diff --git a/src/components/TagMenu/index.tsx b/src/components/TagMenu/index.tsx
index c9ced9a5..849a3f42 100644
--- a/src/components/TagMenu/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TagMenu/index.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export function TagMenu({
 
                     control.close(() => {
                       navigation.push('Hashtag', {
-                        tag: tag.replaceAll('#', '%23'),
+                        tag: encodeURIComponent(tag),
                       })
                     })
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export function TagMenu({
 
                         control.close(() => {
                           navigation.push('Hashtag', {
-                            tag: tag.replaceAll('#', '%23'),
+                            tag: encodeURIComponent(tag),
                             author: authorHandle,
                           })
                         })
diff --git a/src/components/TagMenu/index.web.tsx b/src/components/TagMenu/index.web.tsx
index a0dc2bce..8245bd01 100644
--- a/src/components/TagMenu/index.web.tsx
+++ b/src/components/TagMenu/index.web.tsx
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export function TagMenu({
         label: _(msg`See ${truncatedTag} posts`),
         onPress() {
           navigation.push('Hashtag', {
-            tag: tag.replaceAll('#', '%23'),
+            tag: encodeURIComponent(tag),
           })
         },
         testID: 'tagMenuSearch',
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function TagMenu({
           label: _(msg`See ${truncatedTag} posts by user`),
           onPress() {
             navigation.push('Hashtag', {
-              tag: tag.replaceAll('#', '%23'),
+              tag: encodeURIComponent(tag),
               author: authorHandle,
             })
           },
diff --git a/src/screens/Hashtag.tsx b/src/screens/Hashtag.tsx
index f1b81737..776cc585 100644
--- a/src/screens/Hashtag.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/Hashtag.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export default function HashtagScreen({
   const [isPTR, setIsPTR] = React.useState(false)
 
   const fullTag = React.useMemo(() => {
-    return `#${tag.replaceAll('%23', '#')}`
+    return `#${decodeURIComponent(tag)}`
   }, [tag])
 
   const queryParam = React.useMemo(() => {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export default function HashtagScreen({
 
   const onShare = React.useCallback(() => {
     const url = new URL('https://bsky.app')
-    url.pathname = `/hashtag/${tag}`
+    url.pathname = `/hashtag/${decodeURIComponent(tag)}`
     if (author) {
       url.searchParams.set('author', author)
     }