Football players have been ranked according to their social media status and their fame across the social media world. Famecount.com, an online analytical tool which quantifies and aggregates fame levels according to social media numbers, has drawn up a list of the most “popular” stars.
Cristiano Ronaldo has been ranked the world’s most popular footballer, with Kaká and Lionel Messi completing the top three. England internationals David Beckham (4), Wayne Rooney (6), Steven Gerrard (13) and Rio Ferdinand (14) also make the top twenty.
Premier League stars Fernando Torres (8), Cesc Fabregas (9), Didier Drogba (17) and Robin Van Persie (18) also feature. The website assesses the number of likes, follows or views on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, as well as taking into consideration “fan engagement” (“retweets” and comments made by footballers) by using a complicated weighting system. Players like Ronaldo who engage with all three social media platforms are unsurprisingly catapulted up the social media charts.
