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| | Twitter: 27 British clubs in the Top 100 clubs with the most followers (July 2017) | | | | | | Clubs - Paris - Monday, July 10 2017 - Highlights #97570 | | | | | | With 27 clubs represented, including 9 from the Sky Bet Championship, England (plus Welsh club Swansea City AFC) is the country most represented in the Top 100 list of most followed clubs on Twitter, according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 05/07/2017. Spain is 2nd with 18 clubs represented, including 4 from the second division LaLiga 1|2|3.
The data used by News Tank Football in the Twitter Top 100 include followers to a club's primary Twitter account, but also followers to additional accounts in other languages. For example, FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) totals fewer followers on its primary Spanish language account than Real Madrid CF, ranked second overall, but the Catalan club is ahead in the overall table thanks to a higher number of followers on accounts in other languages.
The Premier League is the most represented league: it places 18 of its 20 clubs in the Top 100, including 14 in the Top 50 and 5 in the Top 10; Manchester United FC are 3rd overall with 12.75 million followers. The next most represented league is the LaLiga Santander with 14 clubs, including 7 in the Top 50 and the Top 2 places in the overall ranking (FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF). The Serie A TIM and the Bundesliga each have 13 clubs, and Ligue 1 Conforama has 12. No German club is in the Top 10, nor any 2.Bundesliga club in the Top 100.
The Sky Bet Championship has 2 clubs in the Top 50: Aston Villa FC (30th) and Sunderland AFC (41st). The second divisions of the European Top 5 countries (Spain, England, Germany, Italy, France) are represented by 14 clubs in the Top 100, including 4 from LaLiga 1|2|3 and one from Domino's Ligue 2 (SC Bastia, 85th).
The number of clubs in the Twitter Top 100 that are not from one of the European Top 5 leagues is 16. The Süper Lig (TUR) has 5 clubs, with 4 of them in the Top 50, while the Liga NOS (POR), Eredivisie (NED), and the Russian Football Premier League each have 3 clubs. | | | | | | | | |
Twitter: Top 100 Europeans club in 2017-18, categorised by league | League | Country | Number of clubs represented in the Top 100 | | Premier League | England | 18 | | LaLiga Santander | Spain | 14 | | Serie A TIM | Italy | 13 | | Bundesliga | Germany | 13 | | Ligue 1 Conforama | France | 12 | | Sky Bet Championship | England | 9 | | Spor Toto Süper Lig | Turkey | 5 | | LaLiga 1|2|3 | Spain | 4 | | Russian Football Premier League | Russia | 3 | | Eredivisie | Netherlands | 3 | | Liga NOS | Portugal | 3 | | Ladbrokes Premiership | Scotland | 2 | | Domino's Ligue 2 | France | 1 |
Twitter: Top 100 European clubs in 2017-18 | Club | League | Number of official accounts | Total followers (07/2017) | | FC Barcelona | LaLiga Santander | 9 | 40,980,769 | | Real Madrid CF | LaLiga Santander | 5 | 39,226,098 | | Manchester United FC | Premier League | 4 | 12,749,663 | | Chelsea FC | Premier League | 6 | 11,289,388 | | Arsenal FC | Premier League | 6 | 10,403,812 | | Liverpool FC | Premier League | 21 | 8,893,009 | | Manchester City FC | Premier League | 12 | 8,124,917 | | Galatasaray | Spor Toto Super Lig | 3 | 7,305,270 | | Fenerbahçe | Spor Toto Super Lig | 2 | 5,971,066 | | Juventus | Serie A TIM | 6 | 5,576,259 | | Paris Saint-Germain | Ligue 1 Conforama | 7 | 5,543,409 | | AC Milan | Serie A TIM | 1 | 4,903,594 | | FC Bayern München | Bundesliga | 5 | 4,889,915 | | Club Atlético de Madrid | LaLiga Santander | 3 | 3,367,780 | | Borussia Dortmund | Bundesliga | 1 | 2,761,992 | | Beşiktaş | Spor Toto Super Lig | 4 | 2,688,310 | | Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League | 6 | 2,122,847 | | Olympique de Marseille | Ligue 1 Conforama | 4 | 2,046,533 | | AS Roma | Serie A TIM | 9 | 1,690,388 | | AS Monaco FC | Ligue 1 Conforama | 4 | 1,621,112 | | FC Internazionale Milano | Serie A TIM | 7 | 1,491,368 | | SSC Napoli | Serie A TIM | 3 | 1,179,009 | | Everton FC | Premier League | 1 | 1,168,149 | | Olympique Lyonnais | Ligue 1 Conforama | 2 | 1,162,637 | | West Ham United FC | Premier League | 1 | 1,143,312 | | Newcastle United FC | Premier League | 1 | 1,070,252 | | SL Benfica | Liga NOS | 2 | 1,050,638 | | Valencia CF | LaLiga Santander | 3 | 1,004,759 | | Leicester FC | Premier League | 1 | 992,685 | | Aston Villa FC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 992,529 | | Trabzonspor | Spor Toto Super Lig | 1 | 960,504 | | Sevilla FC | LaLiga Santander | 6 | 910,903 | | FC Porto | Liga NOS | 1 | 888,882 | | Zenit FC | Russian Premier League | 3 | 861,835 | | AFC Ajax | Eredivisie | 2 | 812,587 | | Athletic Club Bilbao | LaLiga Santander | 4 | 782,994 | | Stoke City FC | Premier League | 2 | 778,903 | | Southampton FC | Premier League | 1 | 772,971 | | Swansea City FC | Premier League | 1 | 741,517 | | FC Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 5 | 724,160 | | Sunderland AFC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 714,898 | | FC Spartak Moscou | Russian Premier League | 1 | 672,750 | | Sporting Clube Portugal | Liga NOS | 2 | 642,764 | | West Bromwich Albion FC | Premier League | 1 | 635,029 | | Málaga CF | LaLiga Santander | 3 | 611,514 | | CSKA Moscou | Russian Premier League | 2 | 565,894 | | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | Bundesliga | 3 | 549,484 | | ACF Fiorentina | Serie A TIM | 1 | 548,329 | | AS Saint-Etienne | Ligue 1 Conforama | 1 | 546,040 | | LOSC Lille | Ligue 1 Conforama | 1 | 539,634 | | Real Sociedad de Futbol | LaLiga Santander | 3 | 539,317 | | Crystal Palace FC | Premier League | 1 | 536,777 | | Hamburger SV | Bundesliga | 3 | 528,888 | | FC Barcelona B | LaLiga 1|2|3 | 1 | 505,123 | | 1. FC Köln | Bundesliga | 3 | 498,012 | | Norwich City FC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 490,189 | | Celtic FC | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 478,760 | | Real Betis Balompié | LaLiga Santander | 2 | 472,901 | | SS Lazio | Serie A TIM | 1 | 440,641 | | VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach | Bundesliga | 3 | 434,926 | | Toulouse FC | Ligue 1 Conforama | 1 | 420,129 | | VfB Stuttgart | Bundesliga | 2 | 416,173 | | Bursaspor | Spor Toto Super Lig | 1 | 407,551 | | SV Werder Bremen | Bundesliga | 3 | 405,176 | | PSV Eindhoven | Eredivisie | 2 | 398,149 | | Feyenoord Rotterdam | Eredivisie | 2 | 384,439 | | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bundesliga | 4 | 382,604 | | Hull City AFC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 368,237 | | FC Nantes | Ligue 1 Conforama | 1 | 367,008 | | Queens Park Rangers FC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 355,319 | | Fulham FC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 350,475 | | Rangers FC | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 344,239 | | Villarreal CF | LaLiga Santander | 1 | 343,027 | | Watford FC | Premier League | 1 | 333,181 | | RC Celta de Vigo | LaLiga Santander | 1 | 330,718 | | Granada CF | LaLiga 1|2|3 | 2 | 316,906 | | RCD Espanyol | LaLiga Santander | 1 | 304,230 | | Torino FC | Serie A TIM | 1 | 302,980 | | VfL Wolfsburg | Bundesliga | 5 | 295,075 | | UC Sampdoria | Serie A TIM | 2 | 286,342 | | AFC Bournemouth | Premier League | 1 | 284,840 | | Levante UD | LaLiga Santander | 1 | 284,100 | | Leeds United FC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 283,912 | | RC Deportivo la Coruña | LaLiga Santander | 1 | 281,891 | | SC Bastia | Domino's Ligue 2 | 1 | 280,127 | | OGC Nice | Ligue 1 Conforama | 3 | 279,845 | | FC Girondins de Bordeaux | Ligue 1 Conforama | 1 | 270,690 | | Genoa CFC | Serie A TIM | 1 | 266,588 | | Hertha BSC | Bundesliga | 2 | 265,282 | | Montpellier Hérault SC | Ligue 1 Conforama | 1 | 264,599 | | Stade Rennais | Ligue 1 Conforama | 1 | 259,130 | | Burnley FC | Premier League | 1 | 256,666 | | Cagliari Calcio | Serie A TIM | 1 | 254,833 | | Reading FC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 254,029 | | Hannover 96 | Bundesliga | 1 | 253,834 | | Club Atlético Talleres de Córdoba | LaLiga 1|2|3 | 1 | 251,660 | | Udinese Calcio | Serie A TIM | 1 | 249,723 | | Real Valladolid C.F. | LaLiga 1|2|3 | 1 | 244,253 | | Atalanta BC | Serie A TIM | 1 | 233,750 | | Middlesbrough FC | Sky Bet Championship | 1 | 232,335 | Footnote: The list includes 10 leagues in the Top 5 countries (first and second divisions in Spain, England, Germany, Italy, and France), plus the Scottish, Portuguese, Belgian, Turkish, Swiss, and Dutch first division, as well as 14 major clubs from eight other European countries (Russia, Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine, Greece, Austria, Poland, Denmark).
Further reading
- Facebook: 232.96 million fans in total for the 20 LaLiga Santander clubs (July 2017)
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- Twitter: 54.2 million followers in total for the 20 Premier League clubs (July 2017)
- Twitter: 11.39 million followers in total for the 18 Bundesliga clubs (July 2017)
- Twitter: 16.57 million followers in total for the 20 Serie A TIM clubs (July 2017)
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