Argentine star Lionel Messi broke the record of likes on Instagram with his photo of lifting the World Cup. The record belonged to an egg for years.
The 2022 World Cup ended with the historic final between France and Argentina. While Argentina was the country that lifted the trophy, the star of the football world and, according to some, the best of all time. Lionel Messi achieved the last success he could achieve.
Of course, with this success, Messi started to run to new records. The photo of Messi, showing the moments when he lifted the World Cup, became the most liked photo on Instagram. The record holder of the years “world record egg” was replaced by Messi.
Messi’s record-breaking post on Instagram:
Messi’s post, as of now 56 million likes reached. The sharing also surpassed the egg photo, which has been holding the record for years with this number of likes. But this transition was not an easy one.
Those who didn’t want Messi to achieve the record turned to the egg photo:
The parties, who did not want Messi’s photo to break a record on Instagram, officially attacked the previous record-breaking egg photo. Egg photo, very soon tens of thousands of new likes but he could not prevent him from losing this record.