Facebook: 45.84 million fans in total for the 20 Ligue 1 clubs (April 2017)

The 20 clubs in the 2016-17 Ligue 1 season have a cumulative 45.84 million fans on the social network Facebook, according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 01/04/2017. Ligue 1 remains the least followed European Top 5 league on Facebook, with 2.29 million fans on average per club.

Paris Saint-Germain are the most followed French club, with 27,930,000 fans, an increase of 635,161 since the beginning of March 2017. The Parisian club earned the third most new fans of any Top 5 club in March 2017, behind Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona.

PSG alone comprise 61% of the total number of Facebook fans of Ligue 1 clubs; no other club in the Top 5 leagues has such a hegemony on Facebook. In March 2017, PSG drew 75% of total number of new fans of Ligue 1 clubs.

AT 4% (from 4,084,271 to 4,246,280), AS Monaco are the Ligue 1 club which posted the best percentage growth on Facebook in March 2017. The Monegasque club is the third most followed in Ligue 1, behind PSG and Olympique de Marseille (4,907,082 fans, +0.1%). 13 Ligue 1 clubs drew less than 2 000 new fans in March.