Ronaldo's records: Footballer is fastest to reach 10m subs on YouTube

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Cristiano Ronaldo has broken another record in 90 minutes, but this one isn't on the football pitch.

Ronaldo, who currently plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr FC, launched his own YouTube channel and has shattered records on the platform already, reaching 10 million subscribers in just one day and one million in just 90 minutes.

Called 'UR Cristiano', the channel had over 15 million subscribers 24 hours after its launch, and says it will give a glimpse into the lives of the former Manchester United and Real Madrid star and his partner Georgina Rodriguez.

Ronaldo's other records

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Cristiano Ronaldo holds the record for most overall international appearances by a male player with 212 caps

This isn't Ronaldo's first record.

The footballing superstar has scored over 890 official senior career goals for club and country, according to records held by Fifa, that makes him the world's top goal scorer of all time.

He is also Portugal's youngest and oldest goal scorer at the World Cup. Scoring his first World Cup goal in 2006 age 21 and his last World Cup goal aged 37 in 2022.

He holds the records for most appearances (183) and goals (140) in the Champions League.

And most appearances (30) and goals (14) in the European Championship.

He holds the record for most overall international appearances by a male player with 212 caps. Ronaldo also holds the all-time international scoring record for a male player, with 130 goals

He has scored the most hattricks of an active player with 66 in all official matches.

With a hat-trick in a 5-0 win against Luxemburg in 2021 World Cup qualifier, he became the first player to score 10 hat-tricks in men's international football.

Away from the field he is already the most-followed individual on Instagram, with over 636 million followers.

He even holds record for most liked comment on the platform - his comment congratulating Kylian Mbappe on his Real Madrid signing in June has over 6 million likes!