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The most liked Instagram posts of all time: From Kylie Jenner's daughter to Jennifer Aniston's Friends selfie and a record-breaking egg

Ah, the Internet - where a plain photo of an egg can go viral and a celebrity can have a following larger than a European country.

On Instagram, a poster can rack up millions of likes celebrating momentous, life-changing events - newborns, engagements, weddings or pregnancies - or just a nice holiday snap.

But which photos have earned the most likes? Here are Instagram's top 10 most liked photos of all time, in order of the most recent.

Jennifer Aniston's photo of her Friends co-stars - October 15 2019, 15.7m likes

In much the same way as Ellen DeGeneres' record-breaking Twitter photo became an overnight sensation, so too did Jennifer Aniston's photo of her with her co-stars from Friends.

Aniston was new to the 'Gram when she first posted the photo, having only joined earlier that month, but she soon broke a world record when she became the fastest person to reach one million followers, which only took five hours and 16 minutes.

The actress then soon joined the list of the most liked photos ever on October 15 when she posted a photo of her along with Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer along with the caption "And now we’re Instagram FRIENDS too. HI INSTAGRAM." To date, the post has nearly 15,700,000 likes.

Kylie Jenner with Travis Scott - September 10 2019, 14m likes

This risque photo posted on Jenner's account in September 2019 predictably picked up traction online, soon earning million of likes. To date, it has just over 14 million.

Taken before they broke up, the photo shows an apparently naked Jenner being cradled in the arms of a topless Scott in what looks like an orchard under sunny skies.

Part of a cover shoot for Playboy, the post was published with the caption: "When Housten meets L.A", along with a heart emoji. The shoot was for Playboy's autumn 2019 'Pleasure Issue' magazine.

A photo of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's wedding - August 19 2019, 14.7m likes

Johnson married his longtime girlfriend Lauren Hashian in Hawaii last year, and took to Instagram to celebrate the moment where he shared two stunning snaps of their nuptuals.

Simply writing "We do. August 18, 20 August 18th, 2019. Hawaii. Pōmaikaʻi (blessed)," Johnson's post was inundated with messages of congratulations and likes, and the post has 14,671,361 likes at the time of writing.

Set amongst a gorgous Hawaiin backdrop, both photos show the newleyweds celebrating their recent nuptuals, one of which shows them laughing into the camer and the other a picture of them sharing a romantic kiss.

Selena Gomez's photo in Florence - July 26 2019,14.5m likes

The superstar took to Instagram to mark her time in the stunning Italian city, sharing this gorgeous photo of herself on what appears to be a boat or a gondola on a canal.

Accompanied with the caption: "Me, Italy trying desperately to look like a Fellini film", the photo shows Gomez staring into the camera during sunset.

Now with 14,535,079 likes, the photo has quickly shot up the 'most popular Instagram posts ever' charts

Kyle Jenner's photo of her family - April 26 2019, 13.7m likes

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happy end game everyone

A post shared by Kylie ✨ (@kyliejenner) on Apr 25, 2019 at 9:50pm PDT

Celebrating Travis Scott's birthday in April last year, Jenner posted a cute photo on the 'Gram of her and her family dressed up as superheroes.

Standing in front of a red Ferrari, Jenner is dressed as Captain Marvel, Travis Scott as Iron Man and Stormi dressed as Baby Thor.

Posted with the caption "happy end game (sic) everyone", the photo has now racked-up 13,659,962 likes.

For every like, Tentree promise to plant more trees - April 22 2019,15.7m likes

Canadian apparel company Tentrees published "the world's most sustainable post" with their effort April 2019 effort.

Promising to plant more trees for every like the post received, the company soon racked up millions of likes from eco-conscious Instagram users, and to date has close to 16 million likes.

The caption read: "Join our mission to make the most sustainable post on the planet. Thank you to the millions of people who have lifted their fingers to start a movement to plant more trees. Together, we will be planting 500,000 trees in Indonesia as a result of you liking this post."

The company, which makes clothes from sustainable materials and already plants 10 new trees for every new purchase, pledged to plant 500,000 trees for five million likes, a target they soon hit.

However, they are still some way off their next target of 20 million likes, which would see 1 million trees planted. Hitting 50 million and 100 million likes would get an as-of-yet unknown amount of trees planted.

So come on - if an egg can do it, surely a tree can too?

Selena Gomez with friends - February 11 2019, 14.5m likes

Gomez shared a series of sweet snaps of her celebrating with her friends on the beach in February last year.

Posted with the caption: "My best friend is getting married, so we celebrated her! Future Mrs. Lopez," the five photos show the four girls celebrating the news on a warm, sunny day.

Now with 14,542,279 likes, the photo is also Gomez's most liked picture on the 'Gram.

The Instagram Egg - Jan 4 2019, 54.2m likes

Move over Kylie Jenner - this photo of a simple egg is not just the most popular on Instagram, but the most liked post on any website in history.

With more than 54 millon likes, this egg quite literally broke the Internet when it was first posted on January 4, 2019.

Posted by the account @world_record_egg, it came with the caption: "Let’s set a world record together and get the most liked post on Instagram. Beating the current world record held by Kylie Jenner (18 million)! We got this."

And boy, did they do it. What an eggcellent world record.

XXXTentacion's final post before his death - May 19 2018, 18.2m likes

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LOVE IS WAR

A post shared by MAKE OUT HILL (@xxxtentacion) on May 19, 2018 at 4:06pm PDT

This is the only photo the rapper ever posted on his account and came on May 20, 2018 - just a few weeks before his tragic death in June of that year.

XXXTentacion, real name Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, was shot dead in Florida in June 2018 outside a motorcycle shop. He was just 20 years old.

Captioned 'LOVE IS WAR', the sepia-coloured photo shows the rapper hanging topless and upside down in a pensive mood.

To date, it has just over 18 million likes.

First photo of Kylie Jenner's daughter - February 6 2018, 18.6m likes

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stormi webster 👼🏽

A post shared by Kylie ✨ (@kyliejenner) on Feb 6, 2018 at 1:14pm PST

This photo was the reigning Instagram champion before the egg literally smashed her record.

Posted by Jenner on February 6, 2018, the photo of Stormi posted just days after her birth quickly racked-up millions of likes - 18,647,763 to date, in fact.

Stormi's reign as the most liked Instagram photo of all time lasted for around a year before the egg stole that away from her, and at around 36,000,000 posts short she's unlikely to reclaim her crown anytime soon.

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