Deccan Chronicle

EGG PIC PIPS KYLIE AS MOST LIKED ON INSTA

- DC CORRESPOND­ENT

Anything is possible. If an egg can get 26 million likes, then definitely yes. Thanks to internet culture. It’s crazy. Isn’t it?

A photo of a plain egg took Facebook-owned Instagram by storm just over a weekend. the most-liked photo on Instagram.

Looks like Instagram has found something it likes more than a Kardashian-Jenner family bab.

The photo as of Monday has more than

26 million likes. That has seen it surpass a February 18 photo from Kylie Jenner — the sister of Kim Kardashian and a reality TV star in her own right — which announced the birth of her baby with rapper Travis Scott and has 18.2 million likes.

Unlike Jenner, who has

21 million Instagram followers, the egg account — “world_record_egg” — is a newcomer that seems to have been created in early January.

Nothing is known of its ownership, although it now has 2.7 million followers which could — and I can’t believe I’m writing this… — make it an influencer account.

While much can be said about Jenner’s rise to fame, she’s a pretty successful entreprene­ur. Her two-year-old ‘Kylie Cosmetics’ brand is estimated to gross over $600 million in annual revenue. While it is funny that a photo of an egg can take the record on Instagram there might be more to it.

Jenner’s company trades on her brand, the egg could be a rejection or protest of today’s reality TV culture… which is best embodied by the Kardashian­s and, in particular, Kylie Jenner Or may be it’s just a joke that blew up.

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