Messi fans are determined to win the throne on social networks
The first World Cup championship brought Messi a lot of fame.
Very quickly, the image of Messi lifting the 2022 World Cup gold trophy broke the record for the most liked post on Instagram.
Previously, the long-time unique position belonged to world_record_egg.
Messi’s photo has officially beaten the egg in terms of likes
Beating Instagram’s record photo, of course Messi also surpasses his great rival Ronaldo.
Currently, Messi’s number of followers also increased sharply after winning the 2022 World Cup. Before the tournament, he had about 375 million followers.
Why is the egg photo so famous?
When it comes to photos with millions of `likes` on social networks, many people will immediately think of photos of the world’s top famous stars.
As mentioned, the photo of an egg was posted by an Instagram account named word_record_egg, with the title: `Let’s set a world record for the post with the most likes on Instagram.
The egg photo received a huge number of likes in just a few days and by 2022, it had 56 million likes.
True to the above message, the online community has come to support this account.
After being stripped of the throne for the most `liked` image on Instagram, model Kylie Jenner also had a humorous way to react, when she posted a short video with a message.
In fact, the world_record_egg account was created as a joke and a way to test the reaction of the online community when joining hands to do something to set a world record.
Model Kylie Jenner posted a video responding to the egg
To date, world_record_egg has 5.7 million followers – a number that many KOLs dream of.
In the following posts, the owner of the world_record_egg account decides to break the egg (named Eugene).
Revealing the `final boss`
Not long after, a marketing company revealed that the above cooperation was worth 10 million USD, bringing a huge amount of money to the still anonymous account owner.
When asked why he used a simple photo of an egg, Godfrey said: `Millions of people worldwide can recognize it as an egg, regardless of age. It has no race.`
However, behind this humorous statement is an extremely meaningful message.
The egg has broken!
Accordingly, a program was streamed live on Hulu.
As it turns out, Eugene did something meaningful to raise awareness about mental health.
As the Egg Gang continued to expand, Godfrey asked two friends to manage the account and answer questions.
Portrait of Chris Godfrey and his `brainchild`.
Some time later, an Egg Gang store was established.
In 2019, Godfrey was honored by Time magazine as one of the 25 most influential people on the Internet along with famous figures such as Donald Trump and singer Cardi B.