The legendary footballer known worldwide for breaking most of the records on the field, Cristiano Ronaldo, has now broken some big records in the digital world. Portuguese star launched his YouTube channel “UR Cristiano,” and within merely 90 minutes, more than a million subscribers piled up on his new platform, making him achieve the fastest YouTube channel that was able to gather one million subscribers.
The 39-year-old, who has been a dominant figure in football for nearly two decades, announced it on his social media platform, requesting his millions of followers to join him on this new journey. Following his first video post, Ronaldo’s channel quickly gained 1.69 million subscribers within just hours.
Ronaldo, who now plays for the Saudi Arabian team Al Nassr, shared a trailer-teaser and fun quiz game with his girlfriend, Georgina Rodriguez, among other content to debut the channel. One of the clips is Ronaldo meeting his own wax figure at Madame Tussauds.
It did not end there. Within 24 hours, Ronaldo clocked 10 million YouTube subscribers, another world record previously held by the channel Hamster Kombat. In the latest update, the number of subscribers to Ronaldo’s channel went beyond 12 million, continuing his unprecedented growth.
Considering what a huge following Ronaldo has on all the other social media platforms—112.5 million on X, 170 million on Facebook, and 636 million on the Instagram platform alone—the power of the football icon not only transcends the pitch but extends further. Fans can now only anticipate more posts from the star as he embarks on this new digital adventure, where most probably he is bound to break all records and set new standards.
With days before the Saudi Pro League opener against Al-Raed, it seems that off-field achievement is set to be just as remarkable for Ronaldo as an illustrious career in football. The world indeed shall keep looking forward to “UR Cristiano” because he does something unbelievable in the digital world.