It was all about high numbers and switch of places at the top of the footballers’ social media standings for July 2013. The highlight of the month, undoubtedly, was Beckham collecting over two million followers on a single network in a period of only 31 days. Read on for more statistical data for each of July’s Top 3 players.
Becks still has it
1. David Beckham
The former Los Angeles Galaxy superstar might have retired after a stunning accomplishment with PSG last season; but his permanent inactivity on the pitch now does not mean that he is out of the spotlight. On the contrary, he is still garnering as much interest as ever.
Beckham was at the centre of attraction at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles late last month when he posed with Real Madrid players during their training ahead of their game against LA Galaxy in the International Champions Cup.
A set of catchy commercials throughout the month – including his campaigns for Sky – were tempting enough for the public to give him close to 460,000 new Facebook fans and 220,000 YouTube views. However, his Singapore trip at the beginning of the month could be the main reason behind his collection of 2,100,000 new Sina followers and 920,000 Tencent fans.
Ronaldo still above Neymar
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is also profiting from the International Champions Cup through a much-appreciated tour in the US, which is surely useful to help him grow his popularity among Americans. Ronaldo made the most of his time in Los Angeles last month by dropping by the Dodger Stadium to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the baseball game between New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Watch the video below to see Ronaldo juggling with a baseball:
Ronaldo was talked about 1.1 million times and got over 560,000 fans on Facebook, while he also received 700,000 new Twitter followers and 120,000 YouTube views.
3. Neymar Jr.
Neymar dropped one place on the list as he moved to the third place. With no 90-minute performance with Barcelona in July, it was still impressive to see the Brazilian winger hold on to the Top 3 of the social media rankings. Although he got more than 60 times less Tencent fans than the English chart-topper, Neymar managed to grab more Facebook fans an d YouTube views than Ronaldo and Beckham.
He grasped over 640,000 Facebook likes, 360,000 Twitter followers and close to 420,000 YouTube views.
Final note
The social media data used in this article was provided by Starcount. To know who occupied the other places in the Top 10 social media chart for July, click here. You may also learn about the top footballers’ influence on social network in the month of June by visiting the following link:
- Social Media Rankings: Top 10 Footballers of June 2013
