Which is the most popular club in EPL?

While not the strongest per UEFA rankings, English Premier League is claimed to bethe most popular league globally. Studies done by Twitter has discovered which football clubs in English Premier League have the biggest spread of globalsupport and where their fans are located around the world. Twitter’s research is based on the official Twitter accounts for each team, using their followers as an indicator. The top five clubs include:

Number 5: Manchester City

Manchester City is one of the top five most popular club in England

Manchester City, the football club that is based in Manchester, England, has once finishing in relegation to the third tier of English football in 1998. After it has regained Premier league status, Abu Dhabi United Group purchased the club and it has ever since become one of the wealthiest club in the world. They won the Premier league title in 2012 for the first time for 44 years and they won the second time in 2014. Upon their victory, the number of supporters has grown exponentially. Today, they are one of the top five most popular club with about 2.76 million followers in Twitter.

Number 4: Liverpool

Liverpool has never been relegated from Premier League

Since the beginning of the Premier League in 1992, Liverpool has never been relegated from Premier League. Though Liverpool is yet to win a Premier League title since its inception in 1992, the club have won more European trophies than any other English team with Five European Cups. Following a poor start to the 2015/2016 season, manager Brendon Rodgers has been sacked and replaced by Jurgen Klopp in October 2015. Regardless of the poor performance, the Reds have the most fans of any Premier League club in 13 countries, including their home soil UK and Australia, with 4.29 million followers.

Number 3: Chelsea

Chelsea won the EPL title last season

Chelsea have the most fans of any Premier League club in 81 different countries, including Russia, Brazil and Mexico. Russia, is the home to the club ownerRoman Abramovich, which could tell why Chelsea have a stronghold in this region. Other than Russia, the Blues are the most followed club by a number of countries in Europe, Central America, South America, the Middle East and Asia. With 6.18 million followers, Chelsea is the third most popular club amongst other English Premier League Clubs.

Number 2: Manchester United

Manchester United won the most leagues titles 

Manchester United make it to the list of clubs that have not been relegated from Premier League together with their rivalry club Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Everton, Tottenham and Chelsea. United have won 20 league titles, 11 FA cups, 4 League Cups and a record of 20 FA Community Shields that makes them the most successful club in Premier League. During their golden age under Sir Alex Ferguson, they won 38 silverwares between 1986 and 2013. Based on the studies, Red Devils have 6.28 million followers and have most fans in 23 different countries, including China and India, the two most populated nations.

Number 1: Arsenal

Arsenal is one of the most successful clubs in English Football

Arsenal has one of the highest incomes and largest fanbases in the world. The club is one of the most successful clubs in English Football. Under the guidance of ArseneWenger, the club’s longest serving manager, Arsenal have successfully won 6 FA cups, 3 Premier League title, 6 FA Community Shield and the record breaking of a league season undefeated – which amount to 49 league games. The Gunners enjoy popularities in 55 different countries, including the USA, Canada, North Africa. Besides, Gunners also leading the way in France, Germany, Poland and Ukraine. Arsenal are crowned the most popular English club around the globe with 6.47 million twitter followers.