The 39-year-old five-time Ballon d’Or winner plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr. “The wait is over. My @YouTube channel is finally here! SIUUUbscribe and join me on this new journey,” Ronaldo posted on his social media accounts.

A couple of hours after posting his first video, 1.69M subscribers had joined he channel, a development unprecedented.

Ronaldo has 112.5 million followers on X (formerly known as Twitter), 170 million on Facebook and 636 million on Instagram.

According to ESPN UK on X, “Cristiano Ronaldo has broken the world record for becoming the fastest YouTube channel to hit 1 million subscribers (90 minutes) ”