The World Cup final triggered the most traffic in the history of Google and has Messi set for a pair of social media milestones.
It was liked by 48 million people in the first 20 hours, passing the post with the second-most likes, which was a photo of Ronaldo and Messi in a Louis Vuitton ad last month of the duo [playing chess](https://www.instagram.com/p/ClJqW1ZtmIl/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link). Ronaldo’s post of the image was liked 42 million times, while the same [image](https://www.instagram.com/p/ClJqVDBtRsq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link) from Messi had 32 million likes, fifth-most all time for the platform. Sponsors pay Messi more than $50 million a year to align themselves with the superstar, and part of the allure is the massive following he has on social media. Messi added five million followers on Sunday, and 20 million over the past 30 days, according to Social Blade, a social media analytics platform. The game captured the attention of the world on TV and online. [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.sportico.com/t/cristiano-ronaldo/), who has 518 million followers.
After winning the World Cup, Lionel Messi is set to become the GOAT of Instagram by overtaking @world_record_egg for the platform's most-liked post.
Perhaps Ronaldo can still take solace in the fact that he has comfortably more followers (519m) on Instagram than Messi (402m). Messi is locked in battle with -- and you'll like this -- a photograph of an egg in the race to become the subject of Instagram's most-liked post ever. Messi's World Cup post had around 51 million likes on Tuesday morning after the egg -- perhaps aided by an influx of likes from Ronaldo fans -- surged to the 55m mark. However, the lead has been swapped back and forth as some Insta users have mobilised in a bid to prevent Messi from beating the egg -- so to speak. The photo was first uploaded almost four years ago in a bid to beat the then-world record (18 million likes) set by Kylie Jenner. And no, we're not talking about his era-defining soccer rivalry with [Cristiano Ronaldo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/22774/Cristiano-Ronaldo).
Lionel Messi's Instagram post celebrating his World Cup win has become the most liked post on Instagram. Messi, who captained the Argentina team to victory ...
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... The decision has been made. “Thank you very much to my family, to all who support me and also to all who believed in us.
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
The photos posted by Lionel Messi of him and his teammates after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina attracted 10 million likes within the first ...
Notably, Messi has around 8 Instagram posts that have been liked the most by Instagram users and have made it to the list of top 20 most-liked Instagram posts. ” Kylie Jenner also reacted on Instagram with a video of herself cracking an egg open and captioning it, “Take that little egg.” The original photographer of the egg was taken aback by the photo’s popularity, remarking, “Egg is just an egg.” 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… However, the photos posted by Lionel Messi of him and his teammates after winning the 2022 FIFA World Cup with Argentina attracted 58.9 million likes thus far, surpassing the world record egg. Serghei Platanov took the shot of that egg, which he subsequently uploaded to Shutterstock on June 23, 2015, with the The post has created a new world record surpassing the earlier most-liked picture on Instagram featuring an unbroken egg.
Argentina captain's post saw him holding the World Cup trophy he worked so hard to win.
The image was uploaded on January 4, 2019, purely to break the record, with the caption: “Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! It is the strength of all fighting for the same dream that was also the dream of all Argentines... [The famous footballer shared his joy](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/lionel-messi-instagram-argentina-world-cup-2022-b1048056.html) on his Instagram, with a post of him and the gold World Cup trophy, with the caption: “CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!!!!!!” [World Cup](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup) final that saw [Argentina](/topic/argentina) and France go head-to-head came to an end with Argentina taking home the trophy. “The merit belongs to this group, which is above individuals.
Lionel Messi now has the most-liked Instagram post of all time, Guinness World Records confirmed Tuesday morning, with a series of photos celebrating ...
Messi, who is 35, previously said the final would be his last match as part of the Argentine national team. The most-liked Instagram post isn’t the only world record Messi broke during the tournament, Guinness said. Messi, considered to be one of the greatest soccer players of all time, finally won his first World Cup title Sunday after a nearly two-decade professional career. With the final, Messi also became the soccer player with the most FIFA World Cup matches player (26), the most matches as a team captain (19), most Man of the Match awards at the World Cup (11) and most tournament appearances (five) and became the first player to make an assist at five different World Cup tournaments. [@world_record_egg](https://www.instagram.com/world_record_egg/) whose photograph of a single egg has received 57 million likes since a 2019 campaign to make it the most-liked post on the platform [went viral](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/style/egg-instagram-most-liked.html). [post](https://www.instagram.com/leomessi/?hl=en) features photos of Messi and his teammates on the Argentine National Team celebrating their [World Cup championship](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2022/12/18/world-cup-final-live-argentina-and-lionel-messi-beats-france-in-penalty-kicks-after-thrilling-game/) after defeating France in a penalty shootout on Sunday.
Move over, egg. Argentina forward Lionel Messi's post celebrating Argentina's World Cup win became the most-liked post in Instagram history overnight on ...
That record was held by Cristiano Ronaldo, in a post featuring the Portugal forward playing chess with Messi in a promotional spot for Louis Vuitton. [broken](https://www.si.com/extra-mustard/2022/12/19/lionel-messi-argentina-world-cup-victory-post-instagram-like-record) the record for the most-liked sports-related post in history. [Argentina](https://www.si.com/soccer/team/argentina-men) forward Lionel Messi's post celebrating Argentina's World Cup win became the most-liked post in Instagram history overnight on Tuesday, breaking a nearly four-year-old record held by [a photo of an egg](https://www.instagram.com/p/BsOGulcndj-/?hl=en).
LUSAIL CITY, QATAR - DECEMBER 18: Lionel Messi of Argentina celebrates victory with the trophy after the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final match between ...
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