Ranking SEC football programs by social media followers
Vanderbilt Commodores
Followers: 230,000
Missouri Tigers
Followers: 480,000
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Followers: 676,000 (Note: Mississippi State does not break out TikTok followers by sport)
Kentucky Wildcats
Followers: 828,000
Texas A&M Aggies
Followers: 1.1 million
Arkansas Razorbacks
Followers: 1.131 million
Ole Miss Rebels
Followers: 1.24 million
Auburn Tigers
Followers: 1.26 million
South Carolina Gamecocks
Followers: 1.4 million
Florida Gators
Followers: 1.83 million
Oklahoma Sooners
Followers: 2.05 million
Texas Longhorns
Followers: 2.5 million
Tennessee Volunteers
Followers: 3.3 million
LSU Tigers
Followers: 3.525 million (Note: LSU does not break out TikTok followers by sport. Hence, football is not in this number)
Georgia Bulldogs
Followers: 3.6 million
Alabama Crimson Tide
Followers: 4.5 million
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