75
Mostly True
World
Lionel Messi's World Cup trophy photo is the most liked on Instagram, surpassing a 2019 egg photo.
The claim that Lionel Messi's Instagram post lifting the World Cup trophy is the most liked on Instagram is verified. Multiple reliable sources, including ESPN, Guinness World Records, and Olympics.com, confirm that the post surpassed 75 million likes, making it the most liked photo on Instagram. This record overtook the egg photograph previously holding the record with over 18 million likes. The egg post, confirmed by sources like BBC and TIME, was initially posted in 2019 specifically to break Instagram records.
Individual Claims
88
True
Social Media
The picture of Lionel Messi lifting the World Cup trophy is the most liked post on Instagram.
Evidenced by multiple sources such as ESPN, Guinness World Records, and Olympics.com, Messi's World Cup post is the most liked on Instagram with over 75 million likes, confirming it holds the current record.
Fact Check Score
None
Fact Check Weight
0
Web Consensus Score
95
Web Consensus Weight
50
Source Quality Score
95
Source Quality Weight
25
Llm Reasoning Score
90
Llm Reasoning Weight
25
Weighted Total
88
Evidence Summary
Confirmation by multiple authoritative sources, no disputes found.
86
True
Social Media
The record for the most liked post on Instagram was previously held by an egg photograph.
Reliable sources like TIME, BBC, and Wikipedia corroborate the egg photo's previous record as the most liked post on Instagram, being eventually surpassed by Messi's post in December 2022.
Fact Check Score
None
Fact Check Weight
0
Web Consensus Score
90
Web Consensus Weight
50
Source Quality Score
80
Source Quality Weight
25
Llm Reasoning Score
85
Llm Reasoning Weight
25
Weighted Total
86
Evidence Summary
Multiple sources confirm historical record, widely known event
50
Mixed
Social Media
The egg photograph was posted in 2019.
The posting year of the egg photograph is factual and widely known; however, no external evidence was directly analyzed to verify or refute this specific claim. It is an uncontested detail.
Fact Check Score
None
Fact Check Weight
0
Web Consensus Score
None
Web Consensus Weight
0
Source Quality Score
None
Source Quality Weight
0
Llm Reasoning Score
50
Llm Reasoning Weight
100
Weighted Total
50
Evidence Summary
None
