Lionel Messi won the first World Cup trophy of his career on December 18th, 2022. The FIFA World Cup 2022 was most likely his last run in the tournament. So, soccer fans were overjoyed to see Messi finally lift the trophy to round out one of the best careers in the sport’s history. Not just the World Cup, Messi also etched his name in the history books of Instagram as well.
Alongside Twitter and Facebook, Instagram is the most used social media platform in the world. Messi also maintains a presence and has a massive fan following on the platform. He has 402 million followers on his account on the site. After getting his hands on the trophy, Messi did not miss the opportunity to click quite a few pictures with the cup.
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It looks like the millions and millions of Messi fans are happy to see the 35-year-old lift the trophy as well. And, it translated into an obscene amount of likes on Instagram. With just over 56 million likes on his post, Messi breaks another record! He is now the owner of the most number of Instagram likes on a post. But who did Leo Messi beat? Let’s find out!
Lionel Messi beats “The Egg” to have the most-liked post in Instagram’s history
Before Lionel Messi, the record for Instagram’s most-liked post was held by an account by the name of “Egg Gang.” The account only has one post, which held the honor of being the most-liked photo on Instagram. Prior to Messi’s post, the picture had over 56 million likes on it. However, as the comments section may suggest, some fans have allegedly removed their likes from the post.
An Insta user by the handle of “muna_beela” wrote, “I already took back my like for Messi.” User “peidaozezao” also claimed that Messi fans may be behind the sudden drop in likes for the post. They wrote, “PESSI CHEERLEADERS disliking this post.” There may be some validity to this claim as user “wngx._” urged, “Dislike for messi.”
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User “its_a-_saeed” also claims to have taken back their like on the post and wrote, “Pov me removing my like from the egg post.”
Instagram sees an insane number of pictures getting uploaded on a regular basis. But, no other post even came close to beating the picture of the egg. But Messi, in a matter of a few days, just took the record for himself. It just shows how powerful his reach is throughout the world. He also features in third place on the list of most-liked pictures on Instagram.
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Ahead of the recently concluded World Cup, a picture featuring Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi playing chess went viral. The post had over 42 million likes on it. However, that post was on Ronaldo’s Instagram handle. So not just in terms of trophies, Messi reigns on top of Ronaldo in the social media world as well. But Cristiano has more Insta followers with 520 million.
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