Arsenal are top of the league… for Twitter followers.
Sky Sports having taken a look at Premier League clubs and their social media reach and it’s the Gunners who come out on top with over 6.1m Twitter followers – more than any other football club in England.
London neighbours Chelsea are the second most-followed with 5.94m Twitter users subscribing to their posts, while Manchester United are third with 5.78m followers – more than twice the number of their local rivals Manchester City, who are fifth with 2.6m followers.
Liverpool are the fourth-most followed club in the country with 4.66m followers, while neighbours Everton – despite only registering 601k followers – are seventh.
Several women’s teams made the top 92. Arsenal Ladies were 28th, with 124k followers, Chelsea Ladies 38th with 79.3k followers and Liverpool Ladies 49th with 50.7k followers.
The only non-Premier League clubs to appear in the top 20 are Championship duo QPR in 15th (288k), and Fulham in 17th (260k).
Premier League newcomers Bournemouth have the fewest followers in the top flight with a relatively modest 75.3k.
The numbers were taken on Monday, August 10, 2015.
