Which Premier League club has the most 'fake' fans? | OneFootball

In the modern game, the status of a football club is often measured by the size of its fanbase.

Manchester United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has often been known the cite the Old Trafford outfit’s enormous social media following as evidence that the club is still the biggest in England, despite their recent trophy-drought.

However, Woodward and many other people might be surprised to learn that social media followers aren’t always the most reliable metric of popularity.

Livefootballtickets.com have run the Twitter handles of every Premier League club through a tool called SparkToro, which can tell how many of their followers are real and how many are fake.

A ‘fake’ follower is defined as an account which is either spam, a bot, propaganda or no longer active on Twitter.

And here, in ascending order, are the results of that test …

20. Wolverhampton Wanderers – Approximately 27.9 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

19. Newcastle United – Approximately 29.1 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

18. Southampton – Approximately 29.6 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

17. Leicester City – Approximately 29.7 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

16. West Ham United – Approximately 30.3 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

15. Everton – Approximately 30.5 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

14. Crystal Palace – Approximately 31.3 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

13. Fulham – Approximately 31.8 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

12. Bournemouth – Approximately 33.7 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

11. Watford – Approximately 33.8 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

10. Burnley – Approximately 35.6 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

8= Cardiff City – Approximately 27.9 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

8= Tottenham Hotspur – Approximately 36.3 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

7. Manchester City – Approximately 36.4 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

6. Chelsea – Approximately 36.7 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

5. Huddersfield Town – Approximately 37 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

4. Brighton and Hove Albion – Approximately 38.5 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

3. Arsenal – Approximately 40.5 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

2. Manchester United – Approximately 42 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

1. Liverpool – Approximately 43.1 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake