Cristiano Ronaldo has made Lionel Messi’s YouTube channel look like a joke just hours after he launched it.

Cristiano Ronaldo has taken the digital world by storm, surpassing Lionel Messi’s YouTube channel by a significant margin in record time.

Less than 24 hours after launching his official YouTube channel, the 39-year-old Portuguese football superstar accumulated over a whopping 14.5 million subscribers.

This achievement starkly contrasts with Messi’s YouTube channel, which, despite being active since 2006, has struggled to maintain the same level of engagement.

Messi’s channel, with over 2.31 million subscribers, has been relatively dormant, with its most recent content uploaded nine months ago.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo’s explosive growth is not only evident in his subscriber count but also in his video performance.

His debut video quickly amassed more than 8.6 million views within its first 24 hours.

Additionally, his latest upload, just eight hours old, has already surpassed 5 million views.

This rapid ascent highlights Ronaldo’s extraordinary influence and appeal in the digital era, far outstripping Messi’s current metrics.

‘Digital Dominance’ as Cristiano Ronaldo shatters YouTube’s single day subscriber records

Pulse Sports earlier reported Ronaldo’s unprecedented launch has shattered multiple YouTube records almost immediately.

The Portuguese star and five-time Ballon d’Or winner has outdone TapSwap official’s previous record for the most subscribers gained in a single day, achieving a staggering 3,540,000 new subscribers.

Additionally, Ronaldo has broken the record for the most subscribers gained within an hour, reaching 1,270,000.

His ongoing surge has also set a new benchmark for the most subscribers gained within a week, overtaking Hamster Kombat’s record of 11,500,000.