Social media is full of network active sports teams and a new infographic examines sports biggest winners and losers in social networking. The infographic was put together by Eventility, a platform for organizing and promoting events, clubs, groups, communities or places.
Here are the most liked sports teams on Facebook:
- Barcelona – 38 million
- Real Madrid – 34 million
- Manchester United – 29.5 million
- LA Lakers – 15.4 million
- Chelsea – 14.5 million
- AC Milan – 12.9 million
- Arsenal – 12.2 million
- Liverpool – 10.8 million
- Galatasaray – 7.7 million
- Chicago Bulls – 7.5 million
Here are the most liked sports players on Facebook:
- Christiano Ronaldo – 51.8 million
- Lionel Messi – 39.6 million
- David Beckhma – 22.9 million
- Michael Jordan – 21.4 million
- Kaká – 19.7 million
- Kobe Bryant – 19.7 million
- Lebron James – 12.9 million
- Roger Federer – 12.1 million
- Rafa Nadal – 11.4 million
- Wayne Rooney – 11.1 million
The most liked female sports player on Facebook is Maria Sharapova with 8.9 million likes while the most liked player in athletics is Usain Bolt with 10.2 million likes.
Here are the most followed sports teams on Twitter:
- Barcelona – 7.5 million
- Real Madrid – 6.3 million
- LA Lakers – 2.8 million
- Arsenal – 2 million
- Galatasaray – 1.9 million
- Chelsea – 1.6 million
- Fenerbache – 1.5 million
- Orlando Magic – 1 million
- Miami Heat – 950,000
- Boston Celtics – 870,000
When it comes to social media’s sport losers, Mark Cuban was fined $50,000 on January 8, 2013 for his Twitter comments about league officiating in the NBA. Chelsea player Ashley Cole was fined £90,000 in October 2012 after he posted a tweet calling the Football Association a “bunch of twats.”
Rashard Mendenhall of the Pittsburgh Steelers is also a social media loser after he lost his sponsorship deal with Champion when he tweeted about a conspiracy theory over the September 11th attacks.
To see the full infographic of all the social media losers and winners in sports look below. [CLICK TO ENLARGE]
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