Facebook: 247.9 million fans in total for the 20 Premier League clubs (November 2017)

The 20 clubs in the 2017-18 Premier League season have a cumulative 247.9 million fans on the social network Facebook, according to data collected by News Tank Football on 01/11/2017. This total makes the Premier League the most popular European Top 5 league on Facebook, with more than 12.4 million fans on average per club.

Manchester City FC saw the best percentage growth in the Premier League in October 2017 with 573,772 additional fans (+2.1%), bringing the club's total to over 27 million fans (5^th best total in the Premier League).

Manchester United remains the most followed English club with nearly 73.8 million fans. Chelsea FC, the reigning English champions, are second with nearly 47.9 million fans. Fourteen clubs in the English league have more than one million fans, a record high in the Top 5.

Seven clubs out of 20 recorded a decrease in their number of fans compared to on 01/10/2017. This decrease can be explained by a "cleanup" operated by Facebook, which removes the "likes" recorded by "bots" (robots) or by inactive or deactivated accounts.