2.Bundesliga: Facebook and Twitter communities of the clubs (August 2017)

The 18 clubs in the 2017-18 2.Bundesliga season have a cumulative 2.66 million fans on the social network Facebook, according to data recorded by News Tank Football on 01/08/2017. The 2.Bundesliga is third in terms of popularity on Facebook among the second divisions of the European Top 5 countries, behind the Sky Bet Championship and LaLiga 1|2|3, with an average of 147,902 fans per club.

FC St. Pauli are the most popular 2.Bundeliga club on Facebook with 592,175 fans. The club welcomed 2,137 new fans since July 2017, the best increase in the division. Holstein Kiel recorded the best percentage growth, with 2.3% news fans (+1,285) on Facebook since July 2017.

On Twitter, the 18 clubs of 2017-18 2.Bundesliga have a cumulative 1.5 million fans, as of 01/08/2017. 1. FC Nürnberg are the most popular club on Twitter, with 235,822 followers. First on Facebook, FC St. Pauli are second on Twitter with 183,328 followers as of 01/08/2017.

1.FC Nürnberg are the club with the biggest gross increase, with 8,571 new followers on Twitter since July 2017. In percentage terms, SV Darmstadt 1898…