Facebook Pages seem to be growing faster than ever. Partly a derivative of the various changes implemented in recent months ('Become A Fan Of' evolving to 'Like' , Open Graph activation, the ability to take over / merge Pages and Facebook's linking Pages to Profile interests) and partly down to Page holders giving a greater focus on Facebook Fan numbers (promoted on TV etc.)
I have previously looked at the most popular Facebook Fan Pages (in May 2008, November 2008, June 2009 and January 2010) and Facebook Page fan numbers have increased significantly since then.
At the end of 2008 only Barack Obama and Michael Phelps had more than 1 million fans. by the beginning of 2010 the Michael Jackson page was the only Page in excess of 10 million, but as you can see from the list below these numbers are small fry compared to the number of Facebook Fans that Facebook Pages now have (especially Texas Hold'em Poker which has managed to gain 20 million fans since the beginning of the year!) The quirky pages like (Pizza or remembering something funny) are still popular but 'Music' is the only Community page now in the top 30 Facebook Pages:
I have previously looked at the most popular Facebook Fan Pages (in May 2008, November 2008, June 2009 and January 2010) and Facebook Page fan numbers have increased significantly since then.
At the end of 2008 only Barack Obama and Michael Phelps had more than 1 million fans. by the beginning of 2010 the Michael Jackson page was the only Page in excess of 10 million, but as you can see from the list below these numbers are small fry compared to the number of Facebook Fans that Facebook Pages now have (especially Texas Hold'em Poker which has managed to gain 20 million fans since the beginning of the year!) The quirky pages like (Pizza or remembering something funny) are still popular but 'Music' is the only Community page now in the top 30 Facebook Pages:
Here are the top 30 Facebook Fan Pages by number of fans (including URL):
| Rank | Facebook Fan Page Name | Number of Likes | Facebook Fan Page URL |
| 1 | Texas Hold'Em Poker | 25,568,343 | http://www.facebook.com/TexasHoldEm |
| 2 | Facebook | 23,630,608 | http://www.facebook.com/facebook |
| 3 | Michael Jackson | 22,430,514 | http://www.facebook.com/michaeljackson |
| 4 | Lady Gaga | 21,336,449 | http://www.facebook.com/ladygaga |
| 5 | Family Guy | 19,903,117 | http://www.facebook.com/familyguy |
| 6 | Eminem | 17,937,772 | http://www.facebook.com/Eminem |
| 7 | YouTube | 17,866,500 | http://www.facebook.com/youtube |
| 8 | Vin Diesel | 17,480,817 | http://www.facebook.com/VinDiesel |
| 9 | The Twilight Saga | 16,356,692 | http://www.facebook.com/twilight |
| 10 | Starbucks | 16,099,677 | http://www.facebook.com/Starbucks |
| 11 | Megan Fox | 15,922,621 | http://www.facebook.com/MeganFox |
| 12 | South Park | 15,810,977 | http://www.facebook.com/SouthPark |
| 13 | House | 15,638,282 | http://www.facebook.com/house |
| 14 | Linkin Park | 15,425,944 | http://www.facebook.com/linkinPark |
| 15 | Coca-Cola | 15,250,887 | http://www.facebook.com/coca-cola |
| 16 | Barack Obama | 15,189,862 | http://www.facebook.com/BarackObama |
| 17 | Music | 14,925,555 | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Music/112936425387489 |
| 18 | Mafia Wars | 14,366,348 | http://www.facebook.com/MafiaWarsFans |
| 19 | Lil Wayne | 14,291,235 | http://www.facebook.com/LilWayne |
| 20 | Justin Bieber | 14,105,010 | http://www.facebook.com/justinbieber |
| 21 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 13,722,957 | http://www.facebook.com/cristiano |
| 22 | Bob Marley | 13,127,020 | http://www.facebook.com/BobMarley |
| 23 | Dr. House | 12,763,528 | http://www.facebook.com/DrHouse |
| 24 | Taylor Swift | 12,546,896 | http://www.facebook.com/TaylorSwift |
| 25 | Rihanna | 12,483,199 | http://www.facebook.com/Rihanna |
| 26 | Oreo | 12,200,866 | http://www.facebook.com/oreo |
| 27 | Twilight | 12,069,587 | http://www.facebook.com/pages/Twilight/44554497501 |
| 28 | Skittles | 11,590,439 | http://www.facebook.com/skittles |
| 29 | Katy Perry | 11,554,907 | http://www.facebook.com/KatiePerry |
| 30 | Selena Gomez | 11,363,673 | http://www.facebook.com/selena |
Top 30 Facebook Fan Pages by number of fans (figures taken from Facebook)
If you want to know the details on any other pages leave a comment below and I will reply.
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9 comments:
Cool list. Here are the brand specific rankings. http://thenextweb.com/socialmedia/2010/10/25/the-25-largest-brand-facebook-pages-with-most-likes/
Nice. Is there any way to have a similar list for each country?
Hi Nick
Was going to ask the same Q - do you have the stats to hand for UK? (and for UK brands only?)
Cheers
Do you have list for Indonesia only??
It's hard to split out by country as Facebook only give aggregated stats publicly. So for now I can only post a list of totals.
It’s interesting to see the most popular like pages because it really reflects what our media covers and what people find entertaining right now. It really shows what the current generation is interested in. I think that if Facebook sticks around and isn’t trumped by a future social networking site that it would be interesting to take note of the “fan pages” (or whatever they may be called in the future) every year to watch the evolution of the public eye. From this list we can see that Facebook users are most entranced by famous people and entertainers—mainly in the music industry. What if this changes to sports or political figures in the future?
Thanks for the report,
Amber
Hi, are these the top Facebook pages inclusive of all of Facebook - or are these only English language and American brands? Thanks so much.
Lisa
Hello Nick,
really cool post. I have a request similar to Chris and Valerio. I am interested in the UK usage and more specifically in the UK brands and their following on Facebook. I would be very thankful to you if you can share some information on this topic.
I found this crazy fan page on Facebook, and it must be new, because it really got great content, but only have a few likes! :D
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daily-entertainment/191724424181258
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