The Most Popular Football Clubs in the World on Social Media

The new Deloitte Football Money League 2014 report, in addition to club financials, studies their popularity on social networks.

Here we take a look at the world's most popular football clubs on the two biggest social media platforms, Twitter and Facebook.

1. Barcelona - 10.9m Twitter - 52.4m Facebook
2. Real Madrid - 9.9m Twitter - 49.1m Facebook
3. Man Utd - 1.7m Twitter - 39.6m Facebook
4. Chelsea - 3.3m Twitter - 21.7m Facebook
5. Arsenal - 3.4m Twitter - 19m Facebook
6. AC Milan - 1.7m Twitter - 19.3m Facebook
7. Liverpool - 2.3m Twitter - 14.7m Facebook
8. Galatasaray - 3.5m Twitter - 9.4m Facebook
9. Bayern Munich - 0.9m Twitter - 11.6m Facebook
10. Man City - 1.4m Twitter - 8.4m Facebook
11. Juventus - 0.9m Twitter - 9.5m Facebook
12. Fenerbahce - 2.7m Twitter - 7.1m Facebook
13. PSG - 1m Twitter - 6.5m Facebook
14. Borussia Dortmund - 0.7m Twitter - 6.7m Facebook
15. Tottenham - 0.7m Twitter - 3.6m Facebook
16. Inter - 0.4m Twitter - 3m Facebook
17. AS Roma - 0.3m Twitter - 2.5m Facebook
18. Atletico Madrid - 0.6m Twitter - 1.6m Facebook
19. Schalke 04 - 0.1m Twitter - 1.7m Facebook
20. Hamburger SV - 01.m Twitter - 0.6m Facebook


The data used was gathered on January 17th, 2014. The first figure is Twitter followers and the second figure is Facebook likes.

Real Madrid may be the world's richest football club in the world, but Barcelona are the most popular. The two Spanish giants are by far the two most followed clubs on social media.