Juventus players Cristiano Ronaldo and Miralem Pjanic gesture during a training session at JTC on … [+]
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Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated surpassing 200 million followers on Instagram with a photo montage on Wednesday.
“Wow 200 million!!! Thank you to each and every one of you for sharing this journey with me every day!!” the 34-year-old wrote in his post’s caption.
The Juventus forward is the first person to reach the high follower count with Ariana Grande behind him with 173.2 million. The only other account on the social media platform with more followers than Ronaldo is Instagram itself with 330.6 million.
According to Forbes, Ronaldo earns nearly $1 million per paid post on Instagram and has the second-highest income from Instagram-related revenue at $23.3 million.