Soccer idol Cristiano Ronaldo has been known to score goals in seconds. He is also lightning-fast in rounding up millions. His YouTube channel, UR. Cristiano, launched on Wednesday (August 21), acquired a million subscribers in 90 minutes, setting a world record as the fastest YouTube channel to cross the million-mark. The subscriber numbers continued to multiply like his prolific goals and surpassed 14 million by Thursday (August 22).
Well, what do you expect of the soccer star who has earned over 200 caps, scored 130 international goals, and won the Ballon D’Or five times?
Ronaldo legions
The 39-year-old Portuguese star forward, who plays for the Saudi Pro League club Al Nassr, has 112.5 million followers on X (formerly Twitter), 170 million on Facebook, and 636 million on Instagram, reports Reuters.
Those are larger figures than the populations of entire nations, but that’s Ronaldo, that’s Cristiano, and his followers are following him on YouTube, too.
A glimpse of his home life
Especially because his channel promises glimpses of his home life – what you don’t get to see on the sports channels and match reports.
“Ronaldo’s new platform is designed to give fans a glimpse into the life he leads with partner Georgina Rodriguez,” reports the Independent.
“Ronaldo also shares a number of his passions… and gives his takes on NFL vs NBA, boxing vs UFC and Rafa Nadal vs Novak Djokovic.”
Ah, just what some of the fans wanna know!
Team C Ronaldo claims Ronldo’s YouTube broke another record by reaching 10 million subscribers in less than 12 hours.
It took @MrBeast 132 days to reach 𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 subscribers on YouTube and become the fastest to reach this milestone.
Cristiano Ronaldo just broke the record by reaching 𝟏𝟎 𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 subscribers in less than 12 hours. 🤯🤯🤯 pic.twitter.com/a0B1JhMX9v
— TCR. (@TeamCRonaldo) August 22, 2024
Of course, you can look back and wonder at Ronaldo’s on-field exploits, too.
Like the goal he scored for Real Madrid against Atletico in 14 seconds in 2003 – lovingly preserved on YouTube on the Real Madrid channel.
In the soccer hall of fame, Ronaldo has to contend with Lionel Messi – and it looks like he has rivals on YouTube, too.
100-million-plus subscriber channels
While he is off to a flying start on YouTube, with more than 14 million subscribers gained within two days, there are still mountains to climb.
American YouTuber MrBeast has the largest number of subscribers – a jaw-dropping 311 million. It took him 132 days to reach that figure, says Team C Ronaldo.
The Bollywood music site T Series is second with 272 million followed by Cocomelon – Nursery Rhymes with 180 million.
WWE is the top sports channel – 10th overall – with 103 million subscribers.
So, Cristiano still has a long way to go. But his fans will be enjoying the journey with him.