Lionel Messi, the legendary footballer and the best football player of the 21st century, finally managed to win a World Cup for his country. But he also managed to secure another record on the Internet. His World Cup celebration post on Instagram has now become the most-liked post on the platform. This post has more than 68.3 million likes.
Lionel Messi scored seven goals and three assists to win the Golden Ball award. He is the only player to win this award twice.
The previous most-liked post was a stock photo of an egg that clocked over 57.3 million likes and became the most-liked post on Instagram back in 2019. The third most-liked post on Instagram is also by Lionel Messi. His photo in bed with FIFA World Cup Trophy currently has 46.4 million likes.
With 404 million followers, Messi is also the second most-followed person on Instagram and has the third most-followed Instagram account. Instagram’s own official account is the most followed account and Cristiano Ronaldo has the second most followed account with 520 million followers.
