Manchester United are the runaway leaders in the Premier League Facebook Likes League with nearly 2.5 times as many fans as second place Arsenal.
As of this morning when I checked, Manchester United a massive 17,011,559 Likes on Facebook, compared to Arsenal’s 6,879,861, who are narrowly ahead of Liverpool and Chelsea respectively.
Manchester City are some way behind the top 4 with their 850,785 strong support, and Tottenham Hotspur with 729,154.
Newly-promoted side Queens Park Rangers, along with Bolton Wanderers are behind the times; without an official Facebook Fan Page.
Otherwise it is Wigan Athletic who prop up the table, with just 3,000 Fans.
Arsenal however lead the way on Twitter, with 764,251 Followers; twice as many as second place Liverpool (369,967). However, Manchester United do not have an official Twitter page.
The full table created this morning is here:
Team | Facebook Fans | Twitter Followers |
Manchester United | 17,011,559 | n/a |
Arsenal | 6,879,861 | 764,251 |
Liverpool | 6,495,766 | 369,967 |
Chelsea | 6,481,726 | 281,065 |
Manchester City | 850,785 | 73,284 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 729,154 | 69,933 |
Aston Villa | 210,628 | 20,236 |
Newcastle United | 176,039 | 21,462 |
Everton | 166,144 | 17,751 |
Fulham | 39,090 | 16,528 |
Stoke City | 30,933 | 10,094 |
Sunderland | 26,843 | 16,768 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 21,026 | 12,542 |
Blackburn Rovers | 18,928 | n/a |
Swansea City | 17,167 | n/a |
West Bromwich Albion | 8,990 | 1,429 |
Norwich City | 6,971 | 11,898 |
Wigan Athletic | 3,000 | 4,604 |
Queens Park Rangers | n/a | 7,711 |
Bolton Wanderers | n/a | 5,897 |