The images quickly traveled through social networks and, as if that were not enough, that simple gesture caused a 1.6% drop for the company in the stock market. According to a report published by the marketing company specialized in networks Hopper HQ, the Portuguese was at the top of the ranking by surpassing actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who since 2017 was number 1 on the list.Īccording to the published information, the posts of CR7 usually have an average of 9 million I like and for each publication his sponsors pay him 1.6 million dollars to show the world a product.Ĭristiano’s power in this regard has become clear during the Eurocup, when in the preview of Portugal’s debut against Hungary in Budapest, the star removed two bottles of Coca-Cola from the press conference table and recommended to people that drink more water and less soda. The 36-year-old scorer has exceeded 308 million followers and in this way has become the most influential person within this social network. Besides all this, Now he has also been crowned the king of Instagram. The Bianconeri face FC Porto at the Estadio do Dragao on Tuesday in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 game.Cristiano Ronaldo has more followers than anyone else on Instagram (Reuters)Ĭristiano Ronaldo He has been the best player in the world on five different occasions, he has won the Champions League, La Liga, the Premier League and Serie A, he has become European champion with Portugal and he has also been one of the highest paid athletes on the planet. While Ronaldo continues to dominate the world of social media in terms of fan-following, Juventus will be depending on him to guide them to their first European Cup in 25 years. In fact, Ronaldo has gained over 2 million followers on Instagram in the past four days. Reports also claim that social media giants Instagram have around 1 billion users which means that around 15% of the platform's users are following Ronaldo.ĪLSO READ: Gerard Pique's Desperate Attempt To Pull Mbappe’s Jersey Sparks Meme Fest On Twitter
Meanwhile, Ronaldo has racked up over 125 million likes on his official page on Facebook, over 263 million followers on Instagram and 91 million more followers on Twitter.
The 43-year-old Brady has 1.7 million followers on Twitter and has amassed over 9.4m followers on Instagram.ĪLSO READ: Does Leicester Keeper Kasper Schmeichel Wear A Corset? Slavia Prague Make BIZARRE ClaimĬristiano Ronaldo becomes the first athlete to hit 500 million followers on social media. While some NFL fans claimed that six-time Super Bowl champion, Tom Brady, was the most-known athlete in the world, the Bucs QB's online fan-following comes nowhere close to Ronaldo. The USA then comes in at third.ĪLSO READ: Dayot Upamecano’s Horror Show Vs Liverpool Has PL Fans Mock Bayern Over £38M Signing In fact, Ronaldo's staggering fan-following figures are only behind the population of China and India - the two most populated countries in the world. According to, there are currently 331.42 million inhabitants in the North American country. The five-time UCL winner now has more followers than the current population in the USA. And those NFL fans tried claiming Brady was the most-known athlete in the world. For context, the USA has a population of 330M. In fact, on Friday, Cristiano Ronaldo reached an incredible milestone by becoming the first person to amass over half-a-billion followers on social media.Ĭristiano Ronaldo has become the first person in history to reach 500M followers on social media. Off the field, Ronaldo is a fashion icon for many, which also seems to get him plenty of attention on social media. Over the years, Cristiano Ronaldo has gained a massive fan-following on social media for his exceptional footballing skills. He also has around 1.72 million subscribers on Youtube despite not using his account on the social media platform for the last four years.ĪLSO READ: PSG Boss Pochettino Reveals Mbappe's Promise To Win At Camp Nou Prior To UCL Hat-trick How many followers does Cristiano Ronaldo have on social media? Portuguese ace reaches incredible off-field milestone Ronaldo has over 125 million likes on his official page on Facebook, over 263 million followers on Instagram and 91 million followers on Twitter. Last week, the Juventus forward became the first sports icon to amass over 500 million followers on social media.
Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo now has more social media followers than the current population in the United States of America.