Top 10 Football Clubs With the Most Social Media Followers
21st-century football can be placed side-by-side with social media today. These two entities need each other to strive. Apart from making money through shirt sales and other PRs, Football clubs smile to the bank every day if they can keep their handle active.
10. Arsenal FC
Full name | The Arsenal Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Gunners The Arsenal |
Short name | Arsenal |
Founded | October 1886; 135 years ago as Dial Square |
Ground | Emirates Stadium |
Capacity | 60,704 |
- Instagram: 21.1 million.
- Facebook: 37.7 million.
- TikTok: 1.8 million.
9. Manchester City
Full name | Manchester City Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | City, The Citizens, The Sky Blues |
Short name | Man City |
Founded | 1880; 142 years ago as St. Mark’s (West Gorton) 1887; 135 years ago as Ardwick Association F.C. 16 April 1894; 128 years ago as Manchester City |
Ground | City of Manchester Stadium |
Capacity | 53,400 |
- Instagram: 29 million.
- Facebook: 40 million.
- TikTok: 5.9 million.
8. Liverpool FC
Full name | Liverpool Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Reds |
Founded | 3 June 1892; 130 years ago |
Ground | Anfield |
Capacity | 53,394 |
- Instagram: 35.2 million.
- Facebook: 38 million.
- TikTok: 6.1 million.
7. FC Bayern Munich
Full name | Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. |
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Founded | 27 February 1900; 122 years ago |
Stadium | Allianz Arena |
- Instagram: 30.7 million.
- Facebook: 53 million.
- TikTok: 7.3 million.
6. Chelsea FC
Full name | Chelsea Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Blues The Pensioners (former) |
Founded | 10 March 1905; 117 years ago |
Ground | Stamford Bridge |
Capacity | 40,834 |
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Owner(s) | Todd Boehly Clearlake Capital Hansjörg Wyss Mark Walter |
- Instagram: 31.7 million.
- Facebook: 49 million.
- TikTok: 5.6 million.
5. Juventus Torino
Full name | Juventus Football Club S.p.A. |
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Nickname(s) | La Vecchia Signora (The Old Lady) La Fidanzata d’Italia (The Girlfriend of Italy) La Madama (Piedmontese: Madam) I Bianconeri (The White and Blacks) Le Zebre (The Zebras) La Signora Omicidi (The Killer Lady) La Gheuba (Piedmontese pronunciation: [la ˈɡøba]: The Hunchback) |
Short name | Juve |
Founded | 1 November 1897; 124 years ago, as Sport-Club Juventus |
Ground | Juventus Stadium |
Capacity | 41,507 |
- Instagram: 52.1 million.
- Facebook: 44 million.
- TikTok: 6.9 million.
4. Paris Saint-Germain
Full name | Paris Saint-Germain Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Les Parisiens (The Parisians) Les Rouge-et-Bleu (The Red-and-Blues) |
Short name | PSG, Paris, Paris SG |
Founded | 12 August 1970; 51 years ago |
Ground | Parc des Princes |
Capacity | 47,929 |
Owner | Qatar Sports Investments |
- Instagram: 34 million.
- Facebook: 55.7 million.
- TikTok: 23.7 million.
3. Manchester United
Full name | Manchester United Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | The Red Devils United |
Short name | Man United Man Utd |
Founded | 1878; 144 years ago, as Newton Heath LYR F.C. 1902; 120 years ago, as Manchester United F.C. |
Ground | Old Trafford |
Capacity | 74,140 |
- Instagram: 54.5 million.
- Facebook: 74 million.
- TikTok: 12.2 million.
2. FC Barcelona
Full name | Futbol Club Barcelona |
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Nickname(s) | Barça or Blaugrana (team) Culers or Barcelonistes ( Blaugranes or Azulgranas ( |
Founded | 29 November 1899; 122 years ago as Foot-Ball Club Barcelona |
Ground | Camp Nou |
Capacity | 99,354 |
President | Joan Laporta |
- Instagram: 104 million.
- Facebook: 103 million.
- TikTok: 12.7 million.
1. Real Madrid
Full name | Real Madrid Club de Fútbol |
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Nickname(s) | Los Blancos (The Whites) Los Merengues (The Meringues) Los Vikingos (The Vikings) La Casa Blanca (The White House Los Reyes de Europa (The Kings of Europe) |
Founded | 6 March 1902; 120 years ago as Madrid Football Club |
Ground | Santiago Bernabéu |
- Instagram: 109 million.
- Facebook: 111 million.
- TikTok: 9.7 million.
The decisive factors here are the follower numbers of the official club accounts on Instagram, Facebook, and Tiktok.