Cristiano Ronaldo has made history on the fields on numerous occasions, for starters he holds the records for the most goals scored in the UEFA Champions League (128) and the joint-most goals scored in the UEFA European Championship (9). He has scored over 700 senior career goals for club and country.
Well, that’s his accomplishments on the football field alone. Tells you what kind of a man Cristiano Ronaldo really is, some would go to an extent of even calling him a football god.
Cristiano Ronaldo full name Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro also has a career as a model and predominantly models his CR7 merchandise and also Nike products which have seen him become an internet sensation on the photo-sharing app, Instagram.
The footballer, entrepreneur, model, philanthropist, and internet sensation have made history yet again, this time around on the internet after being the first person on earth to hit the 200 million followers mark on Instagram. Nobody before him has ever reached such heights.
Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the first athlete and celebrity to have 200 million followers with Ariana Grande, Dwayne Johnson, Selena Gomez following close behind him with 173 million, 170 million and 167 million followers respectively.
“Wow 200 million!!! Thank you to each and every one of you for sharing this journey with me every day!!👏🏽❤️”
The Portuguese footballer was reported to earn about $1 million dollars per paid advertisement post on his Instagram page in the past, now that he has achieved yet another milestone in terms of numbers, it’s not yet known if he will still charge a million dollars per post on his Instagram page, I guess we’ll have to wait and see what the future holds.
Currently, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Lionel Messi are the only athletes in the world to be on the top ten most followed human beings on the planet on the photo-sharing app, Instagram.
Below are the top ten most followed persons on Instagram today:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo – 200 million
2. Ariana Grande – 173 million
3. Dwayne Johnson – 170 million
4. Selena Gomez – 167 million
5. Kylie Jenner – 159 million
6. Kim Kardashian – 158 million
7. Lionel Messi – 141 million
8. Beyonce – 139 million
9. Neymar – 132 million
10. Justin Bieber – 126 million
