Beyonce’s pregnancy announcement is the most-liked Instagram post of all time

Beyonce made the surprise announcement that she was pregnant with twins, via a Renaissance art-esque Instagram post. Unsurprisingly, the post rode the wave of internet excitement for hours, and now, with around 6,308,000 likes and climbing rapidly, it has become the most-liked post on Instagram to date.

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We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. – The Carters

A photo posted by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Feb 1, 2017 at 10:39am PST

Beyoncé, with around 92.8 million followers, beats previous record-holder Selena Gomez, whose 2016 sponsored post of her slurping down a Coke garnered more than 6,305,000 likes. Gomez, with 108 million followers, still has the most popular account on Instagram.

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