--- title: Beyoncé's Pregnancy Photo Is Instagram's 'Most Liked Ever' description: In under 20 hours, it accrued more than 7.2 million likes — more than any photo ever posted to Instagram. canonical: https://time.com/4657555/beyonce-pregnant-photo-instagram/ author: Nash Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-02T04:33:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T12:24:26.000Z og:title: Beyoncé's Pregnancy Photo Is Instagram's 'Most Liked Ever' og:description: 6.6 million likes within 8 hours. og:url: https://time.com/4657555/beyonce-pregnant-photo-instagram/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce05e8dfef623b6d/6988b86c8fd2eeb736355a28/beyonce-pregnant-twins-bra-panties.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 2016 MTV Video Music Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Beyoncé's Pregnancy Photo Is Instagram's 'Most Liked Ever' twitter:description: 6.6 million likes within 8 hours. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce05e8dfef623b6d/6988b86c8fd2eeb736355a28/beyonce-pregnant-twins-bra-panties.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Beyoncé's Pregnancy Photo is the Most Liked Picture Ever on Instagram > Sponsored content. 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The singer took to Instagram to deliver the good news, posting a photo of her growing belly_ by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:24 PM UTCPublished: Feb 2, 2017 4:33 AM UTC by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:24 PM UTCPublished: Feb 2, 2017 4:33 AM UTC On Wednesday night, Beyoncé Knowles took to Instagram to announce that she was pregnant — not with one child but with twins. In the photo, she’s veiled and kneeling in front of a bouquet of flowers, gently clasping her stomach; in the caption, written on behalf of her and her husband Jay-Z, she said that they “have been blessed two times over” and “are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two.” The photo has blown up, inevitably. In under 20 hours, it accrued more than 7.2 million likes — more than any photo ever posted on the platform, according to Instagram. She’s taking the title from Selena Gomez, who in July posted a shot of the singer sipping from a glass bottle of Coca-Cola whose label featured lyrics to her song “Me and the Rhythm.” That shot has 6.3 million likes today; Beyoncé’s surpassed that count in 11 hours, Instagram said, and the number continues to rise. ## Transcript Hey, Beyonce! You look gorgeous, Beyonce. 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