Cristiano Ronaldo has a new rival. It is 'World's No. 1 YouTuber' Mr. Beast.
Ronaldo has recently turned into a YouTuber. He opened a channel called "UR. CRISTIANO" on April 21. Starting with a video clip introducing his channel, Ronaldo quickly uploaded 19 videos, including a quiz with his lover Georgina Rodriguez, and a video clip introducing his life story from childhood.
Ronaldo has the most followers on social media among all mankind. He has a whopping 917 million followers on various platforms. He is still growing. His YouTube channel instantly grew the number of subscribers. It surpassed 1 million subscribers in just an hour and 24 minutes after opening the channel. YouTube provides a "silver button" when it hits 100,000 subscribers and a "gold button" when it hits 1 million subscribers, but Ronaldo became the fastest person to receive the "gold button." The previous record was seven hours for Black Pink Jenny, a K-pop star. Ronaldo immediately received the gold button and uploaded a video showing off to his children. Amid the amazing increase, there is even a YouTube channel that broadcasts Ronaldo's subscribers in real time.
Ronaldo said, "I'm very excited to make this project happen. I've had it in my mind for a long time, but I finally have a chance. I've always enjoyed building strong relationships with my fans on social media, and my channel provides a bigger platform for them to learn more about me, my family, and my views on various topics. I look forward to having conversations with my guests, which will surprise people." 동행복권파워볼
Already, some of the videos have had the best reactions ever. Ronaldo held a meeting with Rio Ferdinand on his YouTube channel, where he shared various goals. Ferdinand asked, "How long will you play then?" and Ronaldo said, "41? I don't know. If you don't have an injury, that's a good enough goal." Ronaldo said, "The best record I could have in football was to score 900 goals. After that, my challenge was going to be 1,000 goals. The only difference is that every goal I scored is on the video. So I can prove that this is real." Perhaps he mentioned Pelé, who scored the most goals in football history. Pelé has scored more than 1,200 goals, but a considerable part of them are known to be unrecorded friendly matches. Brazil and Pelé are of course denying this.
Ronaldo currently has 56.4 million subscribers. The feat has been achieved in just two weeks. Now, he is aiming for No. 1 in the world. "He will surpass Mr. Beast," Ronaldo, who joined the Portuguese national team, told a news conference ahead of the UEFA Nations League Group A match on Tuesday. "Jimmy Donaldson is a YouTuber who has the most subscribers in the world. It started in February 2012 and has 313 million subscribers now.
Asked if he wanted to become a YouTuber in the future, Ronaldo said, "My kids are already telling me I'm a YouTuber. They say, 'Dad is not a player anymore,'" smiling. "That's not true. My goal was to get closer to my fans. I think they deserve it," Ronaldo said. "What impressed me the most at Euro 2024 was the support. The next two to three years will be the last of my career. What they showed was more important than anything else."
Lastly, Ronaldo said, "I have to look at subscribers and records in a somewhat objective manner, but I want to beat them. Everything is done in time. I am glad that fans are happier now. What I first felt a few months ago was that I needed to get closer to them, and I am very happy to make that happen. I will try to beat Mr. Beast within two years."
Ronaldo's Portugal will play his first match against Croatia on Saturday. He will then play his second match against Scotland on Sunday. Ronaldo is one of the best players of all time. He conquered the European Champions League, the English Premier League, the Spanish Primera Liga, and the Italian Serie A, and won the Ballon d'Or award given to the world's best player five times. He sometimes stands at the center of criticism with his childish and self-centered attitude, contrary to his amazing career, but he is overwhelming rival Lionel Messi on social media due to his unique confident and celebrity appearance. He showed off his power once again when he opened his YouTube channel.