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Lionel Messi's Instagram post is the most liked thing on social media – ever
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| Messi's World Cup post smashed all the records. Credit: Simon Bruty/Anychance/Getty Images |
Lionel Messi — also known as the Greatest of All Time — led Argentina to win the FIFA World Cup in Qatar this year. Now, his Instagram post celebrating the team's historic win has broken records of its own.
Messi's post, which includes a gallery of the footballer with the trophy and with his teammates, is now the most-liked Instagram post ever. Sitting at over 67.7 million likes at the time of writing, the post has passed a record once held by the infamous egg.
A mysterious post of a simple egg garnered 57 million likes after being posted in 2019. The internet was captivated by the image, perhaps given how little was known about the post and its account holder. In response to Messi overtaking the crown, the account (aptly titled @world_record_egg) posted a Story acknowledging the win.
“Four years ago we set out on a mission, nine days later we made internet history. Together 🤍," reads the egg's Story text "Today @leomessi has taken the crown (for now 👀)."
With this, Messi's 57 million likes has also seemingly surpassed the most-liked post on every prominent social media platform. On Twitter, the record is 7 million, for a tweet announcing the tragic death of Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman. On YouTube, Luis Fonsi's music video for "Despacito" has 50 million likes. The post also beat Bella Poarch's wildly-viral TikTok from 2020, which has over 60 million likes.
In essence, Messi's celebratory photo dump is the most-liked thing on the internet.
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Social media has been hooked on Messi throughout the World Cup, so it's no surprise that fans flocked to like his post after Argentina's win against France in the final. Messi has broken several records since this win, as the Guinness World Book of Records points out. This includes the record of most World Cup matches played and most World Cup Man of the Match awards. Instagram's crown is just the tip of the iceberg for the 🐐.
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Meine Mutter ist auch ein Messi. Aber niemand mag das...???
ReplyDelete68 million likes and counting, even if one is not a Messi fan, this is simply mind-blowing
ReplyDeleteI’ll remove my like soon 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
DeleteI don't know about mind blowing , but it's pretty cool
DeleteThat look, that pose is truly epic
ReplyDeleteTerrible
ReplyDeleteWho?
ReplyDeleteu meme right?
DeleteToo bad there is no dislike button.
ReplyDeletesalty your team lost?
Delete💯 agree with you!
Delete🐐 > 🥚
ReplyDeletenice
DeleteWe all are happy you reached your goal.
ReplyDelete🐐🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐
ReplyDeletetoo deserved!
ReplyDeleteAs if he was the only player from Argentina. Its a team from 11 players.
ReplyDeleteAre we talking about TECH or Messi on here?? Take a break!
ReplyDelete57>60? https://imgur.com/a/qmWMovV
ReplyDeleteHe scrambled it.
ReplyDeleteHe beat the 🥚, he beat everybody, he beat everything, he won the fucking world cup
ReplyDeleteLionel fucking Messi! 🐐
ReplyDeleteSomos del mismo país, ¡muy orgullosos!
ReplyDelete69,813,827 likes 2 seconds ago
ReplyDeleteIm surprised that douche sweaty steak man wasnt in that pic
ReplyDelete🤣🤣
DeleteStruggling to believe that that Croatian lass isn't the most viewed. Phhwoooarrr etc
ReplyDeleteHow about the bro Putin it to his groin?
ReplyDeleteWorld renowned all time great vs talentless influencer. Sadly, this is the world now.
ReplyDeleteNo matter what you might think about Messi, at least he's immensely talented, unlike the vast majority of all those social media celebrities.
ReplyDeleteRonaldo will be seeeeeeeething.
ReplyDeleteYeah in between therapy sessions,went totally off him when he knocked the phone from that young girls hand.
DeleteWho really cares?
ReplyDeleteRonaldo! That's why it's funny!
DeleteNever heard of here.
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ReplyDeleteIs Penaldo's among the 64m "Likes"? Naah. Never. Only the HONOURABLE can humble themselves to congratulate their rivals. Narcissists don't do that. Expecting that from them is like squeezing and extracting a pint of blood from a mosquito.
ReplyDeleteMessi was given 5 penalties, most ever since 1966. So how many died again?
DeletePenaldo dived for his only penalty and goal in the WC, England was awarded penalties and even twice in one game, France had two in the finals. Why talk about only Argentina 's?
DeleteFantastic, love the little guy a World Cup he richly deserves
ReplyDeleteIs Penaldo's among the 64m "Likes"? Naah. Never. Only the HONOURABLE can humble themselves to congratulate their rivals. Narcissists like Penaldo and Donald Trump don't do that. Expecting that from them is like squeezing and extracting a pint of blood from a mosquito.
ReplyDeletePrevious holders were an egg and Kylie Jenner, hardly his crowning glory
ReplyDeleteGOAT no question about it. I feel privileged to have seen this man play.
ReplyDeleteG.O.A.T effect!
ReplyDeleteSuck on that Ronaldo
ReplyDeleteObsessed huh
DeleteWhat a sad statistic to know and who the hell is that? Never heard of Lionel Messi
ReplyDeletePeople can't get off their knees for some dude that plays a childs sport and couldn't care less about their existence
DeleteHaha there at it again
DeleteKnowing Messi just set a mark on social media Ronaldo can never hope to match probably hurts worse than watching him win the Cup!
ReplyDeleteRonaldo would've had 100m on the first day #FACT
ReplyDelete100million bench appearance....probably.
DeleteCould've would've never
DeleteCongratulations to Team Argentina. But why do all the photos show Messi taking control of the trophy? They arrive home and guess who has the trophy in hand. He's acting as if he won this game all by himself it was a team effort after all not a ME effort. He's good yes not saying he's not. Just acting and showing how self-centered he is so sad.
ReplyDeletelol because the Mail are only showing you photos of Messi lifting the trophy lol, think a bit. Martinez was actually the one holding the trophy most of the time when they arrived home, just watch the full video. Such an innocuous thing and see your reaction, so funny lol
DeleteBecause he is captain and the captain speeds time with the trophy first the other players will get their time
DeleteWhy do you think? Because he's the most famous and the GOAT so they are just showing photos of him. If you want to see photos of other players with the trophy, just Google it. It's not hard!
DeleteUndeserved
ReplyDeleteAwwww
DeleteBreaking records on and off the pitch
ReplyDeleteIs there a dislike button you can press?
ReplyDeleteYes, I just did. That little arrow thingy under your comment.
DeleteThat dislike button has a clowns face on it too! LMAO
DeleteArgentina 3-1 Little England.
ReplyDeleteArgentina 0 - Falklands 1
DeleteNot mine - not on any "platform" - couldn't give a flying... oh well...
ReplyDeleteOooh you're hard
DeleteLet's get it to 1 billion !
ReplyDelete🤓
DeleteThe Greatest of All Time is Ronaldinho, the witcher, Just Google it and by yourself. 🇧🇷
ReplyDeletevamos argentina :) 🤩😍
ReplyDeleteLooks like he is going to town and about to begin the slurpy 3000 on a big gold cock
ReplyDeleteWho cares
ReplyDeleteliteraly, millions...
Deletegood one! 👍😂
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