2.Bundesliga: Facebook and Twitter communities of the clubs (October 2017)

The 18 clubs in the 2017-18 2.Bundesliga season have a cumulative 2.67 million fans on the social network Facebook, according to data recorded by News Tank Football on 01/10/2017. The 2.Bundesliga is third in terms of popularity on Facebook among the second divisions of the European Top 5 countries, behind the Sky Bet Championship and LaLiga 1|2|3, with an average of 48,305 fans per club.

FC St. Pauli is the most popular 2.Bundeliga club on Facebook with 593,038 fans, 863 of which were accumulated in August 2017. At 2.7%, Holstein Kiel recorded the best percentage growth (57,980 fans, +1,501), and best gross change.

On Twitter, the 18 clubs of 2017-18 2.Bundesliga had a cumulative 1.62 million fans on 01/10/2017. 1. FC Nürnberg is the most popular club with 252,884 followers. First on Facebook, FC St. Pauli is second on Twitter with 192,583 followers. 1. FC Union Berlin is the club with the strongest increase in percentage growth and gross change with 7,489 new followers on Twitter (+6.1%) in September 2017.