Cristiano Ronaldo is The Sport Athlete With The Highest Followers On Twitter, Earns About £170k Per Tweet

Ronaldo is the sports personality with the largest follower on twitter with about 38 million followers. You can conclude that most followers are not necessarily football die hards but lovers of his spectacular lifestyle. Neymar who has a similar lifestyle to that of Ronaldo ranks at 3rd. Lionel Messi whose lifestyle is opposite of that of Ronaldo is not among the top 10 despite wining the Ballon d'Or 4 times. Basketball legend LeBron James ranks at far away number 2 with about 24 million followers. Ronaldo is head and shoulders above every other athlete on twitter and earns about £170k per tweet. Yes you heard me well 170k for just one tweet or a retweet. Read more and see the top 10 chart after the cut...


Ever wondered why Cristiano Ronaldo has taken to Twitter to promote a Portuguese tailoring company or why Wayne Rooney has decided to post a picture of Nike's latest golf shoes?

Money is the answer. Research has shown the likes of Ronaldo, Rooney and Neymar can command thousands of pounds per tweet from some of the world's biggest sponsors.

The top 10 most valuable sports stars on Twitter do not stop short at footballers as NBA's LeBron James and Kevin Durant also feature in the list.

Rafael Nadal is the only tennis player to feature in the top 10 due to his 8.43million following on the popular social media website.

It probably comes as no surprise that Real Madrid forward Ronaldo is the most valuable sports star to sponsors when it comes to the world of Twitter as he has a staggering 37.7m followers.

Spanish newspaper AS and advertising agency Opendorse have revealed one tweet posted by Ronaldo to market a product or service is worth an estimated £169,280 to a sponsor.

Ronaldo has the 13th highest most followers with the former Manchester United star only overshadowed by the likes of Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Barack Obama.

Cleveland Cavaliers small forward James follows Ronaldo in second with 23.6m followers. The NBA star, who has an enormous following in the US, can earn up to £92,323 per tweet.

Barcelona forward Neymar and United captain Rooney are third and fourth respectively, while Oklahoma City's Kevin Durant is fifth due his 11.7m followers.

Arsenal star Mesut Ozil, who is sponsored by adidas, can pocket an estimated £33,120 per tweet from the German sportswear company should he choose to tweet about their latest product.