Cristiano Ronaldo beat Lionel Messi to become the world’s most followed player on Instagram.

In the latest move, Cristiano Ronaldo continues to become the most interested football player on the Instagram platform. However, if not counting football specifically, the Portuguese striker is only in fourth place on the list – despite having the highest number of followers among all personal accounts.

The results for this list came after HypeAuditor’s research comparing likes on celebrities’ 12 most recent Instagram posts. After the study ended, it was found that two BTS band members and one Black Pink member made it to the top three.

At number one is BTS member V, with an average of 9.2 million likes, on par with second place holder and fellow group member Jin – who is second only in number of followers. Black Pink’s Lisa is third with an average of 7.4 million likes, while Ronaldo is fourth with an average of 7.2 million likes.

Ronaldo is a player who receives a lot of attention on Instagram. Photo: GETTYADVERTISEMENT

However, striker Al-Nassr still ranks first in terms of the most followed Instagram account by an individual, with 608 million followers on the platform. The Portuguese icon is followed by his No. 1 rival – Lionel Messi , who boasts a staggering 489 million followers.

Meanwhile, famous singer Selena Gomez ranked behind the above football players when entering the top three most followed personal accounts with a number of followers of 431 million.

Cristiano Ronaldo continued his top scoring form by scoring twice in Portugal’s 5-0 victory over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Euro Qualifiers on Tuesday (October 17). Thereby, ensuring a spot in the Euro 2024 finals taking place in Germany. In addition, CR7 also became the player with the most goals in 2023 with 40 goals – an unbelievable number when he turned 38 years old.