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Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese footballing superstar, who had launched his YouTube channel called “UR Cristiano” earlier this year, collaborated with popular social media influencer MrBeast in a highly anticipated video on the platform. After the 14-minute long video was published online on Thursday, November 21, the incredible popularity of Cristiano Ronaldo and MrBeast generated 12 million views in less than 10 hours.
After making a promise to break the internet in his next video on YouTube, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has more than 68 million subscribers on the platform currently, revealed his guest to be none other than MrBeast, boasting 331 millions subscribers, the highest number among all the internet personalities right now. The 39-year-old went on to deliver on his promise in style with an exceptionally high number of views alongside MrBeast, nearly 20 million in the last 24 hours, as of this writing.
It was fantastic, but honestly, not shocking: Cristiano Ronaldo responds to hitting billion followers
When Cristiano Ronaldo asked MrBeast about how he felt about his “UR Cristiano” channel exploding after its initial launch in August of this year, the internet sensation remarked, “I thought you would reach 20-30 million in the first month, and when you reached 60 million, I said, 'Oh my God, you have the most subscribers in the history of YouTube. Before you, it was us.'” As two of the biggest personalities of their respective fields, the collaboration between Cristiano Ronaldo and MrBeast had quite a few people on strings.
MrBeast posed a poignant question to Cristiano Ronaldo about how it was like to hit a billion followers across platforms, to which the Al-Nassr star responded, “It was fantastic, but honestly, not shocking. I’m well aware of the passion people have for me and the sport. It’s been a remarkable journey.' Moreover, MrBeast has teased a collaboration video for his platform with Cristiano Ronaldo, which is expected to be released on November 30.
