Cristiano Ronaldo enters the YouTube world, crosses 15 million subscribers within a day
Ronaldo posted multiple videos on his first day at YouTube, including a teaser trailer and one with a fun quiz featuring his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez.
The footballing sensation Cristiano Ronaldo has entered the world of content creation with his YouTube channel UR Cristiano.’ The Portuguese striker renowned as the greatest footballer of all time has shattered multiple records on the field, and now he is doing the same on YouTube. Ronaldo gained one million subscribers within an hour of his announcement. He broke the record for the fastest one million and ten million subscribers on the very first day of his entry. Currently, he has 15.6 million subscribers.
Ronaldo launched his YouTube channel on Wednesday, and the announcement was made through his social media handles. He posted a reel collaborating with YouTube on Instagram, (where he is the most followed person with 636 million followers). In the video, he was seen asking his fans to ‘Subscribe his YouTube channel.
How “UR Cristiano” is Shaping Ronaldo’s Digital Legacy
“The wait is over. My @YouTube channel is finally here! Subscribe and join me on this new journey,” Cristiano wrote on his social media handles.
Ronaldo posted multiple videos on his first day at YouTube, including a teaser trailer and one with a fun quiz featuring his girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez. By now, he has posted 12 videos on his channel. The first one featured the GOAT meeting his wax statue at Madame Tussauds.
Fans flooded the comment section saying, “Cristiano, about to take over YouTube” and “Server is gonna crash” Some even taunted Mr Beast (the most subscribed person on Youtube) that ” Mr Beast who?” and “Mr Beast is dead now”. Some even demanded a video with Messi saying, “It will break the internet”.
Within just hours of the launch, Ronaldo unveiled the golden play button (awarded for getting 1 million subscribers). He posted a video with his family, captioning it as “A present for my family ❤️ Thank you to all the SIUUUbscribers!”
The Real Madrid and Manchester United legend currently plays for the Saudi club Al Nassr. After losing the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup, Ronaldo took some surprising steps in his footballing career. The Portuguese striker amazed the World with his move to Saudi, where nobody was anticipating him to play. However, he had a great influence there as many big names like Karim Benzema, NeTheymar and Kante followed his steps joining the Saudi Pro League.
Last week, his team lost the Saudi Super Cup final against their old rival Al Hilal. Despite Ronaldo scoring the first goal of the match.
Leaving the on-field records aside, Ronaldo is currently focussing on breaking some online records. Until now the Portuguese legend has 15 Guinness World Records.
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