Michael Jordan: I would have overcome Ronaldo's success in social networking, with a slight change

Five times the winner of the Golden Cup “”,  Ronaldo is certainly one of the world's most famous athletes. He has a large number of followers, with 647 million followers on Instagram and 72.9 million subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Unlike Ronaldo, Jordan played at a time when social networks did not exist. Despite this, his former Chicago Bulls associate, Scottie Pippen, believes the popularity of the Jordan at the time would have given him the opportunity to exceed Ronaldo's numbers of followers.

I think he might have doubled this number, to be honest...” said Pippen in an interview at PBD Podcast. “Lo was growing up then, and me, along with Michael, were already four or five years in high shape and known around”

Jordan was the original face of the brand Nike, and a study by Warner Brothers in 1996 listed it among the most famous persons on the planet, alongside Princess Diana and the Pope.

In the meantime Ronaldo is believed to earn $3.23m for every post sponsored in the Instagram, making him the person who earns the most from this platform. Last year, Ronaldo carried out 46 posts sponsored for brands and products such as Banance, CR7 Frances, and Saudi Arabia 2034.

Jordan: Social networks aren't for me.

Despite the potential of social networks to increase its profits, Jordan has publicly said he would not have enjoyed playing at a time when their use was frequent.

In an interview for Cigar Aficiadado, Jordan said:

For someone like me, and this is what Tiger [Woods] experiences, I don't know if I would have survived this age of Twitter, where you don't have the privacy you want, and what seems innocent could always be misinterpreted”.