Ronaldo achieved Youtube diamond button after 11 hours of opening channel, still lost to Messi in 1 thing

On the evening of August 21 (Vietnam time), Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo launched his personal YouTube channel and quickly had more than 10 million subscribers in less than half a day after its creation.

According to Pubity Sport, Ronaldo's YouTube channel set a record for receiving the fastest golden button in history, a symbol for a channel reaching more than 1 million subscribers in just about 1 hour.

The former Real Madrid and Man Utd star said he will use a channel called "UR Cristiano" to engage more deeply with global football fans.

Ronaldo also promised to share unknown things about himself on his personal YouTube channel with fans, and the channel will delve into topics other than the 39-year-old striker's iconic football career.

As part of the channel, Ronaldo will interview a series of guests on a variety of topics, although the identities of these guests have not yet been announced.

“I am so excited to make this project a reality. I have had this idea for a long time but we finally have the opportunity to make it happen.

I have always enjoyed having a close relationship with my fans on social media and my YouTube channel will give me a bigger platform to do so and they will learn more about me, my family and my views on various topics.

I'm looking forward to sharing conversations with guests and I'm sure it will surprise everyone!", Ronaldo expressed when launching his personal YouTube channel.

Immediately after successfully conquering Youtube, Ronaldo was immediately compared to his arch-rival Messi.

Accordingly, Ronaldo is active on social media, posting frequently and generating more revenue, while Messi seems to prefer quiet, sharing less unless it is related to his football career.

According to Sportico statistics, Ronaldo is the most followed person on social networking platforms, including 633 million followers on Instagram, 170 million on Facebook, 112 million on X and most recently more than 14 million subscribers on YouTube.

The big platform Ronaldo hasn’t joined is TikTok. In fact, he appeared on ByteDance’s short video network in 2023. In one day, the account jumped to 4 million followers, and a single video posted received more than 10 million likes. However, so many people flooded in that TikTok had to block the Portuguese player’s account. At the time, this also sparked rumors that YouTube banned Ronaldo from creating a channel for fear of “putting financial pressure on the platform.”

Messi has taken a more modest approach to social media. He joined YouTube more than 10 years ago and now has 2.26 million subscribers and 207 videos. The Argentine has 504 million followers on Instagram and 116 million on Facebook, but does not use social media.

Ronaldo also actively interacts with users on social media. According to SCMP, earlier this year, when Messi was unable to participate in the tour to China and was criticized by the Chinese audience, Ronaldo posted a video with his Al Nassr teammates on Weibo, wishing fans a happy new year in Chinese. Two hashtags related to the video were viewed more than 35 million times.

With a large following, Ronaldo earns more m.oney from social media than Messi. According to Goal, as of the beginning of the year, the Portuguese player earned more than $470,000 for each sponsored post on Instagram, while the Argentine player earned more than $350,000.

However, Messi has the most interacted post on Instagram. In 2022, the photo celebrating the World Cup championship shared by Messi reached 10 million likes in 39 minutes - the fastest ever. The photo now has more than 75 million likes and two million comments, becoming the most liked photo of a sports athlete.

In 2018, Real Madrid's "Gracias Cristiano" message on X after Ronaldo's move to Juventus received 192,300 shares and 337,200 likes in its first week. Meanwhile, Barcelona's "Thank you, Leo" tweet when Messi left the club in 2021 attracted 240,100 shares and 629,900 likes in the same period.

Messi also received more attention on social media than Ronaldo when he joined his new club. For example, the announcement that Juventus had signed Ronaldo received 84.1k shares and 140.4k likes in the first week, lower than the 253.1k and 832.1k shares respectively when PSG announced the successful recruitment of Messi.

Ronaldo is the biggest fan in football, but YouTube is still "banned" from opening a channel, why? Đình Như16:32:52 27/06/2024It is completely normal for famous people to create YouTube channels and is even encouraged by this platform. However, only Cristiano Ronaldo is the complete opposite. Although he has a large fan base, he is not allowed to open a YouTube account.