Instagram’s Best of 2016

Selena Gomez absolutely crushed it on Instagram in 2016, accounting for eight of the 10 most-liked posts of the year, with soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo responsible for the other two. Gomez also topped the Facebook-owned photo- and video-sharing network in followers (103 million) and followers added in 2016 (more than 50 million). Meanwhile, Disney properties were the most-Instagrammed locations in 2016 based on global geotagging data, and Halloween was the year’s most-Instagrammed day. Finally, #love was the top Instagram hashtag of 2016. The 10 most-liked posts of 2016 were: Selena Gomez (pictured above) Selena Gomez Selena Gomez Selena Gomez Selena Gomez Cristiano Ronaldo Selena Gomez Selena Gomez Cristiano Ronaldo Selena Gomez The year’s 20 most-Instagrammed locations were: Disney Properties Universal Studios Properties Central Park Times Square Eiffel Tower Louvre Museum Las Vegas Strip Santa Monica Pier Brooklyn Bridge ВДНХ/Vystavka Dostizheniy Narodnogo Khozyaystva Siam Paragon Colosseum Madison Square Garden Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Tower Bridge Barcelona Center Notre-Dame Cathedral (Notre-Dame de Paris) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) Empire State Building Niagara Falls The 10 most-Instagrammed days of 2016 were: Halloween (Oct. 31) 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks (Sept. 11) Euro Cup Final (July 10) U.S. election (Nov. 8) 2016 Summer Olympic Games (celebratory posts about big wins by Michael Phelps, Simone Biles and Usain Bolt) (Aug. 14) Father’s Day (June 19) Paris Fashion Week (Oct. 1) Mother’s Day (May 8) New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) Easter Sunday (March 27) The most-followed celebrities (as of Nov. 30) were: Selena Gomez, 103 million Taylor Swift, 93.9 million Ariana Grande, 90.2 million Beyoncé, 89.2 million Kim Kardashian, 88.2 million Cristiano Ronaldo, 82.8 million Kylie Jenner, 80 million Dwayne Johnson, 71.5 million Nicki Minaj, 69.4 million Kendall Jenner, 69.2 million And the celebrities who gained the most followers in 2016 were: Selena Gomez, more than 50 million Cristiano Ronaldo, more than 42 million Ariana Grande, more than 40 million Taylor Swift, more than 38 million Beyoncé, more than 37 million Kylie Jenner, more than 36 million Kim Kardashian. more than 36 million Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, more than 35 million Nicki Minaj, more than 29 million Lionel Messi, more than 29 million Kendall Jenner, more than 27 million Neymar, more than 26 million Katy Perry, more than 25 million Miley Cyrus, more than 24 million Khloe Kardashian, more than 23 million Demi Lovato, more than 22 million Jennifer Lopez, more than 22 million Kourtney Kardashian, more than 20 million Justin Timberlake, more than 20 million Kevin Hart, more than 19 million The most-followed athletes on Instagram (as of Dec. 1) were: Cristiano Ronaldo, 82.9 million Neymar, 62.7 million Lionel Messi, 60.2 million James Rodriguez, 27.2 million LeBron James, 26.4 million Gareth Bale, 24.6 million Zlatan Ibrahimovic, 21.3 million Ronaldinho Gaúcho, 18.3 million Luis Suarez, 18.1 million Karim Benzema, 16.1 million David Luiz, 15.1 million Andres Iniesta, 14.9 million Marcelo Vieira, 14.3 million Stephen Curry, 13.9 million Floyd Mayweather Jr., 13.8 million The athletes who gained the most followers over the course of the year were: Cristiano Ronaldo, more than 42 million Lionel Messi, more than 29 million Neymar, more than 26 million Gareth Bale, more than 13 million James Rodriguez, more than 11 million LeBron James, more than 11 million Paul Pogba, more than 10 million Zlatan Ibrahimovic, more than 10 million Luis Suarez, more than 8 million Stephen Curry, more than 8 million The year’s top hashtags for sports leagues, teams and events were: #rio2016 #euro2016 #nba #wwe #realmadrid #ufc #olympics #halamadrid #nfl #mlb The 2016 sports events that garnered the most mentions were: Olympics Euros Copa America Super Bowl 50 National Basketball Association Finals The most-Instagrammed sports venues in the world were: Madison Square Garden Wrigley Field Dodger Stadium Fenway Park Parque Olímpico Rio 2016 Олимпийский Парк (Sochi Olympic Park) Staples Center AT&T Park Estadio Santiago Bernabéu Air Canada Centre MetLife Stadium Levi’s Stadium Camp Nou Stadium, Barcelona Boulevard Olímpico Citi Field Wembley Stadium Yankee Stadium AmericanAirlines Arena Angel Stadium of Anaheim Allianz Parque The most-Instagrammed sports venues in the U.S. were: Madison Square Garden Wrigley Field Dodger Stadium Fenway Park Staples Center AT&T Park MetLife Stadium Levi’s Stadium Citi Field Yankee Stadium AmericanAirlines Arena Angel Stadium of Anaheim Rose Bowl Stadium Barclays Center Gillette Stadium Quicken Loans Arena United Center Petco Park AT&T Stadium TD Garden Image courtesy of Selena Gomez’s Instagram account.

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Instagram’s Best of 2016

Selena Gomez absolutely crushed it on Instagram in 2016, accounting for eight of the 10 most-liked posts of the year, with soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo responsible for the other two.

David Cohen

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