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Follow Me: NBA The Leading Sports Property In Twitter, Facebook Fans

The NBA leads all sports properties in Twitter and Facebook followers with 10.6 million. The UFC ranks second with 5.3 million followers on the two social media sites, with the WWE close behind in third. Listed below are the top 15 sports properties in combined Twitter followers and Facebook fans through April 12 (THE DAILY).

SPORTS PROPERTIES WITH LARGEST NUMBER OF TWITTER/FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS THROUGH APRIL 12
PROPERTY
TWITTER
FACEBOOK
TOTAL
NBA
2,441,760
8,118,525
10,560,285
UFC
236,032
5,108,027
5,344,059
WWE
302,308
5,017,937
5,320,245
NFL
2,025,329
2,951,115
4,976,444
IOC
46,054
2,117,644
2,163,698
NHL
563,928
1,458,132
2,022,060
NASCAR
110,034
1,398,350
1,508,384
MLB
1,175,681
311,270
1,486,951
WTA
17,138
752,018
769,156
ATP World Tour
60,686
376,150
436,836
USOC (Team USA)
12,815
318,861
331,676
PGA Tour
71,527
256,702
328,229
NHRA
10,295
211,046
221,341
MLS
20,083
158,149
178,232
F1
84,273
40,968
125,241

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