Premier League: Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts of the 20 clubs (May 2021)

The 20 clubs involved in the 2020-21 Premier League season have more than 564 million fans on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, according to data collected by News Tank Football on 01/05/2021. This total enables the Premier League to maintain its position as the most popular Top 5 European league, all three social networks combined, ahead of LaLiga Santander, with an average of 28 million fans per club.

Manchester United FC are the most popular English club with over 138 million fans, followed by Chelsea FC, with more than 91 million and Liverpool FC, with over 85 million.

Chelsea was the club that posted the best growth in absolute value during the month of April 2021 with 836,331 additional fans, 44% of them on Instagram alone.

In percentage terms, the Premier League clubs that posted the best growth over the period were Leeds United FC on Instagram (+5%) and Twitter (+4.4%) and Tottenham Hotspur FC on Facebook (+1.9%).

It should be noted that all Premier League clubs boycotted social networks from Friday 30/04 to Monday 03/05/2021 in order to campaign against discrimination and…