Cristiano Ronaldo is now the most followed person on Instagram, having recently surpassed Selena Gomez.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the new King of Instagram đź‘‘ pic.twitter.com/o8XPW5UDW2
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) October 30, 2018
As of press time, Ronaldo has 144,338,650 followers to Gomez’s 144,321,029.
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The 33-year-old soccer star now has over 144 million followers.
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Interesting fact though, Lionel Messi is the fastest person to reach 100 million followers on Instagram. He managed to do so with only 354 posts; the likes of Kim Kardashian needed 2672 photos to reach 100 million followers, Selena Gomez w/ 1025 photos, and Cristiano Ronaldo w/ 1477 photos.
So who’s the real King?