Ronaldo becomes the first man ever…

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, regarded as one of the most popular and known sportsman on the planet, has pulled yet another achievement, after he became the first man to attain 100 million followers on Instagram.

Yes, the sportsman achieved this feat on the photo sharing platform, just after his fabulous hat-trick against Atletico, in Real Madrid famous 3-0 victory at the Champions League semis.

By comparison, Barcelona's Neymar is followed by 74 million people on Instagram, while team-mate Lionel Messi has almost 71 million followers.

However, Ronaldo still trail behind pop-stars Selena Gomez, who has 119 million Instagram followers, Ariana Grande (104m), Taylor Swift (101m) and Beyonce (101m). it s important to mention that all these celebrities that have more followers than Ronaldo are females.

As per Bleacher Report, Cristinao is one of the most followed persons on the planet, he has over 51 million followers on Twitter and more than 120 million "likes" on Facebook.