These are the 20 most-liked Instagram posts of all time, from a picture of an egg to photos of Kylie

• Instagram likes may disappear from the platform some day, but currently they're used to measure the popularity of photos across the platform.
• A picture of an egg gained the top spot in January, and now has more than 53 million likes, beating a past record set by Kylie Jenner. 
• Here are the 20 most-liked photos on Instagram, featuring content from the Kardashian-Jenner family and from soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.
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It was just nine months ago that a picture of an egg became Instagram's latest viral sensation.The photo of long, simple egg, was posted from the account @world_record_egg in January, and took just two weeks to become the most liked photo on the whole platform.

The egg picture is an anomaly among the most-liked Instagram posts, which are dominated by pictures of celebrities posing with their families, or making major life announcements to their millions of fans.

Here are the 20 most-liked Instagram photos of all time:

20. 12.2 million — Cristiano Ronaldo announcing he was leaving his longtime club team, Real Madrid, to join Juventus, in a record-setting deal valued at over $100 million.

Forza Juve! #FinoAllaFine

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Jul 16, 2018 at 11:34am PDTJul 16, 2018 at 11:34am PDT

19. 12.3 million — Actress Selena Gomez shared a simple selfie in April.

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez)Apr 5, 2019 at 12:24pm PDT

18. 12.5 million — Two weeks after a picture of an egg became the most-liked photo on Instagram, the same account posted another photo of an egg — this time, with a tiny crack in it.

A post shared by EGG GANG 🌍 (@world_record_egg)Jan 18, 2019 at 1:54pm PST

17. 12.7 million — In the first of six photos from Kylie Jenner's Instagram in the top 20, she shared a picture of her daughter, Stormi, dressed up as her for Halloween.

My baby!!!!!!!! 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 i cant handle this!!!!

A post shared by Kylie ✨ (@kyliejenner) on Oct 27, 2019 at 5:54pm PDTOct 27, 2019 at 5:54pm PDT

16. 12.8 million — Cristiano Ronaldo posing with his family for Christmas.

Feliz Natal! Merry Christmas!🎅🎄❤️

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Dec 24, 2018 at 10:54am PSTDec 24, 2018 at 10:54am PST

15. 12.8 million — Ariana Grande's photo of rapper and ex-boyfriend Mac Miller the day after he died in September 2018.

A post shared by Ariana Grande (@arianagrande)Sep 8, 2018 at 2:28pm PDT

14. 13 million — Kylie Jenner with her one-month-old daughter in March 2018. It was only the second photo ever Jenner had posted to Instagram of Stormi.

my angel baby is 1 month old today

A post shared by Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Mar 1, 2018 at 2:50pm PSTMar 1, 2018 at 2:50pm PST

13. 13.2 million — Actor Tom Holland posted a photo from a hike with fellow Marvel superhero, Robert Downey Jr., in August.

We did it Mr Stark!

A post shared by Tom Holland (@tomholland2013) on Aug 22, 2019 at 7:13pm PDTAug 22, 2019 at 7:13pm PDT

12. 13.3 million — Kylie Jenner, who has six photos in the top 20 list, shared a birthday post about her boyfriend, rapper Travis Scott, in April.

watching you evolve into the partner, friend, son, and father you are today has been so fulfilling ♥️ my real life bestie & hubby all wrapped into one. i love you and I’m so so proud of you. happy happy birthday 🎉🎁 let’s fuck around and have another baby. 🤪

A post shared by Kylie ✨ (@kyliejenner) on Apr 30, 2019 at 10:23am PDTApr 30, 2019 at 10:23am PDT

11. 13.4 million — Justin Bieber's photo with model Hailey Baldwin after the couple got engaged in 2018.

Was gonna wait a while to say anything but word travels fast, listen plain and simple Hailey I am soooo in love with everything about you! So committed to spending my life getting to know every single part of you loving you patiently and kindLY. I promise to lead our family with honor and integrity letting Jesus through his Holy Spirit guide us in everything we do and every decision we make. My heart is COMPLETELY and FULLY YOURS and I will ALWAYS put you first! You are the love of my life Hailey Baldwin and I wouldn’t want to spend it with anybody else. You make me so much better and we compliment eachother so well!! Can’t wait for the best season of life yet!. It’s funny because now with you everything seems to make sense! The thing I am most excited for is that my little brother and sister get to see another healthy stable marriage and look for the same!!! Gods timing really is literally perfect, we got engaged on the seventh day of the seventh month, the number seven is the number of spiritual perfection, it’s true GOOGLE IT! Isn’t that nuts? By the way I didn’t plan that, anyways My goodness does feel good to have our future secured! WERE GONNA BE BETTER AT 70 BABY HERE WE GO! “He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains FAVOR from the Lord!” This is the year of favor!!!!

