Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo launched his YouTube channel UR Cristiano on Wednesday and more than 15 million of subscribers signed up within a day.
The 39-year-old five-time Ballon d'Or winner, who is currently playing for Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr and is known for his exceptional achievements on the pitch, has now broken new ground by setting a YouTube record for the fastest channel to reach 10 million subscribers.
"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, 1.69 million subscribers had joined the channel while the number has mounted to over 4.45 million with 18 videos posted by the ace footballer on the world's largest video-sharing platform. Within just six hours, the channel's subscriber count surged past 6 million, and by the end of the day, it had surpassed the 10 million mark, breaking the previous record held by Hamster Kombat, which took seven days to reach the same milestone.
Ronaldo has 112.5 million followers on the X platform, 170 million on Facebook and 636 million on Instagram.
Days before he launched his YT channel, the Portuguese footballer dropped hints for his latest initiative.
The Al Nassr legend on August 17 posted a video on his social media, showing himself trying repeatedly to record a video of himself in a living room set in a studio.
In the video, Ronaldo was asked not to make a video of himself by another person who wasn't shown in the video.
Additionally, in the beginning of the video, a voice-over can be heard saying: "When you ask Cristiano Ronaldo not to share info about his new project."
