The most liked image post on Instagram has 75,471,947 likes, and was achieved by Lionel Messi (Argentina), as verified on 24 March 2023. It depicts Messi holding aloft the FIFA World Cup Trophy after his country beat France in the final, which was held in Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar.
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The latest entrant to the top liked Instagram posts is a common upload featuring football greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi playing a game of chess, sponsored by fashion giant Louis Vuitton – the posts racked up these likes in under 24 hours!
Many, many moons ago — 2019 — Kylie Jenner and her baby Stormi had the most-liked photo (18 million) on Instagram, which inspired an advertising exec to see if an egg, this egg above, could get more likes. It worked. And it was working till December 20, 2022, when Messi dethroned this world famous self portrait.
Sports fans assemble! The most-liked Instagram post of all time belongs to none other than Lionel Messi, who snapped this iconic moment after winning the 2022 World Cup. As of April 2023, this famous post had been liked by over 75 million users. Aside from celebrity status, this post's success relies on impact.
Fastest 1M liked photo in Instagram, Indian Records - #1 - Allu Arjun - 69 mins. #2 - Thalapathy Vijay - 104 mins.
Gomez's most popular Instagram posts are photos and content that is candid and inspiring. Her viral selfie without makeup and her post-kidney surgery bathing suit posts are among the singer's Instagram posts to make it to 1 million likes the fastest.
NEW DELHI: Indian cricket star Virat Kohli has crossed the 200 million followers mark on the social media site Instagram.
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Cristiano Ronaldo is the most-followed person, man, sportsperson, and European on Instagram, with over 585 million followers.
Learn from Khaby (289 million views)
Taking cues from this, his 2021 reel 'Learn from Khaby' holds the record for being the most-viewed Instagram reel to date. It features Lame checking an iron multiple times to ensure he has plugged it off and it is cold.
Influencers with followings between 1,000 and 10,000 followers earn $1,420/month on average while influencers with over a million followers earn $15,356/month.
Gomez hopped on Instagram and created a photo montage of herself with fans on her official account to celebrate the achievement. "Wish I could hug all 400 million of you," she wrote.
Salma Hayek is feeling pretty good about reaching a major milestone. To celebrate hitting the 24 million-follower mark on Instagram, the House of Gucci star posted a new video of herself dancing while in the midst of getting ready yesterday.
When Taehyung first got on the app in December 2021, he formally broke two Guinness World Records, setting new benchmarks for the fastest account to amass 1 million followers (in 43 minutes) and 10 million followers (in 4 hours and 52 minutes).
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Ronaldo has been topping the charts of the person with the highest number of followers on Instagram in the world ever since!
Last December, V officially broke two Guinness World Records when he first revealed his Instagram account, setting new records for the fastest account to reach 1 million followers (43 minutes) and 10 million followers (4 hours and 52 minutes).
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GOAL on Instagram: “The first to reach over 500 million followers on social media ? Cristiano Ronaldo is the social GOAT ?”
Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the most-followed individual on Facebook, with over 162 million followers.
A recent survey on Instagram users' statistics shows that the number of Instagram users is expected to hit 1.35 billion worldwide in 2023. This refers to internet users who access their Instagram accounts every month, regardless of the device used.
Based on the Richlist, Cristiano Ronaldo is surprisingly the most expensive Instagrammer in the world.