2017 MOST LIKED Instagram posts revealed

Beyoncé, Cristiano Ronaldo Selena Gomez? No doubt, they are among the most popular celebrities of our time and sure deserved the kind of social media attention they receive worldwide. And to think of it, two of them both had babies in the same year and sent social media into meltdown with their pictures.

Last year, there were just two celebrities who featured on the list. Selena Gomez who received a massive 8 out of 10 spots in the top ten, and also claimed the number one spot with her Coca-Cola ad while the only other spots on the list were taken by Cristiano Ronaldo, who placed at number 6 and number 9.

But the results for this year are out and it looks like babies have won Instagram this year.

The top five most-liked Instagram posts of 2017 are out, and - apart from all belonging to celebrities - most of them share a common theme.

The list, which is comprised of posts from Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, and Cristiano Ronaldo only, centres around babies and pregnancy, showing that Instagram’s 600 million or so users have a maternal side.

Coming in first, Beyoncé’s Instagram post announcing her pregnancy with twins received a whopping 11,180,238 likes and broke the record for the most-liked Instagram post ever.

Receiving 8m likes in the first 24 hours, it is no wonder the now-iconic pregnancy announcement topped the list.

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 post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Feb 1, 2017 at 10:39am PST

However, Cristiano Ronaldo proved the birth of his newborn baby girl was just as special with a picture of himself and his girlfriend holding their infant daughter in the hospital.

Featuring a smiling Ronaldo and his radiant girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, the post racked up 11,028,821 likes, coming just 151,417 likes shy of beating Beyoncé’s record.

A Alana Martina acaba de nascer! Tanto a Geo como a Alana estão muito bem! Estamos todos muito felizes! ❤️

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Nov 12, 2017 at 12:19pm PST

Third on the list - and the only post to make the top five without featuring babies - is Selena Gomez’s brave post chronicling her kidney transplant and thanking her best friend for donated her kidney, which received 10,312,736 likes.

I’m very aware some of my fans had noticed I was laying low for part of the summer and questioning why I wasn’t promoting my new music, which I was extremely proud of. So I found out I needed to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and was recovering. It was what I needed to do for my overall health. I honestly look forward to sharing with you, soon my journey through these past several months as I have always wanted to do with you. Until then I want to publicly thank my family and incredible team of doctors for everything they have done for me prior to and post-surgery. And finally, there aren’t words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa. She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis. Lupus continues to be very misunderstood but progress is being made. For more information regarding Lupus please go to the Lupus Research Alliance website: www.lupusresearch.org/ -by grace through faith

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Sep 14, 2017 at 3:07am PDT

While receiving 10m likes is no small feat, it is actually somewhat surprisingly low considering Selena Gomez is the most followed person on Instagram. With over 130m followers, you’d think she would have received a few million more likes for her heartfelt post.

Coming in at number four is, unsurprisingly, Beyoncé again, this time holding her newborn twins, Sir Carter and Rumi. Celebrating their one month on Earth, the picture received 10,271,791 likes.

Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today. 🙏🏽❤️👨🏽👩🏽👧🏽👶🏾👶🏾

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Jul 13, 2017 at 10:10pm PDT

At just a month old the tiny babies received more birthday wishes than most people will in their entire lives.

And the fifth most-liked Instagram post of 2017 belonged, again, to Cristiano Ronaldo - this time for his twins, Mateo and Eva. The soccer star and his twins received 8,258,154 likes and proved that Instagram has a thing for twins.

So happy to be able to hold the two new loves of my life 🙏❤

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Jun 29, 2017 at 10:09am PDT