Twitter: Top 100 European clubs with the most followers (April 2017)

With 39.02 million total followers, FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) are the most followed European club on Twitter, according to data compiled by News Tank Football, which features a list of the Top 100 European clubs (first division only) on this social network as of 01/04/2017.

The data used by News Tank Football in the Top 100 include followers to a club's primary Twitter account, but also followers to additional accounts in other languages. For example, Barcelona totals fewer followers on its primary account than Real Madrid CF, ranked second overall, but the Catalan club is ahead thanks to a higher number of followers on other accounts.

Barcelona and Real Madrid (2^nd, 36.95 million) stand, by some distance, atop of the European ranking and together count more than 75 million followers. Chelsea FC (4^th, 10.2 million) became the fourth European club to cross the 10 million followers mark, after Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Manchester United FC (3^rd, 11.67 million).

Among the 25 most followed European clubs on Twitter clubs, AS Monaco (Ligue 1) - for the second consecutive month …