A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Jul 9, 2018 at 3:14pm PDTJul 9, 2018 at 3:14pm PDT

10. 13.7 million — On the day of the release of "Avengers: End Game," Kylie Jenner shared a picture with her boyfriend and daughter, with all three of them decked out in Avengers superhero costumes.

happy end game everyone

A post shared by Kylie ✨ (@kyliejenner) on Apr 25, 2019 at 9:50pm PDTApr 25, 2019 at 9:50pm PDT

9. 14 million — Kylie Jenner teased a photo from a Playboy Magazine photo shoot, in which she poses nude alongside boyfriend Travis Scott.

When Houston meets LA .. 💛 @playboy #ComingSoon

A post shared by Kylie ✨ (@kyliejenner) on Sep 10, 2019 at 7:00am PDTSep 10, 2019 at 7:00am PDT

8. 14.5 million — A picture of Selena Gomez from July in Italy, riding a gondola through one of the country's picturesque canals.

Me, Italy -trying desperately to look like a Fellini film

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Jul 26, 2019 at 12:00pm PDTJul 26, 2019 at 12:00pm PDT

7. 14.5 million — In her third photo on this list, Selena Gomez posed with her friends on the beach ahead of one of them getting married.

My best friend is getting married, so we celebrated her! Future Mrs. Lopez

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Feb 11, 2019 at 7:28pm PSTFeb 11, 2019 at 7:28pm PST

6. 14.7 million — Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson shared this picture from his Hawaiian wedding to his longtime girlfriend, Lauren Hashian.

We do. August 18th, 2019. Hawaii. Pōmaikaʻi (blessed) @laurenhashianofficial❤️ @hhgarcia41📸

A post shared by therock (@therock) on Aug 19, 2019 at 3:27am PDTAug 19, 2019 at 3:27am PDT

5. 15 million — Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram in September, and her first picture — this selfie with her "Friends" costars — got a lot of attention.

And now we’re Instagram FRIENDS too. HI INSTAGRAM 👋🏻

A post shared by Jennifer Aniston (@jenniferaniston) on Oct 15, 2019 at 6:03am PDTOct 15, 2019 at 6:03am PDT

4. 15.7 million — An environmentally friendly clothing brand called tentree pledged to plant thousands of trees based on how many likes the photo accrued. The company later said it would be planting 500,000 trees in Indonesia as a result of all the Instagram likes.

The World’s Most Sustainable Post ♻️ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 5m likes - 500k trees ✔️ 20m likes - 1m trees ⏳ 50m likes - 🔒 100m likes - 🔒 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Join our mission to make the most sustainable post on the planet. Thank you to the millions of people who have lifted their fingers to start a movement to plant more trees. Together, we will be planting 500,000 trees in Indonesia as a result of you liking this post. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ But we're not stopping here. As the number of likes on this post grows, we will unlock a new level of sustainability and plant even more trees around the world! 🌲🌎 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

A post shared by tentree (@tentree) on Apr 22, 2019 at 5:01am PDTApr 22, 2019 at 5:01am PDT

3. 17.4 million — XXXTentacion's last post to Instagram in May 2018 before the rapper died the following month.

LOVE IS WAR

A post shared by MAKE OUT HILL (@xxxtentacion) on May 19, 2018 at 4:06pm PDTMay 19, 2018 at 4:06pm PDT

2. 18.7 million — Kylie Jenner, who has seven photos in the top 20 most-liked, sharing her first photo to Instagram of her daughter, Stormi, in February 2018.

stormi webster 👼🏽

A post shared by Kylie (@kyliejenner) on Feb 6, 2018 at 1:14pm PSTFeb 6, 2018 at 1:14pm PST

1. 53.9 million — A completely ordinary egg, posted to Instagram in January 2019.

Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! We got this 🙌 #LikeTheEgg #EggSoldiers #EggGang

A post shared by EGG GANG 🌍 (@world_record_egg) on Jan 4, 2019 at 9:05am PSTJan 4, 2019 at 9:05am PST

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