Leo Messi He not only won the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the Ballon d’Or of the tournament with Argentina. Also a photo published by him on Instagram became the most liked in history, dethroning… to an egg
Yes, Leo Messi defeated an egg with the most liked photo in the history of Instagram.
Until mark zuckerberg congratulated the Argentine star for his achievement on the social network. The head of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, published on his account:
“Leo Messi’s post with the World Cup is now the most liked in Instagram history. WhatsApp also reached a record of 25 million messages per second during the final.
The photo of Messi, published after the final in which Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties (3-3), It already has 69 million likes.
But where did the photo of the egg that now came in second place come from?
The story of the egg defeated by Leo Messi on Instagram
According to The Washington Post Y BuzzFeed, an anonymous account set out to defeat Kylie Jenner, author of the most popular photo of 2018 with 18 million likes, an image of her and her daughter.
The person recounted: “I was sitting at home reading an article about the top 20 Instagram posts of 2018.”
“I thought it would be an interesting experiment to try to break the record with something as basic as possible. Which led me to decide on the egg.”
“I guess it’s also a comment on celebrity culture and how fragile and easy to break.”
in eight days, the egg exceeded 18 million likes from Kylie Jenner and her daughter.
The photo of the egg reached 56 million likes in the week of the World Cup final in Qatar 2022. Last Monday, Messi uploaded his photo with the World Cup: For this Wednesday it already has 69 million likes.
Ah, but the fans of the egg were not left behind, and began to look for more likes to avoid being defeated by Messi. How many do you have this Wednesday? 57.8 million.
Another record for Leo Messi.