The debate concerning who the greatest player of all-time is between Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi still continues with no definitive conclusion. But there is no question about who actually rules on social media. There is only one king and that person is Ronaldo.
The man from Portugal, who plies his trade for Real Madrid, is the first sports star to reach 100 million followers on Instagram. He is only trailing pop stars Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift and Beyonce who are all females.
Ronaldo recently used his predatory prowess to dismantle Bayern Munich and Atletico Madrid in the quarter and semi-finals of the ongoing Champions League respectively. He continues to break records and set new standard in football, leaving everyone in awe.
He has extended his supremacy to social media by having an enviable 100 million followers on both Facebook and Instagram.
Here is a list of the athletes with most followers on Instagram:
- Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) 100 million
- Neymar (@neymarjr) 74m
- Lionel Messi (@leomessi) 70.8m
- James Rodriguez (@jamesrodriguez10) 30.7m
- LeBron James (@kingjames) 29.9m
- Gareth Bale (@garethbale11) 28.8m
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (@iamzlatanibrahimovic) 24.7m
- Ronaldinho Gaúcho (@ronaldinhooficial) 22.5m
- Luis Suarez (@luissuarez9) 21.9m
- Karim Benzema (@karimbenzema) 18.2m
