In modern times, the success of football players depends not only on their results on the field, but also on their activity on social media.
Turin's Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo has become the person with the most followers on Instagram.
According to the latest data, his total number of followers is 144 million, 309,204 thousand. Portugal surpassed Selena Gomez, who previously had the most followers (144 million, 308,767 thousand).
Among the top ten most followed people on Instagram, besides C. Ronaldo, is only one more athlete - Neymar with 104 million followers.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Cristiano Ronaldo is now the most followed user on Instagram. ????<br><br>The footballer is now ahead of Selena Gomez with 144.4 million followers. ???? <a href="https://t.co/VH60QksrXV">pic.twitter.com/VH60QksrXV</a></p>— Football Tweet (@Football__Tweet) <a href="https://twitter.com/Football__Tweet/status/1057200226501562369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 30, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>