What Does "POV" Mean Online, and How Do You Use It?

That can be the video creator’s perspective or someone else’s point of view entirely.

Have you ever wondered what POV means in a video title or hashtag?

Point of View

POV is an initialism that stands for “Point of View.”

Point-of-view shot of a woman pointing at the ocean while holding hand of a person off-camera.

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Its use as a hashtag is more common on TikTok and other social media apps.

POV can also occasionally be used to mean “in my opinion.”

Its use on video-sharing sites and social media is obviously much more recent.

Point-of-view shot of a mountain view from within a tent.

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The use of POV on TikTok can be a little confusing.

An example would be a mountain biking video filmed on a helmet-mounted GoPro.

#POV is a popular tag on the video-sharing app, racking up more than 679 billion views.

The appeal to creators is obvious.

POV is usually written in uppercase in a video title or description.

If it is used in a hashtag it will often be lowercase.

But if you do see it, you now know what sort of content to expect.