--- title: Most Liked Instagram Photo: Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez description: Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez just surpassed Kendall Jenner as the most-liked Instagram, with a throwback photo posted to Bieber's account. canonical: https://time.com/4320988/most-liked-instagram-selena-bomez-justin-bieber/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-06T16:45:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:13.128Z og:title: This Is the New Most-Liked Instagram Photo og:description: Jelena forever. og:url: https://time.com/4320988/most-liked-instagram-selena-bomez-justin-bieber/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Is the New Most-Liked Instagram Photo twitter:description: Jelena forever. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Is the New Most-Liked Instagram Photo > Sponsored content. 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So strong is the power of young love that it can do all this while no longer being an actual thing — at least, that’s true in the case of former tween dream couple [Selena Gomez](http://time.com/4053719/selena-gomez-revival-interview/?iid=sr-link1) and [Justin Bieber](http://time.com/4270642/justin-bieber-vevo-record/?iid=sr-link7). The “Sorry” singer’s mopey throwback photo of a young [Jelena](http://time.com/4166260/selena-gomez-no-more-justin-beiber-questions/?iid=sr-link4) embracing in a hot tub is now the most-liked pic on the ‘Gram, with a whopping 3.569 million likes and counting — just beating Jenner’s heart-hair Instagram, which clocks in at 3.562 million likes. This is probably aided by the fact that Gomez is now the most-followed person on Instagram with nearly 70 million followers, recently taking the crown from her good friend and leader of the friendship industrial complex squad, [Taylor Swift](http://time.com/4060704/taylor-swift-squad-snl/). Having an army of Beliebers frantically following these young former lovers’ every move on social media doesn’t hurt either. 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