The 10 most liked tweets of all time are dominated by US politicians, and include six by former US President Barack Obama.
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The 10 most liked tweets of all time are dominated by Obama
Barack Obama's message against racism has received over 3 million likes, making it the most-liked tweet of all time.
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The list — which also includes Ariana Grande's tweet following the Manchester terrorist attack in May and Ellen DeGeneres' famous "best photo ever" taken at the 2014 Oscars — was assembled by "Twop Blog" in a Medium post.
Obama's tweet about racism following the violence in Charlottesville on Saturday has also become the most-liked tweet with over 3 million likes on Twitter.
"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion..." the former president wrote, with a picture of young children of different ethnicities.
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The top 10 also features former Democrat candidate for president Hillary Clinton with a message to her supporters after Donald Trump beat her to become president in November 2016.
Despite being a prolific Twitter user US President Donald Trump does not feature in the list.
Twitter introduced "likes" in November 2015 to replace "favourites" and nine of the top 10 tweets have been posted since 2016.
The top 10 are as follows:
1. Barack Obama following the Charlottesville protests.
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2. Ariana Grande after the Manchester bombing at her concert in June.
3. Ellen DeGeneres at the 2014 Oscars.
4. Barack Obama tweeted this after John McCain was diagnosed with cancer.
5. Barack Obama's first message on his own Twitter account since leaving the White House.
6. Barack Obama thanking his supporters at the end of his time as president.
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7. Barack Obama tweeted his final message as the 44th president of the US.
8. Linkin Park tweeted this image after the death of lead singer Chester Bennington in June.
9. Barack Obama celebrated his first Father's Day as an ordinary citizen for 8 years.
10. Hillary Clinton following her election defeat to Donald Trump in November 2016.
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