The Instagram post with the most likes ever is a photo gallery of Lionel Messi and his teammates celebrating Argentina’s victory in the World Cup. The footballer’s post garnered more than 65 million likes within hours of being published, and the total figure is steadily climbing even now.
After a drought of 36 years, Argentina finally won the World Cup on Sunday in Qatar after claiming victory over France in the tournament’s championship match via penalty kicks. Messi’s Instagram post received millions more likes than the previous record-breaking post, which was just a photo of an egg. Messi’s post is now the most liked post in Instagram history.
Wait, What Exactly Were You Saying about an Egg?
The last most-liked item was, in fact, an egg, and it was an egg that held the title. People were encouraged to interact with the picture in the hope of dethroning Kylie Jenner, who was the record holder at the time. When it originally emerged, it gave the impression of being some kind of protest vote against celebrities.
The make-up mogul previously held the record for most likes on an Instagram post with her photo from 2018 announcing the birth of her daughter Stormi, which has since amassed a total of 18 million. Jenner broke the record for becoming the first woman on the social media platform to reach the milestone of 300 million followers; Messi also accomplished this feat.
Okay, but That Doesn’t Explain Where the Egg Came From.
There was a great deal of conjecture regarding the identity of the person operating the Instagram account known as “@world record egg” as well as the means by which the account was able to rapidly accumulate such a large number of likes.
Some people said it was a marketing ploy from a large company that had bought followers, but a British advertising executive named Chris Godfrey has since claimed that he and two others created it and that their sole purpose was to get as many likes as possible. Chris Godfrey is a member of the advertising industry.
However, despite the fact that the egg beat Jenner’s record (57 million and counting), it has already been surpassed by a competitor who holds a number of world records in his own right: Lionel Messi.
After the conclusion of the World Cup, Guinness World Records published a list of records that were broken by the winner. The list included the fact that Lionel Messi had surpassed Lothar Matthaus of Germany to become the player with the most World Cup matches played (26), as well as four other records: