Facebook: 244.71 million fans in total for the 20 Premier League clubs (June 2017)

The 20 clubs in the 2016-17 Premier League season have a cumulative 244.71 million fans on the social network Facebook, according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 01/06/2017. This total makes the Premier League the most popular European league on Facebook, with 12.23 million fans on average per club.

Manchester United FC are the most followed English club, with 73.5 million fans. The club gained 211,859 new fans (+0.3%) in May 2017, a month in which rivals Manchester City FC were the Premier League club to draw the most new fans (553,401, +2.3%).

Chelsea FC is the second Premier League club to exceed the 48 million fans mark on Facebook (from 47,891,339 to 48,000,941). 15 clubs of the English top division count more than one million fans, a record in the Top 5 leagues. Bournemouth is the last Premier League club to cross the 340,000 fans mark (342,588).