Messi Breaks World Record for ‘Most-Liked Instagram Photo’

Legendary footballer, Lionel Messi, no longer has any soccer competitions left to win after the FIFA World Cup 2022 and is now smashing other social media records as well. He has just broken the record for the most-liked Instagram post, with more than 68,530, 310 likes..

However, this isn’t the only record that the picture of Messi has broken. It’s also the most-like post across all social media platforms, surpassing The Egg’s world record, which was 57 million likes.

Mark Zuckerberg also acknowledged Messi’s record and revealed another of his own: Whatsapp set a record for “25 million messages per second” during the World Cup Final.

That’s the power of global events and the internet for you!