On his personal page, Ronaldo wrote: “We made history with 1 billion followers. This is not just a number, but a testament to our shared passion, motivation and love and more. Thank you for your trust, support and for being a part of my life.”

The 6 platforms that CR7 and his team calculated include Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, Kuaishou and Weibo. Of which, YouTube is the shortest channel, created less than a month ago, currently reaching 60.5 million subscribers.

Instagram is the social network where Ronaldo has the most followers, 639 million, followed by Facebook, 170.5 million. These are also the two platforms where the Portuguese superstar is the most popular.

With X, Ronaldo has nearly 113 million fans. This number puts him in the top 3 largest accounts, after Elon Musk and former US President Barrack Obama. Two domestic Chinese social networks, Kuaishou and Weibo, also contribute 9 and 7 million followers to CR7, respectively.

On August 21, the football superstar debuted on YouTube with a series of carefully prepared videos. After a week, he continuously broke the platform’s subscriber records. Most recently, the UR Cristiano channel just reached the milestone of 60 million subscribers, the fastest in history.

His existing popularity, combined with a huge number of subscribers across social networks, helps Ronaldo earn valuable advertising contracts even when he is no longer playing football.

According to the “2024 Instagram Rich List” posted by Hopper HQ , Ronaldo tops the list of the most famous and highest-earning Instagram stars. The Portuguese soccer superstar, with over 630 million followers, can earn a whopping $3.432 million per post on the platform.

With a total of 1 billion followers across all platforms, Ronaldo also far surpasses his competitors in the list of famous people on social networks. The person right behind him is singer Selena Gomez, who currently has more than 680 million fans.