After Ronaldo announced his retirement from the Portugal national team, his post about it quickly drew significant attention on social media. According to the page display, the post received 22 million likes within 8 hours of being published, surpassing the 19 million likes on Messi's national team retirement post from August.
On November 5, Ronaldo posted a video on his personal account in which he reads a statement announcing his retirement from the national team. Within 8 hours, the post had reached 22 million likes, 2.3 million comments, 4.42 million shares, and 4.57 million forwards.
On August 31, Messi announced his retirement from the Argentina national team in a post accompanied by a handwritten letter. It currently shows 19 million likes, 1.12 million comments, 2.18 million shares, and 3.96 million forwards.
According to the data, Ronaldo's retirement post passed the current like count on Messi's August post in just 6 to 8 hours.