In a year packed with pretty heavy, depressing news, here’s a somewhat interesting distraction for you:  Instagram has released a list of the most-liked photos of the year.  Unfortunately the Top 10 is dominated by the same three people, Beyoncé, soccer stud Christiano Ronaldo, and Selena Gomez.

 

Here’s the Top 10:

 

1.  Beyoncé’s post announcing she was pregnant with twins . . . 11.2 million likes

2.  Cristiano Ronaldo with his new daughter . . . 11 million

3.  Selena Gomez revealing that she had a kidney transplant . . . 10.3 million

 

 

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. – The Carters

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Feb 1, 2017 at 10:39am PST

 

 

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Nov 12, 2017 at 12:19pm PST

 

 

I’m very aware some of my fans had noticed I was laying low for part of the summer and questioning why I wasn’t 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’t 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 post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Sep 14, 2017 at 3:07am PDT

 

4.  Beyoncé’s first photo with her twins . . . 10.27 million

5.  Cristiano Ronaldo holding his new TWINS . . . 8.3 million.  These are the babies he had from a surrogate in June, BEFORE the other daughter was born.

 

 

Sir Carter and Rumi 1 month today. ????????❤️????????????????????????????????????????

A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Jul 13, 2017 at 10:10pm PDT

 

 

So happy to be able to hold the two new loves of my life ????❤

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Jun 29, 2017 at 10:09am PDT

 

6.   The Weeknd embracing his then-girl Selena Gomez . . . 8.1 million

7.  The Weeknd and Selena making their ‘red carpet debut’ . . .  7.8 million

 

 

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Apr 15, 2017 at 6:04pm PDT

 

 

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on May 1, 2017 at 8:32pm PDT

 

8.  Cristiano Ronaldo hanging with his family . . . 7.3 million likes.  This guy is a big deal, especially with soccer fans, but this is just a random family photo.  Oh, wait . . . Cristiano is wearing some VERY short shorts.  Well, maybe that explains it.

9.  Selena showing off some skin during a photo shoot on a bike . . . 7.2 million

10.  Selena celebrating her 25th birthday.  She has two birthday cakes, and for some reason she’s sitting ON the table next to them . . . 7.1 million

 

 

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Aug 27, 2017 at 12:18pm PDT

 

 

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Mar 17, 2017 at 10:21am PDT

 

 

Thank you for all of my bday love. I couldn’t be more blessed. A lot of you don’t realize how much you mean to me. I. Love. You. –think 25 is going to be epic. xo

A post shared by Selena Gomez (@selenagomez) on Jul 22, 2017 at 10:46pm PDT

 

If this list seems a little bland and repetitive, that’s because Selena and Cristiano have the benefit of having the first- and second-most Instagram followers.  Beyoncé is fourth, behind donut-licker Ariana Grande, who’s third.  The only other people with over 100 million followers are Kim Kardashian, who has the fifth-most, and Taylor Swift, who’s in sixth.