Football Clubs Social Media ranking in July 2011

Football Marketing World Clubs Social Media ranking. The chart presented below show the number of Twitter “followers” and Facebook “likes” for each football club. The teams are ranked by their combined number of fans across the two sites. We only tracked the sites / account identified as “official”. Many teams have a lot of unofficial Facebook and Twitter accounts but only “official sites” were monitored.

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Last updated on 3 July, 2011

RANK	TEAM		FACEBOOK	TWITTER	TOTAL	MONTH +/-
1		FC Barcelona	17,586,375	935,675	18,518,050	+ 1,834,099
2		Real Madrid	16,167,578	1,929,899	18,097,477	+ 1,793,280
3		Manchester United	16,499,782	0	16,499,782	+ 1,647,127
4		Arsenal	6,714,032	745,863	7,459,895	+ 617,844
5		Liverpool	6,368,489	352,529	6,721,018	+ 509,279
6		Chelsea	6,304,917	266,793	6,571,710	+ 642,587
7		Galatasaray	5,687,898	221,876	5,909,774	+ 242,749
8 (+1)		AC Milan	4,680,793	107,326	4,788,119	+ 543,528
9 (-1)		Fenerbahce	4,476,647	117,589	4,594,236	+ 294,711
10		Besiktas	2,660,434	66,939	2,727,373	+ 64,965
11		Boca Junior	2,237,155	71,610	2,308,765	+ 197,727
12		Juventus	2,027,652	13,334	2,040,986	+ 528,587
13		Bayern Munich	1,596,742	0	1,596,742	+ 148,801
14		Chivas	1,137,140	345,291	1,482,431	+ 114,639
15		Olympique de Marseille	1,279,135	66,274	1,345,409	+ 78,984
16		Corinthians	810,861	479,418	1,290,279	+ 221,482
17		Flamengo	715,790	380,721	1,096,511	+ 184,581
18		River Plate	854,715	46,289	901,004	+ 127,509
19		Manchester City	825,896	69,967	895,863	+ 174,119
20		Tottenham Hotspur	715,549	67,286	782,835	+ 62,151
21		Club America	563,205	96,180	659,385	+ 38,636
22		Sao Paulo FC	270,870	372,835	643,705	+ 70,371
23 (+1)		Palmeiras	315,476	297,351	612,827	+ 84,490
24 (-1)		Paris SG	575,739	1,801	577,540	+ 19,541
25		Benfica	524,882	13,739	538,621	+ 31,401
26		SSC Napoli	492,539	0	492,539	+ 24,154
27		Cruz Azul	425,142	59,227	484,369	+ 36,955
28 (+1)		Internazionale	455,699	22,782	478,481	+ 61,007
29 (-1)		Borussia Dortmund	469,020	7,212	476,232	+ 39,970
30		FC Porto	394,375	18,480	412,855	+ 22,950

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