Rating the world’s football clubs is a challenging, near impossible task. Here are the hottest clubs in the world right now according to fan popularity.
The Most Popular Football Clubs In The World
Want to start a fight at the local pub? Ask everyone to rate the best football clubs in the world. Yes, it’s a topic that deserves plenty of debate, loads of discussion, and certainly doesn’t have a right answer. On the other hand, there is a way to definitively determine which clubs are the hottest. At least as far as social media is concerned. These are the hottest football clubs right now based on mention made via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. For example, there are only 2 teams that have more than 200 million followers; Real Madrid and Barcelona.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at the hottest football clubs in the world.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid sits at the top right now. As far as social media is concerned, the club has hands down the most followers. Though, if we’re being honest it isn’t just social media that thinks the club is the best of the best. With 10 European titles, as well as a host of other awards too numerous to count, there are few clubs that really compete.
Looking at the numbers in more detail, Real Madrid has 6.52 million subs on YouTube, 37.5 million followers on twitter, 111 million subs on Facebook, and 99.5 million on Instagram. Do the maths on these stats and the answer is simple; this is a very, very popular club.
Barcelona
To be fair Barcelona isn’t that far behind. Currently the club is second in social media popularity, and it isn’t difficult to think that Real Madrid may be overtaken at some point. Not in the least due to the number of famous faces that have worn a Barcelona jersey, including Suarez, Neymar, and Messi. The club can also boast that it has won the UEFA Super Cup, World Cup, and Champions League.
As far as numbers are concerned, Barcelona has 11.8 million subs on YouTube, 36.9 million followers on Twitter, 103 million on Facebook, and 97.5 million on Instagram.
Manchester United
Manchester United are currently hovering in third place. With their iconic red jerseys, a long history of dominating the field, and a FIFA World Cup win in 2008, many would argue that they deserve the number 1 spot. But if going on social media popularity alone, they are currently lagging behind Barcelona.
The numbers come in at 4.08 million YouTube subscribers, 32.7 million Twitter followers, 73 million on Facebook, and 41 million on Instagram. Yes, they have some work to do if they ever want to climb the social media ladder.
Juventus
Last on our list is Juventus. Like the best betting sites, the club is a force to be reckoned with. They’re tearing up the fields in Italy and dominating the competition. Juventus boasts 4 consecutive wins in the Italian Championships, and a total of 36 Italian Championship wins overall. The club also enjoyed a massive jump in popularity after Ronaldo dropped Real Madrid and headed back to Italian soil.
The numbers; 3.44 million on YouTube, 9.2 million on Twitter, 44 million on Facebook, and 49.2 million on Instagram.

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