The 30 Soccer Clubs With the Most Social Media Followers

Where do Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Arsenal rank in terms of social media followings?

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Manchester City all rank within the top five most followed clubs in the world. / Getty Images/Visionhaus

Real Madrid and Barcelona headline the 30 soccer clubs with the most social media followers as of June 2025, and it's not particularly close with the rest of the field.

There's no doubt Spain's two biggest clubs have a global following helped on by Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's popularity throughout the 21st century. Both players were ambassadors on the world stage helping grow and evolve the game. And, their profiles have further helped expand followings for the other clubs they've played at since departing La Liga.

Elsehwere in Europe, Manchester United remain one of the biggest clubs in terms of global following, while clubs who have had more recent success like Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City round out the top five.

Check out the full list of the 30 most followed clubs in the sport below and their most followed platform (Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube).

Club	Total Followers	Most Followed Platform
Real Madrid	473.3 million	Instagram (175.8m)
Barcelona	427.4 million	Instagram (141.6m)
Manchester United	233.6 million	Facebook (85.1m)
Paris Saint-Germain	199.4 million	Instagram (64.4m)
Manchester City	179.5 million	Instagram (56.1m)
Juventus	174.9 million	Instagram (60m)
Liverpool	166.7 million	Facebook (51.7m)
Chelsea	152.9 million	Facebook (56.5m)
Bayern Munich	149.1 million	Facebook (62.7m)
Arsenal	114.1 million	Facebook (45.8m)
Tottenham Hotspur	108.1 million	TikTok (40.6m)
Atlético Madrid	80.2 million	TikTok (27.9m)
AC Milan	78.3 million	Facebook (29m)
Inter Milan	70.2 million	Facebook (33.4m)
Flamengo	66.4 million	Instagram (22m)
Al-Nassr	62 million	Instagram (27.8m)
Borussia Dortmund	60.2 million	Instagram (20.8m)
Al-Ahly	57.7 million	X (19.6m)
Galatasaray	53.7 million	X (17.4m)
Roma	41.8 million	TikTok (15.8m)
Corinthians	41.6 million	Instagram (14.1m)
Fenerbahçe	39.1 million	X (14.3m)
Inter Miami	38.4 million	Instagram (17.3m)
Al-Hilal	37.7 million	X (14.3m)
Persib Bandung	33.1 million	Facebook (11.5m)
Club América	30.3 million	Facebook (12.1m)
Boca Juniors	30.3 million	Instagram (9.8m)
River Plate	29.6 million	Facebook (9.6m)
Ajax	26.9 million	TikTok (9.9m)
Leicester City	24.5 million	Facebook (9.5m)

Numbers compiled by Football Observatory

According to the Football Observatory, Real Madrid and Barcelona have each gained over 44 million followers across social media in the last year. The highest metric by far and the only two clubs to eclipse the 40 million benchmark. Only Atléti, Man City, Liverpool and Santos have gained over 10 million as well.

Inter Miami, Messi's current home, is the only MLS club to crack the top 30. Likewise, Club América is the only Liga MX team to make the cut.

Check out a breakdown per social media platform as well below.

Top 5 Soccer Clubs With Most X Followers

Club	X Followers
Real Madrid	89.4 million
Barcelona	86.6 million
Manchester United	44.8 million
Liverpool	31.6 million
Chelsea	29.2 million

Again, there's a steep drop off from Barcelona to Man Utd.

Top 5 Soccer Clubs With Most Instagram Followers

Club	Instagram Followers
Real Madrid	175.8 million
Barcelona	141.6 million
Paris Saint-Germain	64.4 million
Manchester United	64.4 million
Juventus	60 million

Serie A's Juventus cracks the top five for most Instagram followers

Top 5 Soccer Clubs With Most YouTube Subscribers

Club	YouTube Subscribers
Barcelona	22.3 million
Real Madrid	17.5 million
Liverpool	11.4 million
Manchester United	10 million
Juventus	9.9 million

Only four clubs have over 10 million subscribers on YouTube

Top 5 Soccer Clubs With Most Facebook Followers

Club	Facebook Followers
Real Madrid	129.3 million
Barcelona	120 million
Manchester United	85.1 million
Bayern Munich	62.7 million
Chelsea	56.5 million

Chelsea is in the top five most followed clubs on Facebook.

Top 5 Soccer Clubs With Most TikTok Followers

Club	TikTok Followers
Real Madrid	61.8 million
Barcelona	56.8 million
Paris Saint-Germain	47.4 million
Tottenham Hotspur	40.6 million
Juventus	39.8 million

Juventus cracks the top five again, but Tottenham Hotspur outrank all other Premier League clubs on TikTok.

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