Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes First Person To Reach 500m Followers On Instagram, 124m More Than Lionel Messi
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The Portugal Forward Cristiano Ronaldo became the first person to reach 500 million followers on Instagram, 124 million more than Lionel Messi, who came in 2nd.
Manchester United superstar is the most followed person on Instagram, and he has become the first individual to exceed 500 million followers on the popular social media platform.
Ronaldo is also the overall most-followed person on Instagram, as well as on Facebook. Second-ranked Lionel Messi had over 376 million Instagram followers.
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The Portuguese forward, who turned 37 years old earlier this year, became the most followed person on Instagram when he reached 500 million followers in November 2022.
In just eight months, Ronaldo has seen his number of followers on the Instagram increase by 100 million.
The former Real Madrid player has published 3,396 posts with an average of 10 million likes apiece, while he only follows 523 accounts.
The official Instagram account is the most followed account on the popular platform with 569 million followers. Instagram follows just 151 accounts and has made 7,289 posts.
