So many things happen in the world which surprises us each day. While there are plenty of miracles that keep happening, one of the interesting news, which popped recently, is that the picture of an egg received almost 38 million likes on Instagram. People are confused on hearing the news, wondering how this happened and is it really just an egg etc. Many questions are still popping up arousing curiosity. So what exactly happened here? How did this egg like record Instagram even occur in the first place? Picture Of An Egg Becomes The Most-Liked Pic In Instagram.
The details
To understand this record, you should know that the picture of an egg over Kylie Jenner as the holder of the most-liked Instagram picture. The picture of a simple egg took away the title from Kylie Jenner, who was otherwise set to win the title. It all started when the picture was posted on Instagram on the fourth of January. The primary reason for uploading the picture seemed to be breaking the record of Kylie Jenner. By the time of Sunday evening, the picture almost received 24 million likes. This was way higher that Kylie Jenner’s record of 18 million likes.
So how did this happen?
The picture of the egg was posted from the account @world_record_egg. Now this record holds around 25 million likes. This record beats Kylie Jenner’s post of announcing her daughter’s birth. The picture of the egg was posted with the title “Let’s set a world record together and get the most like post on Instagram”. Following this, the purpose of the post was also mentioned. It went on as “Beating current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million). We got this!”
Who is behind all this?
The user named as Egg Gang was behind this attempt. While this seemed to have reached a quick success rate and has started trending, there were several other accounts which have tried similar attempts on a massive scale. There were attempts in Twitter where the popularity of Trump was aimed to be hit. There were also attempts by random groups to gain popularity on a short scale. The owner of the account even thanked the followers to have helped them make the attempt a successful one.
How did Kylie Jenner react?
While the post’s owner Egg Gang was all on cloud nine posting “This is madness. What a Time to be alive”, it did not go well with Kylie Jenner. To respond to the post Kylie posted a video where she was seen cracking an egg on the ground. The video had the caption “Take that little egg.”
Whereas the Egg Gang added to say that “It doesn’t end here though, we’re only just getting started”.
The Timeline
The picture of the egg was posted on January 4th. The account in which the picture was posted had 2.5 million followers. By January 13th which was almost ten days after the post was live, it achieved a tie by reaching 18 million likes. It went on to reach almost 25 million likes overtaking Kylie Jenner’s post on her daughter Stormi.
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