UR · Cristiano, the YouTube channel of soccer player Ronaldo, attracted 30 million subscribers after just over a day of creation and achieved a series of records.
More than 30 hours after appearing on YouTube, Cristiano Ronaldo ‘s channel had 30.5 million followers, an average of one million per hour – a number no other content creator has achieved.
Ronaldo’s YouTube channel displayed on smartphone. Photo: Bao Lam
According to WikiTubia , a site that specializes in compiling YouTube records, the appearance of the UR · Cristiano channel is stirring up the platform with a series of “firsts”. Specifically, this is the YouTube channel that reached 100,000 subscribers fastest in 22 minutes, 1 million subscribers in 47 minutes, and 10 million subscribers in 11 hours and 31 minutes. Meanwhile, the channel that reached 10 million subscribers fastest before Ronaldo was Hamster Kombat after 7 days.
UR · Cristiano also attracted the most subscribers in an hour with 1.27 million and in a day with 21 million. These numbers are expected to increase sharply in the coming time as the new account was created more than a day ago.
At its current pace, Ronaldo’s channel could break the records for most subscribers in a half-year and a year, currently held by MrBeast with 69.3 million and 99.6 million, respectively. According to TubeFilter , UR · Cristiano is likely to soon surpass MrBeast, the top YouTube account with 311 million subscribers.
Variety assessed that Ronaldo’s channel growth was based on many factors. He is currently the most popular player on social media with more than 900 million followers, including Instagram (633 million), Facebook (170 million) and X (112 million). “If Ronaldo were to convert just half of these to YouTube, he would take the lead and maintain his position,” the site commented.
Meanwhile, according to Sportico , Ronaldo’s creation of a YouTube channel at this time is “right on time”, unlike his rival Lionel Messi who created a channel in 2011 but currently has only about 2.5 million followers. Football content is currently of top interest. In fact, nearly 20 videos on UR · Cristiano are not special, but receive millions of views thanks to the leader Ronaldo.
Additionally, YouTube is said to have favored the Portuguese player’s channel from the start, quickly granting him a verification check and sending him a gold play button just hours after creating the channel. This is rare for most other creators.
