Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo would possibly nonetheless be licking his wounds after an early exit from UEFA Euro 2020 after a loss to Belgium final week however he has some else to cheer about off the sphere. The Juventus star has risen to the highest of Instagram’s yearly wealthy listing of celebrities who can cost essentially the most for a sponsored publish, with the footballer commanding as a lot as $1.6 million (£1.2 million) to endorse any product on the social media platform.
The 36-year-old footballer has toppled former WWE celebrity and present Hollywood bigshot Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson off the highest spot. This is a serious upheaval as for the primary time anybody apart from actuality TV, movie, and music stars from the United States has topped the listing which began in 2017.
The quantity elevated considerably in a yr, almost doubling from the earlier estimate of $889,000 in 2019. The third-placed Portuguese footballer in 2019 beat Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and Kylie Jenner.
Ronaldo has greater than 300 million Instagram followers, having gained greater than 125 million for the reason that starting of the yr, greater than tripling his earlier excessive of 100 million in 2017 when the primary ‘rich list’ was printed. His complete social media following is round 550 million, which incorporates the key platforms Facebook and Twitter.
Johnson, who’s the star within the Fast and Furious movie franchise, has 250 million Instagram followers and might earn simply over USD 1.52 million (£1 million) every publish, whereas pop artist Ariana Grande (USD 1.51 million) is third on the listing.
The solely different sportsperson within the prime 10 listing is Cristiano Ronaldo’s long-time rival Lionel Messi. The Argentine ahead who not too long ago turned a free agent after his Barcelona contract expired has 224 million followers, can cost as much as $1.1m (£798,011) per publish, inserting him on the seventh place. Paris St-Germain and Brazil ahead Neymar ($824,000) is the subsequent highest-placed athlete on the listing in sixteenth.
Recently, Cristiano Ronaldo‘s action of moving two Coca-Cola bottles had a negative impact on the brand at the ongoing UEFA Euro 2020. Coca-Cola’s inventory costs dropped 1.6% as they went from being value $242 billion to $238 billion – a lack of $4 billion – in keeping with a report in The Daily Star.
Cristiano Ronaldo qui deplace les bouteilles de Coca et qui dit “eau” en montrant aux journalistes pic.twitter.com/LaDNa95EcG
— Gio CR7 (@ArobaseGiovanny) June 14, 2021
Top 10 highest-earning stars on Instagram per publish
1. Cristiano Ronaldo – $1.6 million
2. Dwayne Johnson – $1.52 million
3. Ariana Grande – $1.51 million
4. Kylie Jenner – $1.49 million
5. Selena Gomez – $1.46 million
6. Kim Kardashian – $1.41 million
7. Lionel Messi – $1.16 million
8. Beyoncé Knowles – $1.14 million
9. Justin Bieber – $1.1 million
10. Kendall Jenner – $1.05 million
