Cristiano Ronaldo, the Juventus and Portuguese forward, is the first sportsman on earth to cross 250 million followers on Instagram.

Then, Former wrestler cum Hollywood actor Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson {209 million}, Latin American singer Ariana Grande with {214 million} is after the Portuguese footballer.

 According to RT, Cristiano Ronaldo has a staggering 159 million followers combined with more Instagram followers than any of the EPL club sides. 

Ronaldo beat his arch-rival, Lionel Messi, to Dubai's Player of the Century and the Globe Soccer Awards, he has toppled him once again as he becomes the first person on Instagram, the popular photo-sharing app, to cross 250 million followers. There are 174 million in Lionel Messi. Although Neymar's Brazil has 144 million followers. 

The tribute post of Cristiano Ronaldo to the late football great, Diego Maradona, with 19.7 million likes, had the most likes last year on his Instagram profile.

He runs ads for global brands, and the Juventus superstar receives around $1m per commercial on his website, according to Forbes magazine. With 122 million followers, Cristiano Ronaldo is the most followed person on Facebook and the most followed athlete on Twitter, with more than 86 million followers.

It was reported that the footballer last year had received $47.8 million from paid posts on the website.

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