Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates YouTube record with family, gains 10 million subscribers in just 24 hours

Cristiano Ronaldo, a football superstar, has established a new YouTube record for fastest time to 10 million subscribers. Ronaldo started his channel, UR Cristiano, on August 21, capturing millions of admirers from all around the world and surpassing the 10-million subscription threshold before the end of the day. This new record breaks the old record set by Hamster Kombat, which took seven days to accomplish the same achievement.

Ronaldo’s channel premiered with numerous interesting videos, including a teaser trailer, a fun quiz game with his partner Georgina Rodriguez, and a video of Ronaldo meeting his wax figure at Madame Tussauds. Within the first 90 minutes of its inception, the channel had over 1 million subscribers. Within six hours, the number of subscribers surpassed 6 million.

Ronaldo thanked his supporters on social media, referring to them as “SIUUUbscribers,” in a light-hearted reference to his famed celebration. “A gift for my family…” Thank you to all SIUUU subscribers!” Ronaldo wrote while demonstrating his ‘Gold Play Button’ to his youngsters.

The football great, who has a large social media following (112.5 million on X, 170 million on Facebook, and 636 million on Instagram), had anxiously announced the debut of his YouTube channel on his various platforms. “The wait is over.” My @YouTube channel is finally live! SIUUUbscribe and join me on this new journey,” Ronaldo wrote.

The five-time Ballon d’Or winner is currently playing for Saudi Arabian team Al Nassr and is extremely popular. Ronaldo’s YouTube channel, which currently has approximately 12 million members, continues to expand swiftly, marking another milestone in his remarkable career.