Guinness World Records pick #AlDubEBTamangPanahon on Hashtag day

DYK, the most used hashtag in 24 hours on @Twitter was #AlDubEBTamangPanahon, with 40,706,392 uses from 24 Oct - 25 Oct 2015, inspired by a benefit concert and celebrity couple AlDub from the Philippines TV show @EatBulaga #hashtagday https://t.co/TZScFpQcpR

— GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) August 23, 2018

The Guinness World Records recognized a viral 2015 Twitter post on the now-famous tandem of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza on Hashtag Day on August 23 (August 24, PHL Time).

In its official Twitter account, the Guinness World Records said "the most used hashtag in 24 hours on Twitter was #AlDubEBTamangPanahon."

The group said the hashtag post reached 40,706,392 from October 24 to October 25, 2015.

The post was inspired by a benefit concert and celebrity couple Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza.

The duo is known as AlDub, which is derived from their popular names Alden and Yaya Dub, which is the name of Mendoza's character in a so-called Kalye Serye in popular noontime show Eat Bulaga shown on GMA network.

Hashtag Day, August 23, is widely considered the day the first hashtag was posted. The symbol # is used to start discussions, announce events, or to relay where netizens are tweeting from. — BAP, GMA News