Cristiano Ronaldo Becomes First Sportsperson To Hit 100 Million Instagram Followers

Cristiano Ronaldo has been hailed as the first male to hit 100 million followers on Instagram. Though he is the first male, he is not the first person. Actually four other people have achieved this feat and they are all females. They are Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Beyonce and Taylor Swift.

Following his heroic performance at Euro 2016 in France, the Real Madrid tallisman added more than 43 million followers in the year alone.

Ronaldo, 32, has made 1,786 posts to his account, with the first coming 235 weeks ago.

Ronaldo's first post earned more than 329,000 likes.

According to Forbes report in December, Ronaldo's social media presence brought in $474 million in value for Nike last year. His most valuable post came after that Euro 2016 Final.

Ronaldo is worth $400 million and has a salary of $45 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.