A series of photos celebrating Argentina's World Cup win posted by Lionel Messi has reached 61 million likes and counting, making him the most-liked post on the social media platform.

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Lionel Messi of Argentina received the winner's trophy after the final of the World Cup.

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The post features photos of Messi and his teammates on the Argentine National Team celebrating their World Cup victory.

Within a day of Messi putting up the photos, the post surpassed the previous recordholder, an account called @world_record_egg whose photograph of a single egg has received 57 million likes since a 2019! campaign to make it the most-liked post on the platform went viral

According to Social Blade, Messi has gained 25.8 million followers on his social media accounts in the past 30 days.

Messi became the second most-followed user on the platform after becoming the most-followed user on the platform.

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During the tournament, Messi set a number of world records, according to Guinness.

Even though Messi has the most-liked post of all time, his rival on the pitch is still the most-followed user on the platform with over 500 million followers.

Key Background

Messi, considered to be one of the greatest soccer players of all time, finally won his first World Cup title on Sunday. Messi said the final would be his last match for Argentina. He said it was emotional to play his last game in the World Cup.

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