Barack Obama Officially Has The Most ‘Liked’ Tweet In Twitter History

Word has it Twitter is considering allowing users to use more characters per tweet. I’m not for it. I used to hate the 140 character thing, because I tend to be long-winded, but it grew on me. I like simple and snarky.

Speaking of Twitter, we have a new most-liked tweet in Twitter history. It goes to…Barack Obama and his tweet in response to Charlottesville.

“No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion…” pic.twitter.com/InZ58zkoAm

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) August 13, 2017

I didn’t “like” that tweet. Mostly because I get sick of Obama constantly making statements by posting pictures of himself. It’s lame.

But ANYWAY, as of today– Sept. 27– the tweet has 4.5 million likes, which makes it the most liked tweet in history, surpassing Ariana Grande’s post-Manchester terrorist attack tweet…

broken.
from the bottom of my heart, i am so so sorry. i don’t have words.

— Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande) May 23, 2017

…and Ellen DeGeneres’ Oscars selfie.

If only Bradley’s arm was longer. Best photo ever. #oscars pic.twitter.com/C9U5NOtGap

— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) March 3, 2014

As of August 16, Obama’s tweet was the fifth-most retweeted tweet ever. (Say that five times fast.)

Now you know.