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# ![Lionel Messi Graphic](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/t:lionel-messi.png) Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi recently made history by surpassing Neymar to become the player with the most assists in international football. He achieved this feat after providing two assists in a friendly match between Argentina and Puerto Rico, which Argentina won 6-0. Messi also launched a new youth tournament called the "Messi Cup" which will feature top teams like Barcelona, Manchester City, and Chelsea.

### About Lionel Messi
This topic is about Lionel Messi, the Argentinian professional footballer, and related discussions.  

### Insights [#](/topic/lionel-messi/insights)
- Lionel Messi sentiment near a 52-week high at XX.
- Lionel Messi creators is up XXXXX% from the previous week.
- Lionel Messi mentions is up XX% from the previous week.
- Lionel Messi posts created is up XXXXX% from the previous X months.

### Engagements: XXXXXXXXXXX [#](/topic/lionel-messi/interactions)
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![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lionel-messi/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lionel-messi/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXXXXXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXXXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXXXXXXXXX +1.20%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX +6.90%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX +93%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX +84%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXXXXXXX on 2025-06-29  
**1-Year Low**: XXXXXXXXXXX on 2024-12-02  

| Social Network | TikTok     | X          | YouTube     | News    | Reddit |
| -------------- | ------     | -          | -------     | ----    | ------ |
| Engagements    | XXXXXXXXXX | XXXXXXXXXX | XXXXXXXXXXX | XXXXXXX | XXXXXX |
  

  
  
### Mentions: XXXXXX [#](/topic/lionel-messi/posts_active)
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![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lionel-messi/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lionel-messi/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXXX +42%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXX -XXXX%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXX +60%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXX -XX%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXX on 2025-06-30  
**1-Year Low**: XXXXX on 2024-11-08  

| Social Network | TikTok | X      | YouTube | News | Reddit |
| -------------- | ------ | -      | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Mentions       | XXXXX  | XXXXXX | XXXXXX  | XXX  | XXX    |
  

  
  
### Creators: XXXXXX [#](/topic/lionel-messi/contributors_active)
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![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lionel-messi/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lionel-messi/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
XXXXXX unique social accounts have posts mentioning Lionel Messi in the last XX hours which is down XXXX% from XXXXXX in the previous XX hours
**Daily Average**: XXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXX +31%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXX -XXXX%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXX +47%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXX -XX%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXX on 2025-06-30  
**1-Year Low**: XXXXX on 2024-11-08  

The most influential creators that mention Lionel Messi in the last XX hours

| Creator                                          | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                          | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@ronaldo3d](/creator/youtube/ronaldo3d)         | X    | XXXXXX    | XX    | XXXXXXXXXX  |
| [@ftblarena](/creator/youtube/ftblarena)         | X    | XXXXXXXXX | XX    | XXXXXXXXXX  |
| [@cr7stories](/creator/youtube/cr7stories)       | X    | XXXXXXX   | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@leopardx](/creator/youtube/leopardx)           | X    | XXXXXX    | X     | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@rizyhel](/creator/youtube/rizyhel)             | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@yiky](/creator/youtube/yiky)                   | X    | XXXXXXXXX | X     | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@siufootballvs](/creator/youtube/siufootballvs) | X    | XXXXXXXXX | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@kickmagicc](/creator/youtube/kickmagicc)       | X    | XXXXXX    | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@mysterious](/creator/youtube/mysterious)       | X    | XXXXXXX   | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@muscleleopard](/creator/youtube/muscleleopard) | XX   | XXXXXXX   | X     | XXXXXXXXX   |

[View More](/list/creators/lionel-messi/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: XX% [#](/topic/lionel-messi/sentiment)
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![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:lionel-messi/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/lionel-messi/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX%  
**Daily Average**: XX%  
**1 Week**: XX% +3%  
**1 Month**: XX% no change  
**6 Months**: XX% -X%  
**1 Year**: XX% +10%  
**1-Year High**: XX% on 2025-08-10  
**1-Year Low**: XX% on 2025-06-11  

**Most Supportive Themes**
- **Messi's Legacy and Skill Appreciation:** (45%) Posts celebrating Messi's skills, career, and impact on football.
- **Ousmane Dembele's Ballon d'Or:** (25%) Congratulatory posts and discussions about Dembele's recent Ballon d'Or win, often mentioning Messi.
- **Inter Miami and MLS:** (10%) Posts about Messi's performance with Inter Miami and the MLS in general.
  
