The so-called Magnificent 7 stocks – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Tesla – have accounted for a disproportionate share of the market's gains in recent years, and this has caught the attention of social media users. All seven stocks are among the top 20 most-liked companies mentioned on Instagram and TikTok, according to analysis by the fintech. Plus 500. In addition to the Magnificent 7, Walmart, Nike, Netflix and Uber were among the other most popular stocks.
Plus500 used three factors to compile the index: the number of Instagram media (20%), the number of TikTok views (60%) and the number of TikTok videos (20%). He analyzed two hashtags for each company: #companystock and #companyshares. (The analysis used the most common name for each company if it was different from the official stock market title.)
The gallery below looks at the top 20 stocks in Plus500's analysis, including metrics for each company's market and social media performance.