Cristiano Ronaldo Receives More Than $250,000 for Promotional Tweets

When you're the most popular human on the planet on social networks, your 140 characters are of considerable worth. 

Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly makes considerably more than most people do in a year for any sponsored tweet he sends out. 

According to AS (h/t CBS Sports) Ronaldo receives upward of $250,000 (£164,600) for each of them. He has more than 37,000,000 followers on Twitter at the moment.  

"

I love my new #techpack from @nikesportswear. It's amazing! pic.twitter.com/dzwIo9TjNl

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) August 27, 2015"

"

One of my favourite #CR7Shirts for Autumn/Winter. Check out http://t.co/RwbrAO7iK5 to see all of our new styles! pic.twitter.com/hRVfMbN5qm

— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) September 1, 2015"

By comparison, a tweet from NBA superstar LeBron James (23,000,000 followers on Twitter) is worth $140,000.

Must be nice. 

[CBS]