An egg has overtaken Kylie Jenner as most-liked Instagram post ever

Andrew J Wood

• A picture of an egg has become the most-liked post in Instagram history.

• The record had previously been held by reality TV star Kylie Jenner.

A photograph of an egg has become the most-liked post ever on Instagram with an astonishing 54.9m likes.

The picture – from account @world_record_egg – currently has almost 55 million likes, smashing Jenner’s record announcing the birth of her daughter Stormi last year. “Let’s set a world record together and get the most like post on Instagram,” the post read. Beating current world record held by Kylie Jenner threefold (18 million).

The record-breaking picture was posted on the account which has 2.5 million followers.

In response to becoming the new record holder, the holders of the account posted an Instagram story thanking those who liked the post.

Jenner responded to losing her record with a post on Instagram, in which she cracked an egg onto a hot road.