Why does Cristiano Ronaldo have such legendary standing?

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CR7 now has 633 million followers on Instagram, nobody comes near that variety of celebrities. How is it that Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and different athletes like Michael Jordan wouldn’t have as a lot standing within the NBA as Cristiano Ronaldo? Messi has 130 million much less followers and lots of followers, however Cristiano has extra. How did he handle to have extra followers than Pele? Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, not all celebrities have that popularity. How is that doable? 20 million views on a photograph in a couple of hours is loopy