Manchester United footballer Ristiano Ronaldo has remained at the top of his game in recent years, often being touted as one of the most talented players of his generation. Now he has conquered the world of social media as well.
Ronaldo is the first to surpass 500 million followers on Instagram, making him one of the most digitally influential people on the planet.
The footballer shares a variety of polished and more natural photos with his family, as well as the obligatory action photos from matches.
Sports appear to be taking the social media platform by storm, with the second most followed account being Lionel Messi, with 376 million followers.
This collaboration was arguably a key factor in Ronaldo’s surpassing 500 million followers, with the photo taken by Annie Leibovitz becoming the second most liked post on Instagram.
The only post that beats it is, bizarrely, a photo of an egg that set the world record with 55.9 million likes (and still counting).
On Nov. 19, Ronaldo gained over a million followers in just 24 hours after also posting a snap with Messi. This suggests that the revolutionary image of the Internet has attracted attention on Ronaldo’s Instagram channel.
Unsurprisingly, then, one of Ronaldo’s recent posts, featuring the two sports stars playing chess, garnered over 35 million likes, far more than Ronaldo’s rough average of 10 million likes per post.
In third place is perhaps the more predictable Kylie Jenner, who has been in the “most followed top five” in recent years. She is followed closely by Selena Gomez and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
Ronaldo has turned his Instagram platform into a lucrative business, with an average commission of $2 million per sponsored post. Furthermore, he also has a connection to his NFT collection via Binance, where he surely makes a nice profit as well. In addition to his salary, Ronaldo’s income is expected to skyrocket further.
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