Lionel Messi is an Instagram king! Inter Miami superstar becomes only second person to reach 500m followers - but he's still way behind Cristiano Ronaldo

Lionel Messi has cemented his status as an Instagram king, passing the 500 million follower mark, but he is still a long way behind Cristiano Ronaldo.

WHAT HAPPENED?

The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, who continues to make history on the field, reached another notable landmark off the pitch when hitting half-a-billion followers on his social media channel of choice. He is just the second person on the planet to achieve that feat.


THE BIGGER PICTURE

Eternal rival Ronaldo was the first, with the Portuguese icon topping the charts by some distance on 622m. Musician and actress Selena Gomez ranks third (429m), followed by Kylie Jenner (400m) and Hollywood film star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (397m).

DID YOU KNOW?

According to Sportico, Messi is now followed by 20 per cent of the 2.5 billion monthly active user base on Instagram. He has more followers than all current NFL players combined and tops the cumulative total of the 154 teams in the five major sports leagues in America.

https://www.goal.com/en-ng/lists/lionel-messi-instagram-king-inter-miami-superstar-second-person-reach-500m-followers-way-behind-cristiano-ronaldo/blt1e3df7e322663ade#cs7e3148673b088c90

A milestone. Anyway, Cristiano Ronaldo still gave Lionel Messi a huge gap.

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