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On December 18, 2022, [[Football player|footballer]] [[Lionel Messi]] posted a [[Instagram#Features and tools|carousel]] with photos of him lifting the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]] and celebrating with his teammates after winning the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], which reached 10 million likes in the first 39 minutes of its sharing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fenton |first=James |date=19 December 2022 |title=Lionel Messi’s first Instagram post after World Cup win set to break records |url=https://punditarena.com/football/james-fenton/lionel-messi-instagram-world-cup/ |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=Pundit Arena}}</ref> In two days, this post is now officially the most liked post on Instagram post, beating the world record egg. After all, Messi is the GOAT so it is no surprise that he beat world record egg in two days.
On December 18, 2022, [[Football player|footballer]] [[Lionel Messi]] posted a [[Instagram#Features and tools|carousel]] with photos of him lifting the [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]] and celebrating with his teammates after winning the [[2022 FIFA World Cup]] with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]], which reached 10 million likes in the first 39 minutes of its sharing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fenton |first=James |date=19 December 2022 |title=Lionel Messi’s first Instagram post after World Cup win set to break records |url=https://punditarena.com/football/james-fenton/lionel-messi-instagram-world-cup/ |access-date=19 December 2022 |website=Pundit Arena}}</ref> In two days, this post is now officially the most liked post on Instagram post, beating the world record egg. After all, Messi is the GOAT so it is no surprise that he beat world record egg in two days.


==Top 20 posts==
==messi better ==
The following table lists the top 20 most-liked posts on Instagram.
The following table lists the top 20 most-liked posts on Instagram.


Revision as of 09:49, 20 December 2022

This list contains the top 20 posts with the most likes on the photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram. The most-liked post on Instagram is photos of Messi and his teammates winning the FIFA World Cup, which has been liked by over 56 million different accounts as of December 2022. It has been rumoured Cristiano Ronaldo has petitioned Instagram to delete the post, apparently triggered that Lionel Messi has passed him once again.[1][2]

History

On January 4, 2019, the account @world_record_egg posted a photo of an egg with the specific purpose of surpassing the then most-liked Instagram post, a picture of Kylie Jenner's daughter with 18.6 million likes.[3] The photo of the egg was originally taken by Serghei Platanov, who then posted it to Shutterstock on June 23, 2015, with the title "eggs isolated on white background."[4] The creator of the @world_record_egg account was Chris Godfrey, an advertising creative, and his friends CJ Brown and Alissa Khan-Whelan.[5][6]

On January 14, 2019, the egg post became the most-liked post on Instagram, to which the egg's account owner wrote "This is madness. What a time to be alive."[7] Kylie Jenner responded with a video on Instagram of her cracking an egg open with the caption: "Take that little egg."[8] The egg's original photographer was surprised by his photo's popularity, writing, "Egg is just an egg."[4]

On December 18, 2022, footballer Lionel Messi posted a carousel with photos of him lifting the FIFA World Cup Trophy and celebrating with his teammates after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina, which reached 10 million likes in the first 39 minutes of its sharing.[9] In two days, this post is now officially the most liked post on Instagram post, beating the world record egg. After all, Messi is the GOAT so it is no surprise that he beat world record egg in two days.

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The following table lists the top 20 most-liked posts on Instagram.

Three accounts have more than one of the most-liked posts in the top 20: Lionel Messi has eight, Cristiano Ronaldo has three and Kylie Jenner has two.

Rank Account name Owner Post description Post Likes
(millions) 		Date posted
(UTC)
1 @leomessi Lionel Messi Photos of Lionel Messi and his teammates after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup with [[Argentina national football team|Argentina],Ronaldo is way better than Messi, Ronaldo is the goat, sewy] [1] 56.1 December 18, 2022
2 @world_record_egg Chris Godfrey Photo of an egg [2] 55.9 January 4, 2019
3 @cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo Photo of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo playing chess, advertising for Louis Vuitton [3] 42.1 November 19, 2022
4 @leomessi Lionel Messi Photo of Lionel Messi with the FIFA World Cup trophy [4] 33.6 December 19, 2022
5 @cristiano
@georginagio 		Cristiano Ronaldo
Georgina Rodríguez 		Their twins pregnancy announcement [5] 32.6 October 28, 2021
6 @leomessi Lionel Messi Photo of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo playing chess, advertising for Louis Vuitton [6] 32.4 November 19, 2022
7 @cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo Photo after 2022 FIFA World Cup elimination [7] 31.2 December 11, 2022
8 @xxxtentacion XXXTentacion Final post before his death [8] 30.4 May 20, 2018
9 @leomessi Lionel Messi Photos after 2022 FIFA World Cup game against Croatia [9] 28.5 December 13, 2022
10 @arianagrande Ariana Grande Photos from her wedding with Dalton Gomez [10] 26.3 May 26, 2021
11 @zendaya Zendaya Happy birthday post to Tom Holland [11] 25.7 June 1, 2022
12 @kyliejenner Kylie Jenner Second pregnancy announcement [12] 24.8 September 8, 2021
13 @tomholland2013 Tom Holland Recreating the famous Spider-Man meme with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield [13] 24.8 February 23, 2022
14 @leomessi Lionel Messi Photo after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup game against Mexico [14] 24.2 November 26, 2022
15 @kyliejenner Kylie Jenner Photo of her daughter with her newborn brother [15] 22.9 February 6, 2022
16 @neymarjr Neymar Photo after 2022 FIFA World Cup elimination [16] 22.7 December 10, 2022
17 @billieeilish Billie Eilish Reveal of her blonde hair [17] 22.6 March 17, 2021
18 @leomessi Lionel Messi Photo after 2022 FIFA World Cup game against Netherlands [18] 22.3 December 9, 2022
19 @leomessi Lionel Messi First post after signing with PSG [19] 21.8 August 11, 2021
20 @leomessi Lionel Messi Photo with the Copa América trophy [20] 21.8 July 10, 2021
As of 20 December 2022

