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This month, Mediacells uses the data lens* of the Football Money League’s 2021 top 20 clubs and benchmarks each club by official TikTok views from Jan. 01 to Nov. 4, 2021. Watch and then Repeat! 520m views from top 20 club clips but beware big numbers. The huge numbers that the platform throws out can … Read More
Fortunes are changing for the top European football clubs. Our forthcoming report looks at the big-revenue clubs through the lenses of TikTok, Instagram and Twitter to identify power shifts in club engagement. This season our Club Social analysis extends across Europe to look at top tier teams and leagues to capture the essence of success … Read More
Fan engagement insights from the Summer of Sport report, engaged audiences across the UK, Europe, the US and Asia. The September media release was carried across diverse news cycles including major newswires, search engines and of course social media. On the eve of our October report we are offering the full September report for download. … Read More
TikTok was the global digital entertainment sponsor of UEFA EURO 2020 and aimed to establish itself as a home for football fans to share their passion forthe game – as well as driving awareness with new audiences. There was a combination of official and unofficial voices expressing their passions, interests and reactions towards the tournament … Read More
Summer 2021 saw a huge leap for social media engagement in sports especially among younger, female audiences, Mediacells Summer of Sport report reveals. Contact us to request a copy of the Summer of Sport report Mediacells can reveal that audiences of England’s Euro 2020 final defeat, watched by more people than the World Cup 1966 … Read More
Contact us to request a copy of the Summer of Sport report 6.4 million views for female football TikTokers 15 million Instagram interactions for Simone Biles 27 million more views for classic Graf than winning Djokovic Summer 2021 saw a huge leap for social media engagement in sport especially among younger, female audiences. The increase … Read More
Newcomers Brentford Football Club opened their Premier League account at home with a 2-0 win over Arsenal which converted to a record follower growth in Twitter. At the beginning of last season Everton claimed the stealthiest follower growth (2%) after signing Colombian attacking midfielder James Rodríguez. On a more cautionary note Brentford’s post output was … Read More
The Football Association’s condemnation of the racist abuse of England players after the UEFA EURO 2020 Wembley finale is consolidated in the majority of messages to Gareth Southgate and his final-qualifying squad to the official England Twitter account. At the end of the tournament, England went out on penalties but maintained a premier position in … Read More
England are the most engaged national team #euro of the UEFA EURO 2020 so far. Out of the top ten tournament tweets, nine are from the England national account. The exception is Nazionale Italiana Sicurezza sul Lavoro who engaged 112k times with a one-word riposte to Royal Belgian Football Association’s ‘VENI, VIDI …’ portentous Friday … Read More
Ahead of Tuesday’s Wembley clash between England and Germany the #ThreeLions lead the charge on Twitter engagement – but like the post-1966 power balance between these two footballing nations, it’s nuanced stuff. For both teams core engagement success is attributed to celebrating individual player performance and expression. England’s official Twitter account toasts Arsenal central midfielder … Read More
Brad talks to Sean Singleton at sports business media company Unofficial Podcast about his personal bests. Best pitch; Best sports marketing campaign; Best sporting event attended; Best sporting event on TV; Best Sports film; Best bar or pub; Best restaurant; Best holiday resort; Best influence; Best dinner companions; Best job; Best professional regret; Best skill … Read More
We have produced the most engaging influencers of the group stage of UEFA EURO 2020. Why is Instagram fan engagement less sport-focused and more human-centred? Get the deck here and remember to credit Mediacells in those presentations! Download the full report here and remember to credit Mediacells in those briefings! Could it have something to … Read More
Cristiano Ronaldo is top of the UEFA EURO 2020 player-influencers on Instagram, according to Mediacells. The Portugal star has attracted 37 million engagements since the tournament began including 9 million engagements for his ‘thoughts and prayers’ message to Denmark’s Christian Eriksen. The insights chime with KPMG Football Benchmark who attribute Cristiano as the player with … Read More
It will come as no surprise that the best wishes for Christian Dannemann Eriksen, following his collapse during his side’s opening match against Finland were the loudest voices over the weekend on Twitter. The official Denmark team account went straight to #1 over the weekend, up 16 places in the #ClubSocial engagement league, awarding https://lnkd.in/d2GKDAX the optimum 5 engagement … Read More
The 2021 summer of sport kicks off tonight with the opening game of the much-anticipated UEFA Euro 2020. By the time the tournament reaches the Round of 16 the Tissot-sponsored Tour de France clicks into gear. Then two days’ later Wimbledon’s famous lawns will spring to life. Royal Ascot is depleted from the usual 280k … Read More
Engaging fans does not always equate with a positive perception but, when clubs get it right, it can be hugely rewarding. Mediacells analysed 80,000 fan-centred tweets attracting 275 million engagements across the 20 English Premier League clubs in the 2020/21 season. We then applied an engagements-per-post* benchmark to produce a definitive Top 50 ranking Download … Read More
On the eve of the UK’s biggest post-lockdown crowd-pulling FA Cup final Leicester City had already leapt three places in the Mediacells engagement league Club Social. And when the Foxes went on to beat Chelsea thanks to Youri Tielemans’ 63rd-minute winner the club had passed Leeds United and Manchester City to enter the Top Five … Read More
Ahead of tomorrow’s UEFA decision on where to host the Champions League final between Chelsea and Manchester City -we ask, who is winning over fans most on Twitter? Chelsea have more than double the engagements per social post than Champions League final rivals Manchester City – why is that? It could be argued that the … Read More
Twitter represents the nearest we have to the tribal sounds of the global stadium and the Club Social Top 20 shows the most engaged monthly tweets for every Premier League club. Seven days is a long time in football. Over the last few weeks football fans have been acknowledged as the empowered victors and spontaneous … Read More