These are Instagram's 10-most liked pictures of 2017

These are Instagram's 10-most liked pictures of 2017

Selena Gomez

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Beyonce's pregnancy announcement grabbed no.1 spot, with Christiano Ronaldo's new-born baby photo on 2nd and Selena Gomez's right-after-surgery on 3rd

In an update from Instagram, a popular photo-sharing app, this year's top 10 photos with the highest recorded number of likes and engagement are shared by the likes of Selena Gomez, Christiano Ronaldo and Beyonce.

The first in the list is Beyoncé sharing the first image of her twins in July and Ronaldo sharing a picture of his newborn twins in June.

Ronaldo is also second to Gomez in the most-followed Instagram user rankings. He has 116 million-plus followers. Ariana Grande is third with 115 million, Beyoncé fourth with 108 million and Kim Kardashian-West fifth with 104 million followers.

In 2016, pop star Selena Gomez had eight out of the 10 most-liked posts on Instagram. The other two were posted by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.

These are the top 10 posts of 2017 on Instagram:

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