Topline
A post from billionaire X owner Elon Musk mocking rival Meta’s servers is the most-liked tweet so far this year, beating out Cristiano Ronaldo—the world’s highest-paid athlete—and billionaire pop stars Rihanna and Taylor Swift.
The former X CEO received more likes than the world’s highest-paid athlete and Swift by mocking his … [+] social media platform’s competitor.
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Key Facts
Elon’s March 5 post—which reads, “If you’re reading this post, it’s because our servers are working”—followed a server outage on Meta’s Facebook and Instagram, with hundreds of thousands of users reporting issues on either platform.
A video of Rihanna singing GloRilla’s “TGIF” in front of rapper A$AP Rocky—with whom she shares two children—received more than 1.3 million likes in less than a week, according to data from social media analytics firm NewsWhip.
Ronaldo, who posted a shirtless image of himself for Saudi Arabia’s tourism firm by the Red Sea, has received over 1.2 million likes since posting on June 3,
Another image posted by Ronaldo on June 6 featuring his family at the dinner table—appearing to celebrate one of his kids’ birthdays—received 1.1 million likes in two weeks.
Swift’s February announcement for the release of her latest album, Tortured Poets Department, received just 6,000 fewer likes than Ronaldo’s family photo, and featured an image of the handwritten lyrics for her song of the same name.
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Most-Liked Posts
Elon Musk — 1,533,992 likes
Cristiano Ronaldo — 1,224,734 likes
Cristiano Ronaldo — 1,128,377 likes
Taylor Swift — 1,122,634 likes
Elon Musk — 1,118,369 likes
Forbes Valuation
Musk is the richest person in the world with a net worth of $212 billion, according to our latest estimates. Rihanna has an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion amid the success of her cosmetics line Fenty. Ronaldo is the world’s highest-paid athlete with $280 million total earnings on and off the field, including a $200 million deal with Al-Nassr. Swift became a billionaire in October 2023, amid the success of her Eras tour, and has an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion.
Surprising Fact
X announced this month it would start hiding likes from users’ public-facing profiles, after Musk said it is “important to allow people to like posts without getting attacked for doing so.” Despite the change, users are still able to see like counts and who liked their posts.
Key Background
Musk’s posts on X have continued to receive high engagement rates since he purchased the social media platform for $44 billion in 2022. He also had the most-liked post through June last year, a meme about “people who have Twitter but never post anything.” Ronaldo and Swift also regularly have posts that exceed hundreds of thousands of likes, including multiple posts from Ronaldo this month with 1 million-plus.
Source link : https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2024/07/05/elon-musk-and-rihanna-beat-taylor-swift-for-xs-most-liked-tweet-this-year-so-far/
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