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What a ride it has been for soccer great Lionel Messi. He won the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, his first with his national team. Messi also ended up winning the Golden Ball for the Best Player Award. He was truly amazing in the competition for his national team and deserved to lift the trophy. However, not just in soccer, Messi has been breaking records here and there and has been in the Guinness Book of World Records as well. Now, his Instagram post broke the record for most likes on the platform.
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Lionel Messi is among the most followed stars on social media. Just a day back, he managed to cross the 400 million followers mark, only behind Cristiano Ronaldo among sportspersons. Now, he managed to break the world record of most likes on an Instagram post. It was formerly held by an ‘EGG’.
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Instagram profile @world_record_egg held the record for most likes on the platform. It days for the account to beat the record of Kylie Jenner’s post of Stormi. Now Messi holds the record as his numbers continue to grow.
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It took Messi less than 48 hours to break the record, which is massive on its own. The news of the record sent shockwaves around the world.
Fans react to the new Instagram record held by Lionel Messi
Following are some of the reactions to the news:
And Cardi B could never do what Messi did
— Ameya Manvikar (@AmeyaOP) December 20, 2022
— M 🍓 (@godjihyopark) December 20, 2022
— Danny (@danni4pf) December 20, 2022
Notice how Taylor does NOT have this achievement 🤣🤣🤣
— Mariah Perry (@mariah2perry) December 20, 2022
Messi dethroned Kylie Jenner as the second most followed person on instagram behind C Ronaldo. Thanks to his World Cup win. He was fighting for the spot with Kylie for so long.
— T A A N (@whoisakum) December 20, 2022
messi fc beefing with an egg is literally twitter peak man😭😭
— azor_ahai (@s_jawairiarizvi) December 20, 2022
messi cooked that egg on ig
— Lukman obanla opeyemi (@doytphat) December 20, 2022
Imagine being so good you win the World Cup and start doing side missions like this. https://t.co/97FE0SqpjH
— Weffrey Jellington (@jeffwellz) December 20, 2022
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We gonna break every record next we coming for Ronaldo's career goals we are only 20 goals behind in 141 lesser games https://t.co/rJf61RzQaZ
— Batman 🇦🇷🦇 (@CHITO_FCB) December 20, 2022
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Messi has a massive fanbase around the world. The new Instagram record shows how famous he is. But he wouldn’t be expecting such a response from his fans, who made the record possible for him. Another one for the record books.
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