Instagram Team are excited to announce the Instagram community’s top 2017 moments. People from all around the world came to Instagram to collectively experience this year’s most important events, milestones and trends, from pop culture to cultural movements.

In celebration of the global community of 800 million, they’re sharing the following Year in Review data:

• 2017’s top Instagram hashtags
• 2017’s most-Instagrammed cities and locations (based on geotags)
• The most-followed celebrities Celebrities who gained the most followers on Instagram in 2017
• Hashtags that increased most in popularity throughout 2017
• Accounts with the Most-viewed Instagram Stories of 2017
• The most-used Instagram Filters in feed and Instagram Stories
• The most-followed pets on Instagram

Check out the official Year In Review below :

Top hashtags of 2017:

1. #love
2. #fashion
3. #photooftheday
4. #photography
5. #art
6. #beautiful
7. #travel
8. #happy
9. #nature
10. #picoftheday

Most-Instagrammed cities of 2017:

1. New York, New York
2. London, United Kingdom
3. Moscow, Russia
4. Sao Paulo, Brazil
5. Paris, France
6. Los Angeles, California
7. Saint Petersburg, Russia
8. Jakarta, Indonesia
9. Istanbul, Turkey
10. Barcelona, Spain

Most-Instagrammed locations of 2017:

1. Times Square, New York City, USA
2. Central Park, New York City, USA
3. Tour Eiffel, Paris, France
4. Tokyo Disneyland, Tokyo, Japan
5. Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Orlando, USA
6. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
7. Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, USA
8. Disney California Adventure Park, Anaheim, USA
9. Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, USA
10. Disneyland, Anaheim, USA

 

Most-followed celebrities of 2017:

1. Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) – 130M+ Followers
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) – 116M+ Followers
3. Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) – 115M+ Followers
4. Beyoncé (@beyonce) – 108M+ Followers
5. Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) – 104M+ Followers
6. Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) – 104M+ Followers
7. Kylie Jenner (@kyliejenner) – 99.5M+ Followers
8. Dwayne Johnson (@therock) – 96M+ Followers
9. Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) – 93.9M+ Followers
10. Kendall Jenner (@kendalljenner) – 84.8M+ Followers

Celebrities who gained the most followers in 2017:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) – 30M+ New Followers
2. Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) – 24M+ New Followers
3. Ariana Grande (@arianagrande) – 22M+ New Followers
4. Kylie Jenner (@kyliejenner) – 23M+ New Followers
5. Dwayne Johnson (@therock) – 22M+ New Followers
6. Leo Messi (@leomessi) – 21M+ New Followers
7. Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) – 20M+ New Followers
8. Beyoncé (@beyonce) – 17M+ New Followers
9. Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) – 16M+ New Followers
10. Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) – 15M+ New Followers

Hashtags that increased most in popularity throughout 2017: 

1. #photography
2. #travelphotography
3. #memes
4. #summer2017
5. #naturephotography
6. #meme
7. #travel
8. #fitnessmotivation
9. #bts
10. #photographer

Accounts with the Most-viewed Instagram Stories of 2017
Methodology: Verified accounts with over 5 million followers who garnered the most views on Instagram Stories in 2017 (January 1 – present, global)

1. LeLe Pons (@lelepons)
2. Neymar Jr. (@neymarjr)
3. Olga Igorevna Buzov (@buzova86)
4. Kim Kardashian (@kimkardashian)
5. Amanda Cerny (@amandacerny)
6. Chiara Ferragni (@chiaraferragni)
7. Maluma (@maluma)
8. Anitta (@anitta)
9. Ariana Grande (@arianagrande)
10. Kourtney Kardashian (@kourtneykardash)

Most-used Instagram Filters of 2017:

1. Clarendon
2. Gingham
3. Juno
4. Lark
5. Moon

Most-used Instagram Stories Face Filters:

1. Puppy
2. Bunny
3. Koala
4. Genius
5. Love

Most-followed Pets on Instagram in 2017 :

1. jiffpom (@jiffpom) –Pomerian, US
2. nala_cat (@nala_cat) – Cat, US
3. Doug the Pug (@itsdougthepug) – Pug, US
4. Marutaro (@marutaro) – Shiba Inu, JP
5. Grumpy Cat (@realgrumpycat) – Cat, US
6. Marnie the Dog (@marniethedog) – Shih Tzu, US
7. Tuna (@tunameltsmyheart) – Chihuahua, US
8. Juniper&Fig (@juniperfoxx) – Fox, US
9. Lil BUB (@iamlilbub) – Cat, US
10. Loki (@loki_the_wolfdog) – Husky, US

Here is the Top 10 Most-liked posts on Instagram on 2017

Beyoncé has broken Instagram records with the 1st picture of her twins Sir Carter and Rumi, which has entered the most-liked Instagram pictures of 2017 in just a couple of hours.

1-Beyoncé (@beyonce)

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2-Cristiano Ronaldo ( @cristiano )  

The second-most liked post of the year belongs to the greatest soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo, taken in the hospital room after his girlfriend Georgina Rodríguez gave birth to their cute daughter Alana Martina.

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3-Selena Gomez ( @selenagomez )

While Beyoncé and Ronaldo hold the top 2 spots, it’s Selena Gomez who appears on the list a stunning five times, which means half of the 10 most popular Instagrams of the year were taken by the famous singer Selena.

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4-Beyoncé (@beyonce)

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5-Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano)

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6-Selena Gomez (@selenagomez)

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7-Selena Gomez (@selenagomez)

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8-Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano)
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9-Selena Gomez (@selenagomez)

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10-Selena Gomez (@selenagomez)

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