Earlier this year, Portuguese soccer player Christiano Ronaldo dethroned Selena Gomez as the most followed person on Instagram, reaching 148 million followers.

 

So who came out on top of the gram? Below are the 10 most-liked Instagram photos of 2018.

 

 

10. SELENA GOMEZ during her kidney transplant surgery.

Likes: 10,713,153

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZBHr4Pg5Wd/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

9. CHRISTIANO RONALDO post a super cute family vacation photo with his eldest son and girlfriend.

Likes: 11,321,302

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBucrjlXdV/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

8. BEYONCE announces her pregnancy, telling the world she and husband JAY-Z were expecting twins.

According to Popcrush, “This is the oldest post on the list and still in the top 10, showing just how much impact Bey’s had on the platform for a while.”

Likes: 11,225,110

https://www.instagram.com/p/BP-rXUGBPJa/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

7. CHRISTIANO RONALDO announces the birth of his baby girl, Alana Martina with girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez.  Alana is Christiano’s fourth child – he also has twins named Mateo and Ava Maria and his eldest son Christiano Jr.

Likes: 11,467,494

https://www.instagram.com/p/BbaImIfFr0h/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

6. CHRISTIANO RONALDO signs with a professional Italian soccer club by the name of Juventus F.C.  This is Christiano’s most-liked photo, racking in close to 13 million likes.

Likes: 12,284,522

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlTYHvXFrvm/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

5. XXXTENTACION‘s first ever and only post on Instagram.  Exactly a month prior to his death, XXXTentacion posted this photo using the caption, ‘LOVE IS WAR’ and his album SKINS album drops this month.

Likes: 12,748,481

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bi-hISIghYe/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

4. ARIANA GRANDE‘s tribute to her ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller.  Mac passed away Sept. 7 and fans were curious if Ariana would post anything about her late ex-boyfriend.  Following the posting of this picture, it quickly became one of the most-liked photos on Instagram

Likes: 12,830,880

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bneu_dCHVdn/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

3. JUSTIN BIEBER announced his engagement to Hailey Baldwin (now Bieber).  Along with the photo, Justin captioned the photo with a super sweet message saying, “You are the love of my life Hailey Baldwin and I wouldn’t want to spend it with anybody else.”

Likes: 13,337,645

https://www.instagram.com/p/BlBvw2_jBKp/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

2. KYLIE JENNER‘s baby girl Stormi turned 1 month on February 1 and this was the second time Kylie showed fans Stormi.  The photo instantly racked in the likes, officially making it the second most liked celebrity post on the gram.

Likes: 13,067,612

https://www.instagram.com/p/BfzEfy-lK1N/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

 

1. KYLIE JENNER announced the birth of her daughter, Stormi.  Kylie was super secretive when it came to her pregnancy, stayed out of the spotlight and five days after her birth, Kylie and Travis Scott announced the birth to the world.  The photo has over 18 million likes and close to 2 million comments.

Likes: 18,038,726

https://www.instagram.com/p/Be3rTNplCHf/?utm_source=ig_embed

 

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