Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Cristiano Ronaldo Emerged "Most Liked Person" In The World, Beat Shakira, Lionel Messi and David Beckham - Facebook

Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the most 'liked' person in the world on Facebook. The Portuguese winger surpassed 100 million Facebook likes in October, but his stature on the social network site has grown since then as he currently has over 107 million likes on the social network. He is now approximately 29 million likes ahead of Barcelona rival Lionel Messi and 24 million ahead of his employers, Real Madrid who is at 11th place in the 'likes' league with 83 million fans.

By this record, he has surpassed Shakira as the most popular account on the website, having attracted over 5,000 more fans than the pop star and spouse of Barcelona defender Gerard Pique. Unsurprisingly, Lionel Messi is the second-most popular footballer in the world on Facebook, with 78 million likes. Real Madrid themselves have gathered over 82.9 million fans - marginally less than Barca's 83.6 million.

David Beckham comes third in the list of most popular current and former football players with just over 52 million, though Neymar is fast approaching the same figure.


Highlights:

Cristiano Ronaldo — 107 million likes
Lionel Messi — 78.2 million likes
David Beckham — 52.1 million likes
Neymar — 51.9 million likes
Kaka — 32.7 million likes

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