Deprecated: Optional parameter $function declared before required parameter $page is implicitly treated as a required parameter in /home/swalsh/public_html/wp-content/plugins/cron-view/plugin.php on line 201

Deprecated: Hook custom_css_loaded is deprecated since version jetpack-13.5! Use WordPress Custom CSS instead. Jetpack no longer supports Custom CSS. Read the WordPress.org documentation to learn how to apply custom styles to your site: https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/styles-overview/#applying-custom-css in /home/swalsh/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6078
Manchester United hit 1 million Twitter followers after 70 days - Digital-Football.com - Football Social Media & Digital Sports news

Manchester United hit 1 million Twitter followers after 70 days

Manchester United today celebrated their 1 millionth Twitter follower 70 days and 962 tweets exactly since they joined the micro-blogging platform. The Mancunian side were expected to break the million mark much earlier but the growth has been slower than expected for a brand with over 35 million Facebook fans and universal brand recognition. However, the speed of growth is still something special and has catapulted the Red Devils to the 13th largest Twitter following for a football club worldwide.

Just twelve other clubs have more Twitter followers, with Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City all sitting higher than United. La Liga giants Barcelona and Real Madrid continue to dominate with some 19 million followers combined, with Galatasaray sitting third with just over 3 million followers.

However, in terms of engagement Manchester United have been king – with over 798,863 retweets and 636,857 mentions on Twitter – the highest of any club in the English Premier League (data from SocialPundit.co.uk).

Follower figures might be important to brand managers or directors, but ultimately it is engagement that counts in the Social Media world and undoubtedly United have been incredibly successful at nurturing engagement from their fans with behind the scenes photography and interviews. Last month the side also held it’s first Google+ Hangout interview with Danny Welbeck and Tom Cleverly as the club are clearly trying to take on (or at least keep up with) Manchester City in the Social Media sphere – who have the highest Klout score in the EPL according to statistics gathered by Sports Social Media company Social Pundit.

Manchester United were notably slow to adopt Twitter, originally preferring to delay joining the platform,

“There will be no official Twitter site until we have satisfied ourselves that we have determined a role for Twitter.” – Jonathan Rigby, Head of Marketing at Man United

Data sourced from the brilliant folos.im website shows the current worldwide Twitter follower standings:

1Barcelona SpainFCBarcelona Verified account icon10,056,798
2Real Madrid Spainrealmadrid Verified account icon8,855,594
3Galatasaray TurkeyGalatasaraySK Verified account icon3,095,335
4Arsenal EnglandArsenal Verified account icon2,792,326
5Chelsea Englandchelseafc Verified account icon2,784,344
6Fenerbahçe SK TurkeyFenerbahce Verified account icon2,394,219
7Liverpool EnglandLFC Verified account icon1,989,797
8AC Milan Italyacmilan Verified account icon1,466,502
9Corinthians BrazilCorinthians Verified account icon1,425,222
10Manchester City EnglandMCFC Verified account icon1,190,176
11Chivas CD Guadalajara MexicoChivas Verified account icon1,125,650
12Flamengo BrazilCR_Flamengo Verified account icon1,106,309
13Manchester United EnglandManUtd Verified account icon993,377
14São Paulo BrazilSaoPauloFC Verified account icon923,540
15Paris Saint-Germain FrancePSG_inside Verified account icon813,660

Sean Walsh

Founder of Digital-Football.com and leading Football Social Media expert.

You may also like...

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


Notice: ob_end_flush(): Failed to send buffer of zlib output compression (0) in /home/swalsh/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 5420