Facebook: a total of 211.3 million fans for the 20 LaLiga Santander clubs (September 2016)

The 20 clubs in the 2016-17 LaLiga Santander season have a cumulative 211.3 million fans on the social network Facebook, according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 01/09/2016. This total makes LaLiga Santander the second most popular European Top 5 league on Facebook, behind the Premier League, with an average of 10.56 million fans per club.

FC Barcelona are the most followed Spanish club, with 94.25 million fans, up 249,700 (+0.3%) compared to since August 2016. The Catalan club, who also leads the European rankings, is ahead of Real Madrid CF (2^nd, 92 million fans, +378,400 since August 2016). The two clubs combined fan base on Facebook reaches 186,250,000 fans, or 88% of the total of all LaLiga clubs, and more than the cumulative total of Serie A TIM, Bundesliga, and Ligue 1 clubs.

LaLiga Santander accounts for the three least popular clubs on Facebook in the European Top 5 leagues: Deportivo Alavés (18^th, 33,900 fans), SD Eibar (19^th, 33,700 fans), and CD Leganés (20^th, 25,900 fans).

Real Madrid have acquired 46% of LaLiga Santander's new Facebook fans since August 2016