Champions League: Manchester City ahead of AS Monaco across the major social networks

Manchester City FC (Premier League) has between 5.5 and 14 times more followers than AS Monaco (Ligue 1) on the main social networks. The two clubs meet at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester (ENG), for their first leg match of the Round of 16 of the 2016-17 Champions League, on Tuesday, 21/02/2017 (kick-off at 20:45 CET).

Manchester City are one of the most followed European clubs on the three most popular social networks: Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The club is ranked within the top 12 clubs on all three platforms, recording its best performance on Twitter, where Manchester City have the fifth highest total of followers across all accounts. AS Monaco do manage a respectable position on all three platform, and are just outside the European Top 20 on both Facebook (22^nd) and Twitter (21^st).

Manchester City count 22.83 million fans on Facebook as of 01/02/2017, compared to 21.46 million at the beginning of the 2016-17 season (August 2016), an increase of 6.3% in six months. Over the same period, the progression of AS Monaco has been much higher: 15%; from 3.52 million in August…