrammed natural wonder of those analysed is the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. The pyramid has just under 14 thousand hashtags on Instagram, and is part of the larger pyramids of Giza.
The second least tagged wonder is Angel Falls in Venezuela with nearly 52 thousand tags. Angel Falls is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, with a plunge of 807 metres.

Angel Falls / credit: envato

In third is the Amazon River, which is largely in Brazil but spans across multiple countries in South America, with 108 thousand hashtags.
Fourth is Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, Africa (289 thousand hashtags), and fifth is the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland (312 thousand hashtags).
Methodology:
  1. SaveOnEnergy.com updated their previous study from September 2020: https://www.saveonenergy.com/uk/most-instagrammable-natural-wonders/.
  2. A list of natural wonders was collated, and each wonder was searched into Instagram using a variety of hashtags.
  3. The number of hashtags were totalled to provide a total for each wonder, and the sites were sorted by number of hashtags.
  4. All data was updated on 22/07/21 and is correct as of then, but subject to change.
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