Cristiano Ronaldo’s YouTube channel, UR · Cristiano, has officially set a new world record for the most subscribers gained in 24 hours, as recognized by Guinness World Records. The channel reached an astonishing 19,729,827 subscribers in just one day, as revealed by Guinness World Records on Tuesday.
UR · Cristiano was created on August 7. But it became public only after the first video was posted on August 21. In less than a week, the channel has surpassed 50 million subscribers. Ronaldo has uploaded 22 videos so far, attracting over 280 million views. His most popular video, showing him receiving the YouTube Gold Button, has garnered 45 million views. YouTube awarded the YouTube awards tools that surpass one million subscribers.
According to Wikipedia, a website that tracks YouTube records, Ronaldo’s channel has broken several records on the platform. It became the fastest channel to reach 100,000 subscribers in just 22 minutes. One million subscribers in 47 minutes, and 10 million subscribers in 11 hours and 31 minutes. Previously, the record for the fastest channel to reach 10 million subscribers was held by Hamster Kombat, which achieved it in seven days.
Ronaldo is also the most followed person on Instagram, with 637 million followers. And was the first person to reach 500 million followers on the platform in November 2022. He also has 170 million followers on Facebook and 112 million on X.
In football, Ronaldo holds the Guinness World Record for the most goals scored by a male player in international matches, with 111 goals, a record he set in 2021. He also has a series of other documents, including being the first player to score 100 goals in the UEFA Champions League, most appearances in the UEFA Champions League (183), most hat-tricks in the UEFA Champions League (8, tied with Lionel Messi), most goals in the Euros (14), first male player to score in five different World Cups. And the longest gap between appearances in the Premier League (12 years and 118 days).