CRISTIANO RONALDO set a record on social media

CRISTIANO RONALDO has made history, by becoming the first athlete in history to rack up 200million followers on social media.
The Real Madrid forward, 31, has 109.7m Facebook followers, 49.6m on Instagram and 40.7m on Twitter.CRISTIANO RONALDO has enjoyed a meteoric rise in the past 12 months, gaining close to 42m new followers in 2015 alone.

The second most-followed athlete in the world —  Lionel Messi.
The Barcelona star, 28, has ‘just’ 122m followers — a good 78m fewer fans.
And compared to the rest of the sporting world, Ronaldo is an absolute juggernaut.

In fact, he has 13m more followers than five of the greatest NBA stars of all time — LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry.

More than that, he has 74m more fans than the official accounts for the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL and the MLS.
CRISTIANO RONALDO has made history, by becoming the first athlete in history to rack up 200million followers on social media.
The Real Madrid forward, 31, has 109.7m Facebook followers, 49.6m on Instagram and 40.7m on Twitter.
So, in short, Ronaldo has more fans than the entirety of North American sport...
On top of all that, Ronaldo saw nearly ONE BILLION interactions last year alone, when you include ‘likes’, ‘comments’, ‘shares’ and ‘interactions’.
One last number for you — CR7 manages to accrue 135,000 new followers per day.