Ronaldo and Messi are known big hitters on social media, but how do the DStv Premiership's biggest stars compare?
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What's the story?
The football world's biggest stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi all garnered a host of social media followers over the last year.
Ronaldo gained the most with 169.8m new followers on his social media accounts during the past year according to new date which prompts us to look at how Itumeleng Khune, Bongani Zungu and Thembinkosi Lorch compare on Instagram alone.
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Let's take a closer look...
Social Media's big hitters: Local Vs International
The football world in the social media era has given us a good look on how the world's biggest ballers compare to other notable stars, an athlete's following online gives us a good look at how vast their fan bases is and how marketable they can be for brands.
SafeBettingSites.com revealed that Ronaldo gained over 169.8 million new followers on his social media accounts during the past year. Despite his underwhelming 2022 FIFA World Cup campaign and going his separate ways from Manchester United to join Al Nassr in Saudi Arabia, CR7 continues to be prolific on socials.
Argentina and PSG's Lionel Messi arguably enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career as he led his country to the World Cup title, with less success at PSG, but stayed in the limelight due to his World Cup heroics.
He also boasts prolific on social media, gaining 146.9m new followers. His total follower count stands at 579 million, falling short of Ronaldo who has a total of 855 million followers.
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This data was gathered from 11 April 2022 to 11 April 2023 and considered Messi and Ronaldo's Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Weibo accounts.
When it comes to local stars, we'll look at Itumeleng Khune, Bongani Zungu and Thembinkosi Lorch's followings on IG, platforms where Messi and Ronaldo have 458 and 579 million followers respectfully.
Kaizer Chiefs veteran Khune leads the way with 1 million followers, Pirates star Lorch comes second with 728K followers with Mamelodi Sundowns' Zungu with 395k.
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