Mercedes-Benz is celebrating a unique milestone on Instagram: of all the Top 100 Interbrand marques the premium brand has the most “likes” on Instagram. According to a current study by the analysis firm T4Media a few days ago, Mercedes-Benz cracked the magic milestone of one billion “likes” – the first of the “Best Global Brands 2018” to do so among those named annually by the renowned US brand consultancy company Interbrand. Support from fans and followers is being honoured with an exhibition of photos at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, showing highlights of the social media activities by the brand with the star.
The premium brand has been active on Instagram since 2012. On average, according to the analysis Mercedes-Benz gets 27.6 million “likes” per month on the global Instagram channel @mercedesbenz. Globally as many as 35.66 million plus fans follow the official Mercedes-Benz accounts on the online photo and video service.
To mark this milestone Mercedes-Benz is dedicating a special “Thank you” to its fans and followers. Selected photos in which people from all over the world have demonstrated their affinity with the brand on Instagram will be displayed on a specially created site: http://mb4.me/one-billion-likes. With this review Mercedes-Benz is honouring the most successful posts as well as unusual or funny Instagram content. There is a cool elderly lady who is a Mercedes-AMG driver, for instance. An unusual birthday greeting for our competitor BMW and an image featuring a dog are also included.
