Portugal’s legendary footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has created a new world record by gaining one million subscribers in the fastest time on YouTube.
Ronaldo launched his YouTube channel on Wednesday. The channel has got more than 13 million (1.3 crore) subscribers in less than a day. This is also a record. Earlier, the record of the highest number of subscribers in a day was in the name of Hamster Kombat channel.
Got the gold button in 6 hours
39-year-old Portuguese footballer launched his YouTube channel UR · Cristiano on Wednesday, August 21. He posted on his social media account, ‘The wait is over. My YouTube channel is finally launched! Join me on this new journey.’ YouTube sends the gold button to channels with 1 million subscribers. Ronaldo’s channel crossed this mark in just 90 minutes. YouTube also sent the gold button to his house in just 6 hours.
Ronaldo posted a clip of his wax statue in the opening video
Ronaldo posted several videos along with debuting his channel. These include a teaser trailer and a fun quiz game with his partner Georgina Rodriguez. Along with this, he also posted a clip of the launch of his wax statue in New York in 2022.
He said, ‘I have always enjoyed a great bonding with fans on social media. Now my YouTube channel will help me connect with fans in a better way.’
Ronaldo has over 630 million followers on Instagram with
112.5 million followers on the X platform, 170 million followers on Facebook and 636 million followers on Instagram.
Ronaldo got his children to unbox the Gold Play Button after getting 10 million (1 crore) subscribers. Ronaldo is the father of five children .
Ronaldo is the highest-paid athlete
Ronaldo is the world’s highest-paid athlete. Forbes estimates Ronaldo’s net worth to be $260 million (2.18 thousand crores). He is also the first football player to earn more than $1 billion (8.39 thousand crores).