Character that's popular on social media (7)

I believe the answer is:

hashtag

(Other definitions for hashtag that I've seen before include "Label on a tweet" , "Symbol used to indicate the subject of a Twitter message" , "Number symbol" , "Social media identifier" , "Twitter mark" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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