Want to know who the most popular footballers have been on various social media platforms these past 12 months? Well the Daily Mirror has decided to research that very matter, and these are their results in reverse order …
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10) Robin van Persie (Manchester United)
Apparently the Netherlands international added a whopping 5 million more fans to his collection in the past year, which is quite some feat.
9) Kaka (AC Milan)
The brilliant former Fifa World Player of the Year has managed to accumulate an impressive 5m admirers on just Facebook and Twitter alone in 2013.
8) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United)
The England international is the most popular player in the Premier League, however, the front man is now also adding fans in the Far East too after picking up an eye-catching 2m new supporters on Chinese network Sina alone this year.
7) Ronaldinho (Atletico Mineiro)
The Brazilian great may no longer be destroying defences in Europe having recently returned to his homeland, but that has still not stopped the playmaker from getting a mere 4.5m new admirers on Facebook in 2013.
6) Mesut Ozil (Arsenal)
The north London club’s recent new record signing has boosted his Instragram following by nearly a mind-blowing 500,000 in just the past 12 months.
5) Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona)
It has been a great year both on and off the pitch for the world’s best player, so much so that the Argentinian doubled his number of Twitter followers to 420,000 in 2013.
4) Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)
The Wales international competed a much-publicised world-record transfer from Spurs to Real Madrid in the summer, the result of which has been an extra 1.7m fans on Instragram for the wide man in the past 12 months.
3) David Beckham
The former England captain may have decided to finally hang up his boots earlier this year, however, that appears to have had no impact what so all on his popularity around the world, especially in China, where Becks’ fan base increased twice as much as any other footballer in 2013.
2) Neymar (FC Barcelona)
Following his £50m move to Camp Nou last summer, the brilliant Brazil playmaker has added an incredible 8m new fans on Facebook alone in the past 12 months!
1) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
There is just no stopping the Portuguese superstar on or off the field of play after yet another spell-binding 12 months in which the playmaker added the mere matter of 20m new fans across five different social media platforms.