Exclusive: Ronaldo overtakes MrBeast as YouTube’s biggest star in August 2026, earning $99m (£76.3m)

• Cristiano Ronaldo is expected to overtake MrBeast as YouTube‘s biggest star in August 2026, earning him a potential earnings of around $99 million (£76.3 million).

• According to Completeaports.com, Ronaldo’s current growth figures suggest he could reach the required 22 million people within 210 months. This requires an average of 6.5 million new subscribers per month.

• Ronaldo set a new record by getting one million subscribers on August 21, 2024 on August 21. On the first day alone, 20 million people were added.

• MrBeast currently has 313 million people, but Ronaldo’s rapid growth makes his goal of surpassing it within two years possible and within reach.

Cristiano Ronaldo is on track to dethrone MrBeast as YouTube’s biggest star by the August 2026 target date, earning him an estimated $99 million (£76.3 million).

That’s what data experts say Completesports.comwho analyzed the current membership growth of Al Nassr attacker and then calculated his potential earnings.

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On August 21, the 39-year-old started his personal YouTube channel ‘UR Cristiano’ and within 90 minutes of creating his channel, he had one million subscribers, a new record.

20 million users signed up on the first day alone, a feat that took MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson) 28 days to reach the same figure. The American has 313 people, a goal that Ronaldo wants to achieve within two years, and that is not impossible.

Analysis of growth rate to achieve August 2026 target

• Goal: To surpass MrBeast’s current number of subscribers, estimated at 210 million.

• Timeframe: About 22 months from now (to August 2026).

Required monthly growth rate

Subscribers wanted:

210 – 67.5 = 142.5 million subscribers

Required monthly growth:

Since its recent growth rate was 33.75 million per month, it is reasonable to maintain even a fraction of this figure (around 6.5 million). That makes his August 2026 goal within reach, especially with his current momentum.

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Potential earnings from now until August 2026

Assuming that Ronaldo maintains a high level of engagement with an average of 300 million views per month at a CPM of $10 to $20, we can calculate income over the 22 months:

Monthly income range:

$3,000,000 – $6,000,000 ≈ $4,500,000

Total income over 22 months:

$4,500,000 x 22 = $99,000,000 (£76,300,000)

A spokesman for Complete Sports said: “Cristiano Ronaldo’s relentless pursuit of becoming the greatest footballer of all time has been driven by an insatiable hunger to improve and prove his skeptics wrong .

“Although he has very little streaming experience, his passion and determination to win sets him apart from all but the one percent MrBeast has achieved incredible success so far, but current king YouTube sees its position in serious danger. “

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