{"id":111195,"date":"2017-12-28T11:35:16","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T11:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/?p=111195"},"modified":"2017-12-28T11:35:16","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T11:35:16","slug":"2017-the-year-of-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/blog\/2017-the-year-of-instagram\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 \u2013 the year of Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Instagram has cemented its place at the heart of visual media. It\u2019s now possible to be a star on Instagram and nowhere else; brands and companies will pay good money for influential posts; and some people will buy fraudulent followers in order to get to the top. Instagram has also been accused of dragging bloggers away from their blogs, as new forms of media \u2018entertainment\u2019 develop every day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2017 truly has been the year of Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>But what are the top hashtags, most-liked posts and most-followed celebrities? Instagram has trawled its data to put together the list of lists and deliver all the 2017 info you need about Instagram. And, who knows, maybe 2018 will\u00a0see you become an Instagram star.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 22px;\">Most-liked posts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Beyonc\u00e9, Cristiano Ronaldo and Selena Gomez dominate the top 10. In fact, no one else managed to make the list (which may be sad news for Ariana Grande, who has more followers than Beyonc\u00e9). All three of the top posts were related, Beyonc\u00e9 and Ronaldo connected by birth, and Ronaldo and Gomez related by hospital:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">1. Beyonce<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BP-rXUGBPJa\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 61.94444444444444% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BP-rXUGBPJa\/\" target=\"_blank\">We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our family will be growing by two, and we thank you for your well wishes. &#8211; The Carters<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beyonce\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> (@beyonce) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-02-01T18:39:00+00:00\">Feb 1, 2017 at 10:39am PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">2. Cristiano Ronaldo<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BbaImIfFr0h\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BbaImIfFr0h\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Alana Martina acaba de nascer! Tanto a Geo como a Alana est\u00e3o muito bem! Estamos todos muito felizes! \u2764\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cristiano\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> (@cristiano) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-11-12T20:19:15+00:00\">Nov 12, 2017 at 12:19pm PST<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">3. Selena Gomez<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZBHr4Pg5Wd\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZBHr4Pg5Wd\/\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m very aware some of my fans had noticed I was laying low for part of the summer and questioning why I wasn\u2019t promoting my new music, which I was extremely proud of. So I found out I needed to get a kidney transplant due to my Lupus and was recovering. It was what I needed to do for my overall health. I honestly look forward to sharing with you, soon my journey through these past several months as I have always wanted to do with you. Until then I want to publicly thank my family and incredible team of doctors for everything they have done for me prior to and post-surgery. And finally, there aren\u2019t words to describe how I can possibly thank my beautiful friend Francia Raisa. She gave me the ultimate gift and sacrifice by donating her kidney to me. I am incredibly blessed. I love you so much sis. Lupus continues to be very misunderstood but progress is being made. For more information regarding Lupus please go to the Lupus Research Alliance website: www.lupusresearch.org\/ -by grace through faith<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/selenagomez\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Selena Gomez<\/a> (@selenagomez) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-09-14T10:07:30+00:00\">Sep 14, 2017 at 3:07am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo and Gomez also performed well when it came to most-liked celebrity videos of the year, but Beyonc\u00e9 didn\u2019t make the cut. Instead, the footballer and singer are joined by Leo messi and Emilia Clarke \u2013 though the latter only managed tenth place.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">1. Cristiano Ronaldo<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZl9v6YFStc\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 50.0% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BZl9v6YFStc\/\" target=\"_blank\">New animal in the building Bugatti Chiron ???\u270c\ufe0f?\u2708\ufe0f<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cristiano\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> (@cristiano) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-09-28T17:32:34+00:00\">Sep 28, 2017 at 10:32am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">2. Leo Messi<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXSt62SFYWj\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 28.10185185185185% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BXSt62SFYWj\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fue un placer enorme haber compartido todos estos a\u00f1os con vos, amigo @neymarjr. Te deseo mucha suerte en esta nueva etapa de tu vida. Nos vemos Tkm<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leomessi\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Leo Messi<\/a> (@leomessi) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-08-02T13:05:53+00:00\">Aug 2, 2017 at 6:05am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">3. Selena Gomez<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BY_-Fc7A0jH\/\" data-instgrm-version=\"8\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 62.5% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BY_-Fc7A0jH\/\" target=\"_blank\">When you need a nap during meet n greets. Wish that was a real thing but that&#8217;s why I adore my littles. I hope I could make a few of you smile today. Thank you again @coach I can&#8217;t believe my bag is finally out. Or that I even designed a bag?!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">A post shared by <a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/selenagomez\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Selena Gomez<\/a> (@selenagomez) on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2017-09-13T23:24:22+00:00\">Sep 13, 2017 at 4:24pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The top hashtags of 2017 were dominated by visual or positive words, though how people managed to use them without falling foul of the shadow ban remains a mystery:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>#love<\/li>\n<li>#fashion<\/li>\n<li>#photooftheday<\/li>\n<li>#photography<\/li>\n<li>#art<\/li>\n<li>#beautiful<\/li>\n<li>#travel<\/li>\n<li>#happy<\/li>\n<li>#nature<\/li>\n<li>#picoftheday<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>And a list that\u2019s making headlines is the most Instagrammed cities. While you\u2019d expect Western metropolises to dominate, the list has some surprises. Feel free to insert your own \u2018Russian bot joke\u2019 for number two:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>New York, New York<\/li>\n<li>Moscow, Russia<\/li>\n<li>London, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<li>Sao Paulo, Brazil<\/li>\n<li>Paris, France<\/li>\n<li>Los Angeles, California<\/li>\n<li>Saint Petersburg, Russia<\/li>\n<li>Jakarta, Indonesia<\/li>\n<li>Istanbul, Turkey<\/li>\n<li>Barcelona, Spain<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Keep your eyes out for more Instagram data coming to the Vuelio blog soon.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you\u2019d like to monitor Instagram and find success on the social platform, get in touch to find out more about our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/pr-software\/media-monitoring\/?clid=Blog#key-features\" target=\"_blank\">social media monitoring<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram has cemented its place at the heart of visual media. It\u2019s now possible to be a star on Instagram and nowhere else; brands and companies will pay good money for influential posts and some people will buy fraudulent followers in order to get to the top. Instagram has been accused of dragging bloggers away from their blogs, as new forms of media \u2018entertainment\u2019 develop every day. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":111196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7365,3484,7272],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/423"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111195"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111284,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111195\/revisions\/111284"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vuelio.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}