Twitter: 71.6 million followers in total for the 20 LaLiga Santander clubs (June 2018)

The 20 clubs involved in the 2017-18 LaLiga Santander season have a cumulative total of 71.6 million followers on the social network Twitter, according to data ed by collected by News Tank Football on 01/06/2018. This result makes LaLiga Santander the second most popular European Top 5 league on Twitter, with an average of 3.58 million followers per club, behind the Premier League (3.76 million).

Four 2017-18 LaLiga Santander clubs (Sevilla FC, Villarreal CF, Levante UD, CD Leganés) lost subscribers in May 2018, compared to 18 (out of 18) in the Bundesliga, 18 (out of 20) in the Ligue 1 Conforama, 17 (out of 20) in the Serie A TIM and none in the Premier League. Levante UD and Villarreal CF had experienced exceptionally strong growth in January 2018 with 24.5% and 17.2% additional subscribers respectively.

Real Madrid CF, the most followed club on Twitter, is the only club in Europe to exceed 30 million followers (30.67 million on 01/06/2018). Real Madrid and FC Barcelona are the only clubs in Europe with more than 20 million followers each (29,204,789 for FC Barcelona) on their…