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List of most-liked Instagram posts

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This list contains the top 20 posts with the most likes on the photo and video-sharing social networking service Instagram. The most-liked post on Instagram is a photo of an egg, which has been liked by over 55 million different accounts as of July 2021.[1] The post is also the most-liked internet post of all time of any website.[2][3] The like function has been removed in certain countries, such as Australia, in a trial to reduce the negative effects of "competition" on the platform.[4]

Current record[]

On January 4, 2019, the account @world_record_egg posted a photo of an egg with the specific purpose of surpassing the then most-liked Instagram post, a picture of Kylie Jenner's daughter with 18.6 million likes.[5] The photo of the egg was originally taken by Serghei Platanov, who then posted it to Shutterstock on June 23, 2015, with the title "eggs isolated on white background."[6]

On January 14, 2019, the egg post became the most-liked post on Instagram, to which the egg's account owner wrote "This is madness. What a time to be alive."[7] In response to her record being surpassed, Jenner posted a video on Instagram of her cracking an egg open with the caption: "Take that little egg."[8][9] The egg's original photographer was surprised by his photo's popularity, writing, "Egg is just an egg."[6]

On February 3, 2019, the creator of the @world_record_egg account was revealed to be Chris Godfrey, an advertising creative, and his friends CJ Brown and Alissa Khan-Whelan.[10][11]

Top 20 posts[]

The following table lists the top 20 most-liked posts on Instagram.

Four accounts have more than one of the most-liked posts in the top 20: Billie Eilish has six, Lionel Messi has four, Ariana Grande has three, and Kylie Jenner has two.

Rank Account name Owner Post description Post Likes
(millions) 		Date posted
(UTC)
1 @world_record_egg Chris Godfrey Photo of an egg [1] 55.3 January 4, 2019
2 @arianagrande Ariana Grande Photos from her wedding with Dalton Gomez [2] 26.7 May 26, 2021
3 @xxxtentacion XXXTentacion Final post before his death [3] 25.9 May 20, 2018
4 @billieeilish Billie Eilish Reveal of her blonde hair [4] 23.0 March 17, 2021
5 @billieeilish Billie Eilish Photo from British Vogue shoot [5] 22.0 May 2, 2021
6 @leomessi Lionel Messi First post after signing as a player at PSG [6] 21.9 August 11, 2021
7 @leomessi Lionel Messi Photo with the Copa América [7] 21.9 July 11, 2021
8 @leomessi Lionel Messi Post announcing his departure from Barcelona during a press conference [8] 21.1 August 8, 2021
9 @cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo Post in remembrance of Diego Maradona [9] 19.8 November 25, 2020
10 @chadwickboseman Chadwick Boseman Family's announcement of his death [10] 19.3 August 28, 2020
11 @arianagrande Ariana Grande Photos from her wedding with Dalton Gomez [11] 18.6 May 26, 2021
12 @billieeilish Billie Eilish Photo with blonde hair [12] 18.5 March 21, 2021
13 @kyliejenner Kylie Jenner First photo of her daughter [13] 18.4 February 6, 2018
14 @arianagrande Ariana Grande Wedding kiss with Dalton Gomez [14] 17.9 May 26, 2021
15 @billieeilish Billie Eilish Cover photo from British Vogue shoot [15] 16.9 May 2, 2021
16 @billieeilish Billie Eilish Photo from British Vogue shoot [16] 16.7 May 2, 2021
17 @jenniferaniston Jennifer Aniston Photo with Friends co-stars [17] 16.5 October 15, 2019
18 @leomessi Lionel Messi Post in remembrance of Diego Maradona [18] 16.4 November 25, 2020
19 @billieeilish Billie Eilish Photo with blonde hair hinting a new project [19] 16.2 April 19, 2021
20 @kyliejenner Kylie Jenner Birthday post for then-boyfriend Travis Scott [20] 15.9 April 30, 2020
As of 24 August 2021

Historical most-liked posts[]

The following table lists the last ten posts that were once the most-liked post on Instagram, with the number of likes as they were when the top spot was reached.

  Current record
Account name Owner Post description Post Likes
(millions) 		Days held Date posted
(UTC)
@world_record_egg Chris Godfrey Photo of an egg [2] 18.3 969 January 4, 2019[1]
@kyliejenner Kylie Jenner First photo of her daughter [3] 12.7 341 February 6, 2018[12]
@beyonce Beyoncé Pregnancy announcement [4] 6.4 371 February 1, 2017[13]
@selenagomez Selena Gomez Coca-Cola advertisement [5] 3.6 204 June 25, 2016[14]
@justinbieber Justin Bieber Kiss with Selena Gomez [6] 3.5 69 March 19, 2016[15]
@kendalljenner Kendall Jenner Heart-shaped hairdo [7] 3.5 313 May 25, 2015[16]
@kimkardashian Kim Kardashian Wedding kiss with Kanye West [8] 1.9 393 May 27, 2014[17]
@justinbieber Justin Bieber Hug with Selena Gomez [9] 1.5 145 January 4, 2014[17]
@theellenshow Ellen DeGeneres Selfie with celebrities at Oscars [10] 1.1 307 March 3, 2014[18]
@justinbieber Justin Bieber Post with children [11] 0.06 — December 29, 2011[19]
As of 25 August 2021

See also[]

References[]

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