The President of the United States and the female pop star are named as the most popular celebrities of 2021.
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., 79, is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017 under Barack Obama and represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.
Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris defeated incumbent president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence in the 2020 presidential election. Biden is the oldest president, the first to have a female vice president, the first from Delaware, and the second Catholic after John F. Kennedy.
Ariana Grande-Butera, 28, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She began her music career at age 15 in the 2008 Broadway musical 13. Her music has been the subject of widespread media attention, while her four-octave vocal range has received critical acclaim.
She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including two Grammy Awards, one Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 27 Guinness World Records.
Social media has become the primary source of connection with our family, co-workers, and friends, and also became the bridge for us to view and to get updates and news about our favorite celebrities these past years. And these two famous individuals got the title by achieving the most liked tweets and Instagram posts of 2021.
As we welcome this new year, it allows us to look back at what united us all in the cyber world. We have seen the chaos in American politics that happened in less than a year starting January 2021, from the Capitol riots, Trump’s subsequent social media ban, and impeachment, and after all of this, we were focused on Washington on January 20 for Joe Biden’s inauguration day as well as on his Twitter account.
Shortly after being sworn into the oval office, the President of the United States tweeted on his Twitter account: “It’s a new day in America,” the tweet effectively summed up the relief on half of its nation.
In a short period of time, POTUS’ tweet racked up 4 million likes, making it the most-liked tweet of 2021, as well as the third most-liked tweet of all time.
From the commander of the United States Military Force to a completely different kind of Army, it’s the BTS who take the win for the most retweeted tweet of 2021, with a wholesome video of the band singing along at a Harry Style concert that has been retweeted more than 1.1 million times.
People were also drawn to a good love story. 2021 started off with the earth-shattering news of the Kimye split, but from then on it was undoubtedly the year of the unexpected couple, from the Bennifer reunion to Kravis, with Kim and Pete capping off a wild year for celebrity romances.
On Instagram, Ariana Grande posted details of her wedding to the real estate agent, Dalton Gomez, and the post received more than 26.7 million likes, making it the most popular celebrity Instagram post of the year.
Another most-liked celebrity in terms of Instagram popularity was Billie Eilish on her brand-new look on her first appearance on social media platforms ahead of the release of her second album “Happier Than Ever”.
The 19-year-old’s reveal that she’d gone bleach-blonde was liked 23.1 million times, with her bombshell cover shoot for British Vogue scoring 22 million likes.
But Ariana and Billie were both beaten out by an unexpected rival, with the now-iconic Egg account receiving 55.3 million likes, more than the numbers achieved by Ariana Grande in the second place.
Over TikTok, celebrity TikTok accounts are generally getting far less attraction rather than TikTokers and influencers who have racked up tens of millions of followers despite hardly being known in mainstream society.
In 2021, the most popular TikToker remained Charlie D’Amelio, who has become more of a household name since the last launch of her family’s new reality show on E!
In the Gen-Z world, big names also lose out with the most used songs on the social media platforms like Kreepa’s “Oh No”, which was used in 13.1 million videos, ahead of chart hit “Driver’s License” by Olivia Rodrigez which despite being the most stream song on Spotify this year, featured in approximate 1.9 million clips.
These are just proofs that despite all of the misunderstandings happening around us, these most popular posts of the year are some things that we can all agree on.