**Most Critical Themes**
- **Criticism of Messi's Performance:** (9%)  Criticism and jokes related to Messi's recent loss with Inter Miami.
- **Ballon d'Or Controversy:** (6%)  Debates and controversies surrounding Ballon d'Or winners, including Messi.
  
Network engagement breakdown:  
| Network | Positive    | %   | Neutral     | %   | Negative   | %  |
| ------- | --------    | -   | -------     | -   | --------   | -  |
| TikTok  | XXXXXXXXXX  | X%  | XXXXXXXXXX  | XX% | XXXXXXXXX  | X% |
| X       | XXXXXXXXXX  | X%  | XXXXXXXXXX  | X%  | XXXXXXXXX  | X% |
| YouTube | XXXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXXX | X% |
| News    | XXXXXX      | X%  | XXXXXX      | X%  | XXXXX      | X% |
| Reddit  | XXXXX       | X%  | XXXXXX      | X%  | XXXXX      | X% |
|         |             |     |             |     |            |    |
| Total   | XXXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXXX | X% |
  


**Top assets mentioned**
In the posts about Lionel Messi in the last XX hours

[Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIAX)](/topic/$miax)
[Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla)
[Nike Inc (NKE)](/topic/$nke)
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)

**Top topics mentioned**
In the posts about Lionel Messi in the last XX hours

[lionel messi](/topic/lionel-messi), [cristiano ronaldo](/topic/cristiano-ronaldo), [neymar](/topic/neymar), [argentina](/topic/argentina), [$miax](/topic/$miax), [barcelona](/topic/barcelona), [#football](/topic/#football), [inter miami cf](/topic/inter-miami-cf), [mls](/topic/mls), [leo](/topic/leo), [madrid](/topic/madrid), [haaland](/topic/haaland), [cr7](/topic/cr7), [united states](/topic/united-states), [real madrid](/topic/real-madrid), [puerto rico](/topic/puerto-rico), [portugal](/topic/portugal), [salah](/topic/salah), [goat](/topic/goat), [youtube](/topic/youtube), [ishowspeed](/topic/ishowspeed), [lamine yamal](/topic/lamine-yamal), [1v1](/topic/1v1), [ashley](/topic/ashley), [fifa world](/topic/fifa-world), [#shortsfeed](/topic/#shortsfeed), [tiktok](/topic/tiktok), [yamal](/topic/yamal), [la liga](/topic/la-liga), [del](/topic/del), [manchester](/topic/manchester), [instagram](/topic/instagram), [fc barcelona](/topic/fc-barcelona), [hes not](/topic/hes-not), [alltime](/topic/alltime), [lamine](/topic/lamine), [manchester united](/topic/manchester-united), [brazil](/topic/brazil), [spain](/topic/spain), [the only](/topic/the-only), [gol](/topic/gol), [france](/topic/france), [bara](/topic/bara), [all the](/topic/all-the), [nigeria](/topic/nigeria), [#ai](/topic/#ai), [has been](/topic/has-been), [jersey](/topic/jersey), [india](/topic/india), [viralshorts](/topic/viralshorts), [premier league](/topic/premier-league), [generated](/topic/generated), [luis](/topic/luis), [retirement](/topic/retirement), [money](/topic/money), [como](/topic/como), [te](/topic/te), [away from](/topic/away-from), [he will](/topic/he-will), [#short](/topic/#short), [lo](/topic/lo), [football history](/topic/football-history), [boots](/topic/boots), [hub](/topic/hub), [qatar](/topic/qatar), [henry](/topic/henry), [felix](/topic/felix), [kane](/topic/kane), [premierleague](/topic/premierleague), [national team](/topic/national-team), [fifaworldcup](/topic/fifaworldcup), [stocks consumer cyclical](/topic/stocks-consumer-cyclical), [twitter](/topic/twitter), [brainrot](/topic/brainrot), [mexico](/topic/mexico), [king of](/topic/king-of), [psg](/topic/psg), [adidas](/topic/adidas), [victor](/topic/victor), [cup qualifiers](/topic/cup-qualifiers), [paris](/topic/paris), [david beckham](/topic/david-beckham), [euro](/topic/euro), [roblox](/topic/roblox), [touchlinex](/topic/touchlinex), [alexis](/topic/alexis), [$adsf](/topic/$adsf), [mi](/topic/mi), [nico](/topic/nico), [jordan](/topic/jordan), [masterclass](/topic/masterclass), [cole](/topic/cole), [milan](/topic/milan), [stocks communication services](/topic/stocks-communication-services), [laliga](/topic/laliga), [dor](/topic/dor), [$stoax](/topic/$stoax), [over the](/topic/over-the), [rcd espanyol](/topic/rcd-espanyol), [colombia](/topic/colombia)

