Twitter recently launched a ‘follower map’ of the top 20 Premier League teams that display their prominence across various countries. The pictorial representation was created on the basis of the number of supporters or Twitter followers a given football (soccer) team has in different regions. The data was extracted from the teams’ official Twitter accounts.
Twitter crates popularity map for football teams
According to the map, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United are the most popular teams. Liverpool dominated the UK, followed by Manchester United and Arsenal. While in London, Arsenal came out to be the most prominent beating Chelsea and Tottenham in their own corresponding areas in the capital city. In addition, Villa-owned Birmingham and Newcastle took hold of the North-east region of the UK.