Top 20 most-followed clubs on Earth revealed as Man Utd DOUBLE Arsenal and Cristiano Ronaldo effect continues
MANCHESTER UNITED are by far the most followed Premier League team on social media.
But the Red Devils continue to languish miles behind
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Man Utd are the most-followed Premier League team
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Real Madrid and Barcelona are first and second respectively
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Next up are Barcelona, who despite winning back the LaLiga title are well behind Real with 427.4m.
While Barca are behind Real Madrid on X, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, the Catalan giants do have more YouTube subscribers than their rivals.
In third are Man Utd with 233.6m followers, who despite their recent woes remain incredibly well backed worldwide.
And next up are champions of Europe
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Tottenham post plenty of behind-the-scenes content on TikTok
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The French giants perform particularly well on Instagram, on which they are joint third alongside United.
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Arsenal round off the top 10 on 114.1m, just ahead of their North London rivals
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Spurs are actually the most followed Premier League side on TikTok.
The Lilywhites have 40.6m followers on the platform and curate more original TikTok content than their peers - only placing behind Real Madrid, Barcelona and PSG worldwide.
Next up are Serie A duo AC Milan and Inter on 78.3m and 70.2m respectively.
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In 15th are our first non-European team - Brazilians Flamengo the best of the rest on 66.4m.
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Then come the biggest African side, Al-Ahly of Egypt, who possess 57.7m followers - including more on X than the likes of Juventus, Bayern Munich, Tottenham, Atletico Madrid and both Milan clubs.
With 53.7m total followers are
Lionel Messi's Inter Miami have not made the top 20 - with the MLS side down in 23rd on 38.4m - sitting between Fenerbahce and Al-Hilal.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr have gained a big online following
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