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Ronaldo crowned social media king of 2016

Cristiano Ronaldo has another accolade to add to his collection at the end of a remarkably successful year for club and country.

The 31-year-old won the Champions League and Club World Cup with Real Madrid and ended Portugal's wait for a major trophy by helping them to a Euro 2016 triumph.

If that was not enough, it appears that Ronaldo has also conquered the world of social media - at least when it comes to high-profile athletes.

Ronaldo's Facebook posts included him holding the Euro 2016 trophy, enjoying birthday celebrations with his son and celebrating with the Portugal squad on the plane. The top post alone managed 7.4m interactions.

The top Twitter post went to United States gymnastics star Simone Biles, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic's confirmation of his Manchester United move the top-performing football post with 486,000 interactions.

'Top' posts were measured using the amount of total interactions they received. This equates to likes, comments and shares for Facebook, likes and comments for Instagram, and comments and retweets for Twitter posts.

Ronaldo's top Facebook posts:

 

I always dream to win this title 

Posted by Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday, 11 July 2016

 

Posted by Cristiano Ronaldo on Friday, 5 February 2016

 

Posted by Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday, 11 July 2016

Ronaldo's top Instagram posts:

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