Juventus superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is the biggest earner on Instagram with £38m Sh5 billionin thelast one year.
According to Buzzbingo, Ronaldo earned £780K Sh104 million per post on Instagram.
The Portugal captain has earned more through sponsored Instagram posts than any other user with a combined value of his 49 sponsored posts totaling to $47.8m.
Ronaldo’s major earnings came from the 34 sponsored posts on Instagram over the year worth £38.2m in total.
The second position was taken by his all-time rival Lionel Messi who earned £18.7m. Messi made 36 sponsored posts over the last one-year totaling to £518K per post.
The third place was taken by former England international David Beckhamwho earned £8.6m totaling to £286K per post.
Despite not winning the FIFA FIFPro Men’s player of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo is such a huge global superstar.
Brazilian Neymar Junior is forth with £5.8m totaling to £578K per post with Zlatan Ibrahimovic ranked fifth by earning £3.2m and £160K per post.
In general,Sportspeople (Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, and David Beckham) take three of the top ten spots in our ranking of the influencers with the most sponsored posts on Instagram.
The study by Buzz Bingo looked at the number of posts by the starts on Instagram and their subsequent earnings. Ronaldo managed to top the list above other social media icons including Kendall Jenner, Selena Gomez, Kylie Jenner and Khloe Kardshian.
Ronaldo and Messi have both won 5 Balon d'Or awards each since 2008, with Messi finishing second on 5 occasions and third once.
The Portuguese skipper Ronaldo has come second on 6 occasions, giving the Portuguese international a slight advantage over the Argentine.
Both the stars have been competing for best football honors over the last decade, however Cristiano Ronaldo have managed to beat Messi in terms of Instagram earnings.
Early this week, Cristiano Ronaldo reached a career landmark by scoring his 700th career goal in Portugal's Euro 2020 qualifier at Ukraine.
The Barcelona captain on the other hand has scored 627 in 824 appearances for the club and country.
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