Manchester United are the UK’s most popular club on Instagram, with over 14m people following their account for their latest photos and videos.
United’s total number of followers is over six million more than second-placed Arsenal (8.1m), while Chelsea is third on the list with 7.7m followers, according to data exclusively compiled for Sky Sports.
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Top 20 most-followed UK football clubs on Instagram:
| Rank | Team | Followers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man Utd | 14.3m |
| 2 | Arsenal | 8.1m |
| 3 | Chelsea | 7.7m |
| 4 | Man City | 3.9m |
| 5 | Liverpool | 3.4m |
| 6 | Leicester | 1.3m |
| 7 | Tottenham | 914k |
| 8 | Everton | 322k |
| 9 | West Ham | 311k |
| 10 | Southampton | 245k |
| 11 | Stoke | 201k |
| 12 | Aston Villa | 160k |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 151k |
| 14 | Celtic | 146k |
| 15 | Swansea | 134k |
| 16 | Sunderland | 123k |
| 17 | Watford | 110k |
| 18 | Bournemouth | 104k |
| 19 | West Brom | 104k |
| 20 | Rangers | 102k |
United may not be challenging for the Premier League title anymore, but they remain the most popular club for players on Instagram.
Liverpool are then second on 85,216,600 followers – Mohamed Salah has over a third of them – followed by Manchester City (74.35m) and closely Arsenal (74.07m).
Instagram has a 500m-strong community, with one in three people on the social media site (around 165m) following a sports account.
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