History

#PortfolioDay was born out of the desire to make it easier for artists to find their next dream client and for clients to find their next dream artist. Audrey Gonzalez (@AudreyGonzalez on Twitter) started #PortfolioDay in 2018 to help boost creatives who are looking for work. Now, thousands of artists across the globe share their work quarterly during each #PortfolioDay. The event occurs quarterly on the second Tuesday of January, April, July, and October.

Stats

#PortfolioDay trends #1 worldwide and #1 in the US for the majority of the day almost every time the event happens!

In April 2021, #PortfolioDay collaborated on an event with Twitter ArtHouse that drove 3.4M livestream views and saw 7.8M views on the trailer. During this day, #PortfolioDay was mentioned more than 450,000 times.

Since the hashtag started there have been over 2.3M mentions of #PortfolioDay total (from Jan 2018 up to April 2021).

Data (and Tweets) shows there is participation from all over the world. Some of the top countries using the tag include US, UK, Brasil, Spain, Canada, France, Japan, Philippines, Indonesia and Mexico.

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