Mashable: Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest football players and there's no denying that. The footballer enjoys massive popularity worldwide. And when he launched his own YouTube channel on Wednesday, August 21, fans made sure to hit the subscribe button. What happened next? Well, just like that, Ronaldo created a world record.

Ronaldo took to his Instagram on Wednesday to share a video announcing his YouTube channel and asked fans to 'SIUUUbsribe and join me on this new journey.' Within a few hours of announcing the launch of his channel, Ronaldo created a 'world record' as he became the man to hit 1 million subscribers in the fastest time on the platform's history.

But wait, there's more. Within 24 hours, Ronaldo's YouTube account hit 10 million subscribers. Cool, isn't it? Currently, he has 17.3 subscribers and counting.

The footballer received a gold play button award for setting new records. Ronaldo shared a video on Instagram, celebrating with his kids and their reactions are priceless. He wrote in the caption, "A present for my family (red heart emoji) Thank you to all the SIUUUbscribers!"

Reacting to his achievement, one fan commented, "YouTube already had it prepared cause they knew he was going to hit it." Another fan dropped a comment saying, "The best in everything." One of his fans commented, "Always breaking records."

The record of hitting the 10 million mark on YouTube was earlier held by Hamster Kombat.

Ronaldo's first YouTube video shows the Portuguese footballer meeting his wax figure at Madame Tussauds. His channel also features a clip of a fun quiz game with his partner Georgina Rodriguez.