The ancient Mayan city of Tulum (Mexico), the Eiffel Tower in Paris (France) and the mausoleum of the Taj Mahal (India) top the list of most popular monuments and historical enclaves and shared on social media by people who they visit them.
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+++ An investigation of the educational platform The Knowledge Academy (TKA) based on the ‘hashtags’ (tags) and ‘pins’ (images and videos) of the social networks Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest, locates five monumental enclaves of America among the top ten most popular online ‘.
+++ TKA highlights among the preferences in networks the Mayan ruins of Tulum (Quintana Roo, Mexico), the citadel of Machu Picchu (Cusco, Peru), the Statue of Liberty (New York, USA), the archaeological complex of Chichén Itzá (Yucatan, Mexico) and the pre-Columbian city of Teotihuacán (northeast of Mexico City, Mexico).
+++ Tulum tops the list as the most popular historical site on social media to be shared 1,584,000 times, followed by the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris (France) with more than 407 million, and the Indian funeral complex Taj Mahal, shared on more than 352 million occasions, according to this source.
With the prospect of being able to travel around the world again at times within reach, and other times moving away, as the pandemic evolves in different geographical locations, we are all eager to visit other places outside the our borders and see the magnificent monuments of different countries.
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Some of these monumental and historic landmarks are so extraordinary that we can’t resist sharing them on our social accounts, according to The Knowledge Academy (TKA), a UK-based global training platform that offers training. professional in information technology, projects and business management.
With this idea in mind, the TKA research team (www.theknowledgeacademy.com) conducted a statistical study to find out which of the world’s monuments or historic sites are most popular and loved on social media, analyzing the content shared on Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest.
For this work, a list of the most visited palaces and monuments around the world was compiled from Wikipedia information, and the number of times each of these landmarks was shared on social media was calculated. through certain ‘online’ actions.
These ‘online’ actions are the ‘hashtags’ (tags that identify the same topic composed of words, phrases or alphanumeric characters) from Instagram and TikTok, and the ‘pins’ (images or videos that allow the user to enter the home site by clicking on them) from Pinterest, according to TKA.
This study reveals that the Mayan archaeological site of Tulum in Mexico is the most shared historical point on social media, followed by the Eiffel Tower (France) and the Taj Mahal Palace (India), completing the podium of the three monumental enclaves. most loved on social media (RR.SS.).
MEXICO AND TULUM IN CAP.
Tulum is the most shared landmark on TikTok, while the Eiffel Tower is the most shared on Instagram and Pinterest, according to TKA research, which shows that Mexico dominates the list of historic sites, including three of the ten enclaves. most shared monuments in the RR.SS. in its territory: Tulum, Chichén Itzá and Teotihuacán.
Tulum tops the list as the most popular historical milestone on social media, having been shared a total of 1584562637 times.
Located in Quintana Roo (Mexico) on the picturesque coast of the Caribbean Sea, it is almost impossible for tourists on the Riviera Maya to stop sharing ‘online’ its idyllic white sand beaches, as well as the ruins, of this walled city of Mayan civilization.
Second on the list is the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, being shared on social media 407,462,295 times.
Located in a beautiful park covered with grass, the Camp de Mart, the figure of this iron structure with more than 300 meters high, counting its antenna, and built for the Universal Exposition of 1889, is it has become the symbol of France and its capital, and has reigned on social media for years.
The Taj Mahal, in India, ranks third among the most beloved landmarks on the Internet, being shared on social media, a total of 352,758,040 times.
The white marble carved mausoleum and its lotus dome attract more than 7 million tourists each year. This majestic funerary set of 17th-century buildings, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the city of Agra, combines elements of Islamic architecture,? Persian, Indian and Turkish.
The fourth position is occupied by Machu Picchu in Cusco (Peru), shared on social media by 199,314. 552 shares.
The ruins of the Inca citadel, which was presumably used as a ceremonial palace and religious sanctuary, are located at the top of the Vilcabamba Range of the Andes and overlook the majestic Urubamba River, making it a ‘required’ posting on social media.
Fifth, with 146,482,664 shares intended to be shared in the three RR.SS. analyzed in the study, there is the monument to the Statue of Liberty in the United States.
Holding his torch of ‘freedom that illuminates the world’, this green-tinted statue, located next to the mouth of the Hudson River in New York, was a gift from France to the people of the United States in 1886 and is one of the most famous monuments in the world, with a prominent role in networks.
The next places on the list are occupied by the ruins of Pompeii (Naples, Italy), the Statue of Unity (Kevadiya, India), the Chichen Itza complex (Yucatan, Mexico) and the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia (Barcelona). , Spain).
The pre-Columbian city of Teotihuacán ranks tenth to be shared 38,406,867 times on social media.
Located on the outskirts of Mexico City, Teotihuacan is home to the ruins of a major central thoroughfare or avenue, the Causeway of the Dead, as well as the Pyramid of the Sun. Its panoramic views and cultural aspects have made it one of the most popular protagonists on social media.