Beyoncé, Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber Dominate Instagram's 2017 Year-End Lists

Instagram has revealed its year-end data for 2017, and Selena Gomez remains atop the list of most-followed celebrities worldwide.
 
Impressively, the "Wolves" singer clocked in with over 130 million followers, besting soccer superstar Christiano Ronaldo's count of 116 million. Other pop stars in the Top 10 include Ariana Grande (115 million), Beyoncé (108 million), Taylor Swift (104.6 million) and Justin Bieber (93.9 million).
 
From the hills of Hollywood, Kim Kardashian West (104.9 million), Kylie Jenner (99.5 million), Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson (96 million) and Kendall Jenner (84.8 million) rounded out the Top 10.
 
Narrowing in on Instagram's most-followed Canadians, however, gives Bieber the top spot. Drake (38.6 million), Shawn Mendes (26.9 million), the Weeknd (15.9 million) and Ryan Reynolds (15.7 million) came in as runners-up.
 
As for the individual 'grams that got the most love, Beyoncé slayed the competition with her pregnancy announcement in February. The photo of Bey with her unborn twins shattered Gomez's previous record for the most likes on a single photo — within just 11 hours. To date, the post has racked up a whopping 11.1 million little hearts (and inspired cheese sculptors around the world).

Bey also unveiled the first photo of twins Sir Carter and Rumi one month after they were born, and that post landed as the fourth most-liked photo of the year.

Gomez clocked in with an impressive five photos in the Top 10 most-liked, garnering 10.3 million likes for the post in which she revealed that she had undergone a kidney transplant, and a few million more a piece for a couple photos showing off her then-beau the Weeknd.

Ronaldo filled in the remaining three spots on the list of most-liked 2017 posts.
 
Bieber once again proved the most popular Canadian celebrity, racking up all three of the top posts by a Canuck (none of them featuring shirts).
 

 

A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Feb 25, 2017 at 2:36pm PST

 

A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Mar 29, 2017 at 4:38am PDT

 

A post shared by Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on Jun 14, 2017 at 8:15am PDT

 
See Instagram's top 10 most-liked posts of 2017 down below, and check out the photo-sharing app's complete list of data rankings over here.

Instagram's Most Liked Posts of 2017:
 
1. Beyoncé
 

 

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

 
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
 

 

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

 
3. Selena Gomez
 

 

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

 
4. Beyoncé
 

 

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

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

 
5. Cristiano Ronaldo
 

 

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

 
6. Selena Gomez
 

 

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Apr 15, 2017 at 6:04pm PDT

 
7. Selena Gomez
 

 

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on May 1, 2017 at 8:32pm PDT

 
8. Cristiano Ronaldo
 

 

Family mood ❤️❤️❤️❤️

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Aug 27, 2017 at 12:18pm PDT

 
9. Selena Gomez
 

 

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Mar 17, 2017 at 10:21am PDT

 
10. Selena Gomez
 

 

Thank you for all of my bday love. I couldn't be more blessed. A lot of you don't realize how much you mean to me. I. Love. You. --think 25 is going to be epic. xo

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Jul 22, 2017 at 10:46pm PDT