Cristiano Ronaldo becomes first ever person to reach 200m followers on Instagram

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Portuguese and Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is known to break records after records, be it on the ground or in the social media. He has achieved yet another milestone as he became the first person to reach 200 million followers on social media platform Instagram.

Ronaldo has a huge fan base all over the world and this achievement is just an evidence to it. He is building global fan base thanks to spells in Portugal, England, Spain and now Italy.

The Portuguese star passed the best phase of his career in Spanish club Real Madrid before moving to Juventus. He won an  incredible four Champions League titles with ​Madrid during his nine-year stay in Spain, and notched an astonishing 311 goals in 292 La Liga appearances. However, he is not done yet and doing his magic in Seria A as well. He scored 17 goals in 18 Serie A matches over the course of the current campaign.

The 34-year old is also the highest scorer in UEFA competitions with 171 goals, and he was the first player to clock up 100 wins in the Champions League. And it doesn’t end here as the Madrid legend was also the first man to reach 100 career goals in the UEFA Champions League, and the first to post the same figure with a single club.

Ronaldo became the most followed person on Instagram in October 2018 after eclipsing American musician and actress Selena Gomez, who boasts 167 million followers. He has now took it to another level after reaching 200 million followers on Wednesday.

The popularity of his account is prime advertising ground for brands who will now have to fork out close to £800,000 for every promotional post. This amount has risen by about £200,000 since last year due to the steady growth of the page. Safe to say, the Portugese star makes records wherever he goes.

Here are the 10 most followed people on Instagram:

  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

 

 

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Wow 200 million!!! Thank you to each and every one of you for sharing this journey with me every day!!??❤️

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) on Jan 29, 2020 at 9:09am PST