Messi\u2019s viral Instagram post overtakes Bella Poarch\u2019s most-liked TikTok Instagram: bellapoarch, leomessiFootball star Lionel Messi\u2019s viral Instagram post from the 2022 FIFA World Cup has become the most liked social media post of all time, even surpassing Bella Poarch\u2019s famous \u2018M to the B\u2019 TikTok. Argentina took home the victory at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, marking a long-awaited comeback since the country\u2019s last World Cup win in 1986. Lionel Messi, the star of the show, posted a celebratory photo to Instagram to commemorate the occasion, showing himself lifting up the coveted trophy for the camera lens. The post also contained several other photos from the iconic moment, including a heartfelt statement on taking home the trophy for Argentina after such a long time. According to reports, the post racked up over 43 million likes in 24 hours\u2019 time \u2014 and now, it has become the world\u2019s most-liked social media post ever. At the time of writing, Messi\u2019s photo has accrued over 64.3 million likes, beating out Instagram\u2019s previously viral \u2018world record egg\u2019 pic and numerous other posts about his own chess match against Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi\u2019s Instagram photo becomes most-liked social media post of all time It has even beaten out every single other post on any other social platform, including a record-breaking post made by Bella Poarch in 2020. Poarch, a TikTok star and music artist, first broke onto the online scene with her viral clip lip syncing to the song \u2018M to the B.\u2019 Her simple head-bopping moves and facial expressions saw the short video garner over 60 million likes. In comparison, Twitter\u2019s most-liked post is a Tweet announcing the tragic passing of actor Chadwick Boseman in 2020, which has over 7 million likes. Messi\u2019s World Cup photos have also surpassed YouTube\u2019s most-liked video, the Despacito music video, which currently holds over 50 million likes. Poarch\u2019s clip still ranks as TikTok\u2019s most-liked post of all time \u2014 but it looks like Messi\u2019s Instagram post has beaten it out by over four million likes. Thus far, Poarch hasn\u2019t yet responded to her hugely viral clip being overtaken by one of football\u2019s biggest stars\u2026 but it\u2019s clear that Argentina\u2019s win has captured the hearts and minds of fans all across the globe in a huge way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Messi\u2019s viral Instagram post overtakes Bella Poarch\u2019s most-liked TikTok Instagram: bellapoarch, leomessiFootball star Lionel Messi\u2019s viral Instagram post from the 2022 FIFA World Cup has become the most liked social media post of all time, even surpassing Bella Poarch\u2019s famous \u2018M to the B\u2019 TikTok. Argentina took home the victory at the 2022 FIFA World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}