Lionel Messi has the record for the most-liked Instagram post now, surpassing the world_record_egg account. A single image of an uncracked egg was posted by an account back in January 2019 as part of an innovative social media experiment.
The account aimed to surpass Kylie Jenner’s 18 million world record, which stood as the previous benchmark. The egg picture met its objective and received more than 55 million likes within a week of being posted.
The egg image was on top of Instagram when Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to knock it off with a famous photo of him and Lionel Messi playing chess in a Louis Vuitton commercial. Following Argentina’s World Cup victory on Sunday, Messi immediately topped his football opponent, who had received 42 million likes on that tweet.
Messi takes home the award for the most-liked Instagram post, together with the World Cup
The egg photo met its goal a week after it was released and has subsequently accumulated over 56.1 million likes as of this writing.
The egg image was on top of Instagram when Cristiano Ronaldo threatened to knock it off with a famous photo of him and Lionel Messi playing chess in a Louis Vuitton commercial. Following Argentina’s World Cup victory on Sunday, Messi immediately topped his football opponent, who had received 42 million likes on that tweet.
To help his nation win the World Cup for the first time since 1986, the Argentine superstar scored twice before converting on all three of his attempts in the penalty shootout. The most liked Instagram post by a sportsperson was swiftly exceeded by Messi’s collection of images of him posing with the World Cup trophy.
And he has now dethroned the image of an egg from the top spot as the most-liked upload in Instagram history with 56 million people expressing their gratitude for the post. Some of Messi’s supporters had infiltrated the egg post, pleading with readers to untick the “like” button in order to support the Argentine hero becoming the owner of the most liked Instagram post.
What are the top 10 most-liked Instagram posts?
Instagram is a social media platform for sharing photos and videos. A carousel of football player Lionel Messi and his colleagues celebrating their 2022 FIFA World Cup victory is the most-liked Instagram image as of December 2022, receiving likes from over 56 million unique accounts in less than two days.
The top 10 Instagram posts with the most likes are included in this list below.
| Instagram account | Owner | Description | Likes (Mil.) | Publishing date |
| @leomessi | Lionel Messi | Images of Argentina’s Lionel Messi and his teammates after they won the 2022 FIFA World Cup | 57.3 | December 18, 2022 |
| @world_record_egg | Chris Godfrey | Photo of an egg | 56.1 | January 4, 2019 |
| @cristiano | Cristiano Ronaldo | Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are shown in a Louis Vuitton advertisement playing chess. | 42.1 | November 19, 2022 |
| @leomessi | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi with the FIFA World Cup trophy in a picture. | 34.2 | December 19, 2022 |
| @cristiano | Cristiano Ronaldo, Georgina Rodríguez | Their pregnancy announcement for twins | 32.6 | October 28, 2021 |
| @leomessi | Lionel Messi | Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are shown in a Louis Vuitton advertisement playing chess. | 32.4 | November 19, 2022 |
| @cristiano | Cristiano Ronaldo | photo following the 2022 FIFA World Cup elimination | 31.2 | December 11, 2022 |
| @xxxtentacion | XXXTentacion | His final post before his passing away | 30.4 | May 20, 2018 |
| @leomessi | Lionel Messi | images from the 2022 FIFA World Cup matchup with Croatia | 28.5 | December 13, 2022 |
| @arianagrande | Ariana Grande | Photos from her marriage with Dalton Gomez | 26.3 | May 26, 2021 |
Check out Lionel Messi’s record holder of the most-liked Instagram post here.
Congratulations to Messi for receiving both the world and the most-liked Instagram post trophies. World_record_egg, a social media project, was unfortunately dethroned. Maybe we can see all this in our Instagram recap 2022.
