Popular sportsman and Manchester united's forward Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro  has set another record as the first individual to hit the 400 million mark on instagram. The football star who has played in three major soccer leagues, winning several tittles and awards to his name can now be mentioned as the most popular individual on earth.


He is the only account up to 400 million followers asides the instagram official account (469M) with the next account in line being nowhere close.

American Model  Kylie jenner currently holds the record as the most followed woman(308M) and next in line to Ronaldo, but it is fascinating to note that the gap between these two accounts is over 90 million. 

Following Kylie jenner is the sportsman and Psg foward Lionelessi, (306M), Actor Dwayne Johnson(295M) and Singer Ariana Grande(293M).

Like anyone could guess, it wasn't all raindrops and sunshine for the football star, he's had many ups and downs in his life.

Cristiano Ronaldo, arguable the greatest footballer of all time was born on 5th february 1985 in the São Pedro parish of Funchal, the capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira. It was documented that his mother initially planned on aborting him, considering the state of abject poverty she was in, her husband's alcoholism and the number of children she had already but the doctors prevented her from doing so.

 Ronaldo grew up in the nearby parish of Santo António, being the fourth and youngest child of Maria Dolores dos Santos Viveiros da Aveiro, a cook, and José Dinis Aveiro, a municipal gardener and part-time kit man.


He spent a good part of his early age in a church where he slept in a single room with his siblings and at some point, fed off the left overs at a mcdonald's shop nearby.

 Anyone who followed up his story will testify to his determination, hard work, dedication, commitment and consistency in achieving his goal. Today he is one of (if not) the most celebrated individual in the world.

The Portuguese professional footballer a total of 32 trophys so far including prestigious ones such as the Uefa Chpions League(5), Uefa Europa Championship(1) and Uefa Nations League(1); Not leaving aside his 5 balon dor's and four European golden shoes.

Due to the much influence he has on social media, he has been an ambassador to several business conglomerates and brands including the popular footwear manufacturing company Nike.

Ronaldo is a father of four and a loving boyfriend to his beautiful girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez who's a famous actress with about 33million followers on her instagram handle. It is said the Georgina who used to work as a waitress caught Ronaldo's attention at a VIPs event and ever since had a new path to follow.

Born on the 27th of January 1994 in Jaca Spain, She is his current lady and mother of his fourth child Alana. In October 2021, Ronaldo announced to the public that he and his girlfriend were expecting twins.

There is no doubt that his number of followers know no bounds and with time, the "half a billion" mark will be reached. He is truly loved and admired by many.