--- title: Kylie Jenner Baby Bumps Beyonce for Most Liked Instagram description: Kylie Jenner's first Instagram post of her new baby girl, Stormi, just bumped Beyoncé from the most-liked top spot. canonical: https://time.com/5138005/most-instagram-likes/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-07T20:41:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:20.442Z og:title: Here's the Instagram That Just Dethroned Beyoncé From the Top og:description: "There's a new most liked Insta in town" og:url: https://time.com/5138005/most-instagram-likes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98b3b717804c79d/6988b886097b906cb09b8c08/beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album.jpeg?branch=production&width=686&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 686 og:image:height: 386 og:image:alt: beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's the Instagram That Just Dethroned Beyoncé From the Top twitter:description: "There's a new most liked Insta in town" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte98b3b717804c79d/6988b886097b906cb09b8c08/beyonce-pregnancy-photo-album.jpeg?branch=production&width=686&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here's the Instagram Post That Just Dethroned Queen Beyoncé From the Top Spot > Sponsored content. 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It’s official: After months of secrecy surrounding her pregnancy, Kylie Jenner is a mom_  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 7, 2018 8:41 PM UTC  Beyoncé poses for her pregnancy announcement which became the most liked photo of 2017 on Instagram. Beyoncé poses for her pregnancy announcement which became the most liked photo of 2017 on Instagram. Beyoncé.com  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 7, 2018 8:41 PM UTC An Instagram that [Kylie Jenner](http://time.com/4876992/life-of-kylie-jenner-review/) posted of her newborn baby girl [Stormi Webster](http://people.com/babies/kylie-jenner-reveals-stormi-full-name/) has officially taken the coveted title of most-liked Instagram, on Wednesday, with more than 14 million likes. Although Jenner and rapper Travis Scott welcomed the baby, their first child, on February 1, [_PEOPLE_](http://people.com/babies/kylie-jenner-reveals-stormi-full-name/) reports, Jenner waited nearly a week to post her first photo of the new addition to their family: a close-up shot of the baby clutching her finger. In 2017, the [title of most-liked photo on Instagram](http://time.com/5040998/beyonce-instagram-2017/) went to Beyoncé, whose surprise pregnancy announcement of her twins Rumi and Sir Carter took the top spot, much to the delight of the Internet. As of February 2018, it had garnered 11.2 million likes. 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