Portugal international, Cristiano Ronaldo, has today become the first person to reach the 300 million followers mark on photo/video sharing app Instagram.
In January 2020, Ronaldo became the first athlete to reach 200 million followers and he’s now extended it to 300 million.
Earlier this week, the 36-year-old made European Championships history as he became the all-time top scorer in the summer tournament after netting a brace in Portugal‘s 3-0 win against Hungary on Tuesday.
Ronaldo, who was playing his record fifth European Championship on Tuesday, overtook the previous mark of nine goals set by France’s Michel Platini in Euro’s all-time leading scorer list.
Ronaldo’s 300 million followers is followed by Ariana Grande, who has 244 million followers, while actor and former wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has 246 million Instagram followers.
Only the official account of Instagram (397 million) has more followers than the five-time Ballon d’Or winner.
Meanwhile, the Portugal captain caused a massive drop in Coca-Cola’s market value earlier this week when he advised fans to drink water instead of the fizzy drink.
Speaking ahead of Portugal’s Euro 2020 Group F opener against Hungary on Monday, the Juventus star completely snubbed Coca-Cola.
Not only did he pushed aside two bottles of the carbonated soft drink, he also urged fans to stick to drinking water.
Ronaldo is a known advocate of a healthy diet but his actions, this time, cost Coca-Cola billions of dollars.
According to ESPN, Coca-Cola’s share price dropped by 1.6% to $55.22 soon after Ronaldo’s actions, culminating in a drop from $242 billion to $238 billion– a $4bn drop.
