The results are in: Justin Bieber has earned the most "likes" on his Instagram photo with Will Smith, making his photo the most "liked" photo on Instagram in 2013. 

Captioned simply "Me & Uncle Will" and uploaded about 4 months ago, the photo got nearly 1.5 million likes and more than 61,000 comments. 

With all the ratchetry and antics that are on Instagram every day -- even on Justin Bieber's own page -- why did this photo beat out so many others? According to The Daily Beast, Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom offered a very simple explanation: "I just think people love pictures of people, and it seemed like a fun picture. They were having fun. I also think it's because he has 12 million followers."

According to The Los Angeles Times, this is just the first in a series of trends proffered by the photo sharing site, which was acquired by Facebook for more than $1 billion. When it came to hashtags Instagram said the most used in 2013 was #love. Other top hashtags of 2013 included #selfie, #food, #tbt, #friends and #fashion. The top five geotagged cities in 2013 were New York, Bangkok, Los Angeles, London and Sao Paulo, in that order.

The Siam Paragon, a massive shopping mall in Thailand, was the top geotagged location in 2013, the second year in a row that a location in Thailand tops the list. The Siam Paragon was followed by Times Square, Disneyland, the Bellagio fountain in Las Vegas and Disney World Florida, in that order.

Which was your favorite Instagram photo of 2013? Leave your thoughts and links in the comments below!