Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo set a new record but outside the stadiums, where he became the first to cross the barrier of 200 million followers on Instagram.

Ronaldo celebrated his record - which made him the undisputed king of Instagram - by publishing a video clip documenting the stages of his development with football and in his private life, saying "200 million ... Wow!", Thanking everyone who shared this trip.

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Wow 200 million !!! Thank you to each and every one of you for sharing this journey with me every day !! 👏🏽❤️

A post shared by Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) onJan 29, 2020 at 9:09 am PST

Ronaldo's popularity rise on Instagram began in October 2018 when he overtook the American singer Selena Gomez who got the Queen's scepter from Instagram in 2016, when Ronaldo had just reached 144 million followers.

The impact of the Instagram king's popularity extended to his club Juventus, where Italian reports said that when he came to Turin the Juve had 10.4 million followers on Instagram, and within a few months the number jumped to 36.4 million followers.

It is noteworthy that Ronaldo enjoys a standard follow-up on his official accounts on communication sites, as he exceeded 82 million followers on Twitter, more than 124 million on Facebook, and more than 90 million on his YouTube channel.