Most liked picture on Instagram

Lionel Messi's Argentina world champions post has become the most liked picture in the history of Instagram - overtaking an image of an egg.

Messi accompanied the post with a caption that read: 'WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!!!!! We demonstrate once again that Argentines when we fight together and united we are capable of achieving what we set out to do. [Sunday's World Cup final](/sport/football/article-11551797/World-Cup-Lionel-Messi-guides-Argentina-victory-France-thrilling-final.html) has now raced past it. Lionel Messi's picture of him lifting the World Cup trophy has become the most-liked Instagram image of all-time - overtaking an image of an egg Ronaldo got 32.6 million likes in October 2021 for the announcement that his partner Georgina Rodriguez was pregnant, while Messi's post of his advert with Ronaldo got 32.2 million likes. It surpassed Ronaldo's post from last month - an advert for Louis Vuitton ahead of the World Cup in which The Portuguese star leads the way in terms of followers with Messi a clear distance behind in second - the two are the only athletes inside the top 10. [Lionel Messi](/sport/lionelmessi/index.html)'s Argentina world champions post has become the most liked picture in the history of Instagram - overtaking an image of an egg. [In the aftermath of Argentina's thrilling penalty shootout win over France](/sport/football/article-11551797/World-Cup-Lionel-Messi-guides-Argentina-victory-France-thrilling-final.html), the PSG star took to Instagram to post 10 pictures of the celebrations in Qatar. That post got 56.1million likes but Messi's image of him lifting aloft the World Cup after Argentina beat France in - The 2019 post of an egg by Chris Godfrey aimed to rack up the most likes - It surged past the previous record of 56.1 million 'likes' set by an image of an egg

The photo of an egg became the most-liked photo on Instagram with 56 million likes when it was posted on January 4, 2019.

The Instagram account called world_record_egg has only ever posted that one photo and it has more than 4.7 million followers. The merit belongs to this group, which is above individualities, it is the strength of all fighting for the same dream that was also the dream of all Argentines… Messi’s Instagram post after lifting the World Cup in Qatar where he thanked his teammates has now become the most-liked post in the history of Instagram, beating the record of a photo of an egg that was posted in January 2019.

The Argentine footballer has picked up more than 57 million likes for his collection of photos.

- 5 - most appearances in World Cup tournaments by a male player - 19 - most World Cup appearances as captain - 11 - most World Cup Man of the Match awards

In the Argentinian's record-breaking post, the football legend is seen embracing his win, smiling in glory, as he lifts the trophy above his head.

We did it!!!" The caption read: "CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!!!!!! We prove once again that Argentinians when we fight together and united we are able to achieve what we aim." In Messi's record-breaking post, the football legend is seen embracing his win, smiling in glory, as he lifts the trophy above his head. In the Argentinian's record-breaking post, the football legend is seen embracing his win, smiling in glory, as he lifts the trophy above his head. "The merit is of this group, which is above individuals, is the strength of all fighting for the same dream that was also the one of all Argentinians...