Facebook: 80.81 million fans in total for the 20 Serie A TIM clubs (September 2017)

The 20 clubs in the 2017-18 Serie A TIM season have a cumulative 80.81 million fans on the social network Facebook, according to data recorded by News Tank Football on 01/09/2017. The Serie A TIM is the third most popular European Top 5 league on Facebook, behind the Premier League and LaLiga Santander, with an average of 3.51 million fans per club.

Juventus is the most followed Italian club on Facebook with 30.11 million fans. After a strong increase in June 2017 (1.96 million more fans, +6.9%), there was stagnation in July (+1,993 subscribers, + 0.006%), and Juve, the 2016-17 Italian champions and Champions League finalist, lost subscribers in August (-27,872 subscribers, -0.1%).

In absolute terms, SSC Napoli achieved the best increase in the Serie A TIM, with 19,388 additional fans in August 2017. Two promoted clubs, SPAL and Benevento Calcio recorded the best percentage increase with +11.6 and +7.6 respectively.

In addition to Juventus, AC Milan (2^nd), AS Roma (3^rd), and three other clubs (ACF Fiorentina, Bologna FC 1909, US Sassuolo Calcio) lost of subscribers on Facebook in…