### Top News [#](/topic/lionel-messi/news)
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Top news links shared on social in the last XX hours  

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"Argentine soccer team cancels match in Israel amid death threats against Messi - The Washington Post"  
[News Link](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2018/06/06/in-win-for-boycott-movement-argentine-soccer-team-cancels-match-in-israel/) [@washingtonpost](/creator/x/washingtonpost) 2025-10-16T22:03Z 208.1M followers, 5072 engagements


"CR7 Football's First Billionaire Cristiano Ronaldo Tops Forbes Rich List Again Sports News - News18"  
[News Link](https://www.news18.com/sports/cr7-footballs-first-billionaire-cristiano-ronaldo-tops-forbes-rich-list-again-ws-l-9641318.html) [@CNNnews18](/creator/x/CNNnews18) 2025-10-16T17:20Z 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Did Erling Haaland miss his big Ballon dOr chance Man City legend explains how prolific striker can chase down Golden Ball after losing out to Lionel Messi in 2023 Goal.com UK"  
[News Link](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/erling-haaland-miss-ballon-d-or-chance-man-city-legend-explains-how-striker-golden-ball-lionel-messi-2023/blt12c8062e910b38fa) [@goal](/creator/x/goal) 2025-10-16T16:17Z 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Forbes Highest-Paid Soccer Players 2025 List"  
[News Link](https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2025/10/16/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-2025/) [@JustBirny](/creator/x/JustBirny) 2025-10-16T14:15Z 1921 followers, 41.3K engagements



### Top Social Posts [#](/topic/lionel-messi/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

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"Messi called Casillas after his heart attack the class that transcends rivalry ⚽❤"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1o8dzah) [@RSDFitness](/creator/reddit/RSDFitness) 2025-10-16T18:51Z X followers, XXX engagements


"Ronaldo vs Messi WWE 2k25 Live 🔴 #shorts #shortslive #shortsfeeds #cr7 #messi"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=p-Jipg1abRU) [@contra2kgaming109](/creator/youtube/contra2kgaming109) 2025-10-16T17:50Z 440K followers, 110.9K engagements


"🚨 Lamine Yamal is in the top XX highest paid players in 2025 as per Forbes. X. Cristiano Ronaldo: $XXX million (239 million) X. Lionel Messi: $XXX million (111 million) X. Karim Benzema: $XXX million (89 million) X. Kylian Mbapp: $XX million (81 million) X. Erling Haaland: $XX million (68 million) X. Vinicius Jr: $XX million (51 million) X. Mohamed Salah: $XX million (47 million) X. Sadio Man: $XX Million (46 million) X. Jude Bellingham: $XX million (38 million) XX. Lamine Yamal: $XX million (37 million)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/BarcaUniversal/status/1978876289365749910) [@BarcaUniversal](/creator/x/BarcaUniversal) 2025-10-16T17:30Z 1.4M followers, 366.7K engagements


"21 years ago today a 17-year-old Lionel Messi made his first team debut for F.C. Barcelona. The rest is history"  
[Reddit Link](https://redd.it/1o89gw6) [@Strict-Citron-9269](/creator/reddit/Strict-Citron-9269) 2025-10-16T17:29Z X followers, 1122 engagements