Mbap lost to Mesy

The following table lists the last ten posts that were once the most-liked post on Instagram, with the number of likes as they were when the top spot was reached.

  Current record
Account name Owner Post description Post Likes
(millions) 		Date posted
(UTC) 		Date achieved
(UTC) 		Days Held
@leomessi Lionel Messi Photos of Lionel Messi and his teammates after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina [1] 55.9 December 19, 2022[10] December 20, 2022 534
@world_record_egg Chris Godfrey Photo of an egg [2] 18.4 January 4, 2019[1] January 14, 2019 1,436
@kyliejenner Kylie Jenner First photo of her daughter [3] 11.3 February 6, 2018[11] February 7, 2018 341
@beyonce Beyoncé Pregnancy announcement [4] 6.3 February 1, 2017[12] February 1, 2017 371
@selenagomez Selena Gomez Coca-Cola advertisement [5] 3.7 June 25, 2016[13] July 12, 2016 575
@justinbieber Justin Bieber Kiss with Selena Gomez [6] 3.5 March 19, 2016[14] May 4, 2016 69
@kendalljenner Kendall Jenner Heart-shaped hairdo [7] 3.5 May 25, 2015[15] June 26, 2015 313
@kimkardashian Kim Kardashian Wedding kiss with Kanye West [8] 1.9 May 27, 2014[16] May 29, 2014 393
@justinbieber Justin Bieber Hug with Selena Gomez [9] 1.5 January 4, 2014[16] — ~145
@justinbieber Justin Bieber Post with Will Smith [10] 1.4 August 15, 2013[17] — ~142
@justinbieber Justin Bieber Post with his siblings [11] 0.06 December 29, 2011[18] — —
As of 20 December 2022

See also

References

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  2. ^ @world_record_egg (January 4, 2019). "Let's set a world record together..." Retrieved December 19, 2022 – via Instagram.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ Earnest, Malik (January 11, 2019). "An egg plans to dethrone Kylie Jenner as most liked Instagram post". Fox 5 San Diego. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Shamsian, Jacob (January 16, 2018). "The guy who took a photo of an egg that broke Instagram's world record is shocked it became a meme: 'Egg is just an egg'". Insider. Archived from the original on January 19, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
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  7. ^ Monika Barton (January 14, 2019). "'This is madness' - Picture of an egg beats Kylie Jenner for most liked Instagram post ever". Newshub. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  8. ^ Michelle Broder Van Dyke (January 13, 2019). "A Picture Of An Egg Beat Kylie Jenner For The Most Liked Instagram Of All Time". Teen Vogue. Buzzfeed News. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  9. ^ Fenton, James (December 19, 2022). "Lionel Messi's first Instagram post after World Cup win set to break records". Pundit Arena. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
  10. ^ Fenton, James (December 19, 2022). "Lionel Messi's first Instagram post after World Cup win set to break records". Pundit Arena. Retrieved December 20, 2022.
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  12. ^ Unterberger, Andrew (February 1, 2017). "Beyonce Pregnancy Photo Breaks Selena Gomez Record for Most-Liked Instagram Pic". Billboard. Archived from the original on July 31, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  13. ^ Craddock, Lauren (July 12, 2016). "Selena Gomez Tops Justin Bieber for Most-Liked Instagram Photo Ever". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  14. ^ Stutz, Colin (May 4, 2016). "Justin Bieber & Selena Gomez Throwback Pic Is Now Instagram's Most-Liked". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 22, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  15. ^ Stutz, Colin (June 26, 2015). "Kendall Jenner Breaks Kanye West & Kim Kardashian's Instagram Record". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
  16. ^ a b Nessif, Bruna (May 29, 2014). "Kim Kardashian's Wedding Photo Breaks Instagram Record For Most Likes—Sorry, Justin Bieber!". E! News. Archived from the original on April 16, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2019.
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