Cristiano Ronaldo hits 1 billion followers across social media platforms

Jack Aylmer

CRISITANO RONALDO HAS JUST HIT 1-BILLION FOLLOWERS ACROSS ALL HIS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS, BECOMING THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO REACH THAT NUMBER. 

THE FIGURE IS A COMBINATION OF HIS FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, TWITTER, YOUTUBE, AND EVEN CHINESE PLATFORMS LIKE WEIBO AND KUAISHOU. 

WHILE THE NUMBER DOESN’T REPRESENT A BILLION INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, WITH SOME FOLLOWERS ACROSS MULTIPLE PLATFORMS AND BOTS MIXED IN, IT’S A MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT NONETHELESS. 

RONALDO IS KNOWN OR HIS FIERCE RIVALRY WITH LIONEL MESSI, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE’S NO CONTEST. MESSI TRAILS WITH 623-MILLION FOLLOWERS. 

RONALDO ALSO SURPASSES ENTERTAINMENT GIANTS LIKE JUSTIN BIEBER, TAYLOR SWIFT AND EVEN YOUTUBER MR.BEAST. 

RONALDO’S SOCIAL MEDIA DOMINANCE COMES JUST DAYS AFTER HE BECAME THE FIRST SOCCER PLAYER TO SCORE 900 CAREER GOALS. 

The al striker, TOOK TO HIS SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO SHARE THE NEWS WITH FANS WRITING, “WE’VE MADE HISTORY– 1 BILLION FOLLOWERS! THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A NUMBER, IT’S A TESTAMENT TO OUR SHARED PASSION, DRIVE, AND LOVE FOR THE GAME AND BEYOND.”

HE REFLECTED ON HIS JOURNEY, FROM HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN MADEIRA TO BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZED ATHLETES IN THE WORLD, AND THANK HIS FANS FOR THEIR SUPPORT.

THE FIVE-TIME BALLON D’OR WINNER, CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS, CEMENTING HIS PLACE NOT JUST IN THE WORLD OF SPORT BUT AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FIGURES GLOBALLY. 

FOR SAN, I’M JACK A.