Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after the UEFA Euro 2024 quarter-final match against France at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg on July 5, 2024. — AFP
Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo’s debut on YouTube was nothing short of phenomenal as he broke records and even earned himself a place in the Guinness World Records (GWR) with his channel “UR – Cristiano”.
The star athlete launched his channel on the world’s largest video-sharing platform on August 21 and has been gaining subscribers ever since.
GWR has now recognised the 39-year-old Al Nasr Starr’s YouTube channel as the one that gained the most subscribers in 24 hours.
The organization said on its website earlier this week that Ronaldo’s “social media dominance continues” with his YouTube channel reaching 19,729,827 subscribers in a single day.
The figure was exclusively revealed to Guinness World Records this week, according to VN Express.
According to WikiTubia, a website that specializes in YouTube record-keeping, Ronaldo’s channel reached 100,000 subscribers in 22 minutes, 1 million in 47 minutes, and 10 million in 11 hours and 31 minutes.
What’s even more amazing is that the channel garnered 50 million subscribers in just one week.
However, this is not the five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s first time entering the GWR.
The group already recognises Ronaldo as the most followed person on Instagram with 637 million followers, and is on track to become the first person to reach 500 million followers on the platform in November 2022.
He also has a Facebook account with 170 million followers and an X account with 112 million followers.
In soccer, the Portuguese superstar scored 111 goals in 2021, setting a new Guinness World Record for “Most goals scored by a male player in international soccer.”
Additionally, the former Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus player also holds a string of records including:
First player to score 100 goals in the UEFA Champions League. Most appearances in the UEFA Champions League: 183. Most hat tricks in the UEFA Champions League: 8. Most goals at the Euros: 14. First male player to score in five different World Cups. Longest time between appearances in the Premier League: 12 years and 118 days.
Meanwhile, Ronaldo continues to showcase his superb skills on the football pitch, scoring a stunning goal in Tuesday night’s league match against Al Nasr to move one step closer to 900 career goals.