Instagram egg
The Instagram egg is a picture of an egg posted by the account @world_record_egg on the social media platform Instagram. It became a global phenomenon and an internet meme within days of its creation. It held the world record for both the most-liked Instagram post[1][2] and most liked online post on any website in history until December 2022.[upper-alpha 1]
The owner of the account was revealed to be Chris Godfrey, a British advertising creative, who later worked with his two friends Alissa Khan-Whelan and CJ Brown on a Hulu commercial featuring the egg, intended to raise mental health awareness.[4][5][6]
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References
- ↑ Tasimone, Ashley (14 January 2019). "An Egg Dethrones Kylie Jenner & Travis Scott's Baby for Most Liked Instagram Photo Ever". Billboard. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8493277/egg-kylie-jenner-stormi-most-liked-instagram-photo-record. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ Thorne, Dan (14 January 2019). "Egg photo breaks Kylie Jenner's record for most liked image on Instagram". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ↑ News Desk (14 January 2019). "'Egg' becomes most-liked Instagram post". Globalvillagespace.com. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ↑ Bromwich, Jonah Engel; Maheshwari, Sapna (3 February 2019). "Meet the Creator of the Egg That Broke Instagram" (in en-US). The New York Times. . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/03/style/world-record-egg-instagram.html. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ Murdoch, Morgan Sung and Cassie (3 February 2019). "The person behind the World Record Egg has been revealed". Mashable. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ↑ Specter, Francesca (4 February 2019). Lifestyle: Instagram egg that beat Kylie Jenner's 'most liked' record revealed as mental health ad. Yahoo Style UK. https://www.yahoo.com/style/instagram-egg-beat-kylie-jenner-record-revealed-mental-health-ad-102411319.html. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
