England and Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney leads the way in the Home Nations football league table for social media followers. The ranking has been compiled by Britain’s leading independent specialist sports PR and communications consultancy Macesport, who handle the media and PR activation of , as part of their sponsorship of the four Home Nations football teams. News broke this week that Rooney has become the first UK athlete to pass 10 million followers on Twitter but it has not been widely acknowledged that he also tops the Facebook chart with 24. 7 million fans. The former Everton striker, who is fourth on the all-time England scoring chart with 41 goals, has amassed over 35 million fans across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Wales and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale is second in the overall ranking with almost 30 million social media fans. Bale does list highest in the Instagram table by some distance, having built up a following of over 3. 1 million on the online mobile photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service. The complete list includes 20 international players, who total 102. 3 million fans.

Macesport, the sports PR company behind the first-ever  – England’s Roy Hodgson, Northern Ireland’s Michael O’Neill, Scotland’s Gordon Strachan and Wales’ Chris Coleman – and the launch of exclusive video , believe that the figures speak volumes about the impact of social media in modern day sport.

Macesport managing director Paul Mace said: “These figures demonstrate the huge influence and engagement footballers exert across all strands of social media and across the whole of society. “In the coming years, we would expect to see these figures to continue to demonstrate substantial growth. “Footballers – and sports athletes in general – are realising the huge potential which exists in social media for them to communicate directly in a fun and entertaining way. ”

The full Home Nations football rankings can be found below:

TOP 20 OVERALL

Player

No of Facebook Fans

No of Twitter Followers

No. of Instagram Followers

Total

Wayne Rooney

24. 8m

10m

1. 2m

35. 9m

Gareth Bale

20. 8m

5. 4m

3. 1m

29. 3m

Aaron Ramsey

3. 6m

1. 6m

750k

5. 9m

Jack Wilshere

3. 2m

1. 6m

560k

5. 3m

Daniel Sturridge

3. 1m

1. 2m

900k

5. 2m

Theo Walcott

3. 8m

555k

280k

4. 5m

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

1. 6m

1. 7m

547k

3. 8m

Raheem Sterling

1. 3m

1m

600k

2. 9m

Phil Jones

980k

1. 7m

250k

2. 8m

Gary Cahill

1. 7m

500k

n/a

2. 2m

Luke Shaw

170k

610k

220k

1m

Glen Johnson

70k

1m

n/a

1m

Jordan Henderson

860k

n/a

n/a

860k

Calum Chambers

55k

220k

155k

430k

Jon Flanagan

n/a

360k

n/a

360k

Andros Townsend

n/a

265k

n/a

265k

Fraser Forster

n/a

200k

27k

230k

Ben Foster

n/a

200k

18k

220k

Joe Ledley

n/a

140K

25k

165k

Phil Jagielka

n/a

150k

n/a

150k

 TOP 10 FACEBOOK

Player

Facebook

No of Fans

Wayne Rooney

https://www. facebook. com/WayneRooney

24. 8m

Gareth Bale

https://www. facebook. com/Bale

20. 8m

Theo Walcott

https://www. facebook. com/TheoWalcott

3. 8m

Aaron Ramsey

https://www. facebook. com/aaronramsey

3. 6m

Jack Wilshere

https://www. facebook. com/jackwilshere

3. 2m

Daniel Sturridge

https://www. facebook. com/DanSturridge

3. 1m

Gary Cahill

https://www. facebook. com/garyjcahill

1. 7m

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

https://www. facebook. com/alexoxchamberlain

1. 6m

Raheem Sterling

https://www. facebook. com/sterling31official

1. 3m

Phil Jones

https://www. facebook. com/PJ4Official

980k

 

TOP 10 TWITTER

Player

Twitter

No of Followers

Wayne Rooney

https://twitter. com/WayneRooney

10m

Gareth Bale

https://twitter. com/GarethBale11

5. 4m

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

https://twitter. com/Alex_OxChambo

1. 7m

Phil Jones

https://twitter. com/PhilJones4

1. 7m

Aaron Ramsey

https://twitter. com/aaronramsey

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Jack Wilshere

https://twitter. com/JackWilshere

1. 6m

Daniel Sturridge

https://twitter. com/D_Sturridge

1. 2m

Glen Johnson

https://twitter. com/glen_johnson

1m

Raheem Sterling

https://twitter. com/sterling31

1m

Theo Walcott

https://twitter. com/theowalcott

555k

Gary Cahill

https://twitter. com/GaryJCahill

500k

TOP 10 INSTAGRAM

Player

Instagram

No. of Followers

Gareth Bale

http://instagram. com/garethbale11

3. 1m

Wayne Rooney

http://instagram. com/waynerooney

1. 2m

Daniel Sturridge

http://instagram. com/dstudge

900k

Aaron Ramsey

http://instagram. com/aaronramsey

750k

Raheem Sterling

http://instagram. com/31sterling

600k

Jack Wilshere

http://instagram. com/jackwilshere

560k

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

http://instagram. com/alexoxchamberlain

547k

Theo Walcott

http://instagram. com/theowalcott

280k

Phil Jones

http://instagram. com/philjones_4

250k

Luke Shaw

http://instagram. com/lukeshaw23

220k

 

Macesport has compiled the Home Nations Social Media Rankings – Top 20.

 

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