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Cristiano Ronaldo breaks YouTube with millions ‘siuuubscribing’ within hours of launch
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 850th career goal as Al Nassr won 5-1 at Al-Hazm in the Saudi Pro League. — AFP pic

RIYADH, Aug 21— Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo launched his YouTube channel yesterday and hundreds of thousands of subscribers signed up within a couple of hours.

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According to AlJazeera The Portuguese footballer’s launch broke the world record for fastest YouTube channel to hit one million subscribers.

The 39-year-old five-times Ballon D’Or winner plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr.

"The wait is over. My @YouTube channel is finally here! SIUUUbscribe and join me on this new journey,” Ronaldo posted on his social media accounts.

A couple of hours after posting his first video, 1.69M subscribers had joined the channel.

Ronaldo has 112.5 million followers on the X platform, 170 million on Facebook and 636 million on Instagram.

The former Real Madrid and Manchester United player is preparing for his team’s Saudi Pro League opener against Al-Raed on Thursday.

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