FollowFollow is the 3rd Biggest Fan Forum in the UK

[B10P]

Sometimes I check out other teams' forums if Rangers are linked with a player, and I noticed how quiet they often are. So I decided to find out which are the most popular football forums in the UK. It turns out FollowFollow is the third biggest in the UK, only behind forums for Liverpool and Man United.

Here's the top 20:

1. Liverpool | liverpoolfc.com
2. Man Utd | redcafe.net
3. Rangers | followfollow.com
4. West Ham | kumb.com
5. Celtic | kerrydalestreet.co.uk
6. Liverpool | thisisanfield.com
7. Tottenham | spurscommunity.co.uk
8. Middlesbrough | comeonboro.com
9. Man Utd | utdforum.com
10. Sheffield Wednesday | owlstalk.co.uk
11. Man City | bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk
12. Birmingham City | smallheathalliance.com
13. Tottenham | thefightingcock.co.uk
14. Sheffield Utd | s24su.com
15. Everton | grandoldteam.com
16. Hibs | hibs.net
17. Leicester | foxestalk.co.uk
18. Brighton | northstandchat.com
19. Liverpool | redandwhitekop.com
20. Charlton Athletic | charltonlife.com

[ The rankings were created using Alexa.com data (owned by Amazon) which provides rankings for websites. The GB 3 month ranking for each site was used to create the above list using data from the 3rd July 2019. You can see the data for each website by adding the domain onto the end of https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/* For example: https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/followfollow.com ]

[Edit: liverpoolfc.com has been used as a measure of the popularity of forums.liverpoolfc.com. This is likely to overestimate the popularity of forums.liverpoolfc.com. However, the forum does look very busy, so it would be worse to exclude it totally. If there was data for only forums.liverpoolfc.com then it may drop down the rankings, and FollowFollow may actually be in 2nd place]

 

[Crown_Defender]

Surprised that some of those entries are bigger than Rangers Media. I don’t post on there but occasionally read it and it’s certainly busy.

 

[trevaldo]

Wonder what keeps Hivs fans busy

 

[mdingwall]

Historically, Alexa data can traditionally be skewed as it is a South African based company.

 

[Beanzie]

Liverpool have 3 entries in the top 20

 

[TQ3]

That’s interesting. I only use FF for any Rangers/football news, not for staunch points, but because I like the people’s attitude in here. Sure it’s mental at times, but I feel in good company.
Considering the exposure Liverpool and Man U have, that’s quite remarkable. Loyal and True!

 

[ScottXC]

Wonder what keeps Hivs fans busy

Junkies don't tend to have a 9-5 mate.

 

[isawthat]

When you consider how many of the unwashed visit our site, it's surprising we aren't at No 1.

 

[mdingwall]

Hibs.net were quick starters - they were the biggest fan forum in the UK for a few seasons in the early days. When we were with Rivals.net they set the benchmarks.

Also, surprisingly, for a long time the Rivals.net forum for Cambridge United was massive - I found it very dull but they punched out three stories a day every day and Cambridge fans were mad for it!

 

[Business_Bear]

Liverpool and Man Utd each with 2 in the top 10!

 

[Yer da]

Hibs.net were quick starters - they were the biggest fan forum in the UK for a few seasons in the early days. When we were with Rivals.net they set the benchmarks.

Also, surprisingly, for a long time the Rivals.net forum for Cambridge United was massive - I found it very dull but they punched out three stories a day every day and Cambridge fans were mad for it!

Good content with a basis for discussion will attract visitors. Your deviant posts in the lounge are a testament to that.

 

[themightyi]

Always strikes me how quiet other teams forums are compared to on here which has different threads going on every time you log on.

 

[Partickger]

Top three clubs in the top three.

 

[Crouchy]

Doesn’t surprise me that.

Probably a good barometer of how big a club you are, without the EPL monies and bias.

 

[S.londonbear]

Surprising there is no Arsenal forum listed.

 

[Pepe Silvia]

Surprised there is no Arsenal or Newcastle. Thought they would both be quite vocal

 

[giogaddi]

Utd, Liverpool and Rangers have the biggest supports in the UK so it's no surprise.

 

[Marstonbear]

OP, any stats on how many hits we are behind the top 2?

 

[trevaldo]

Surprised there is no Arsenal or Newcastle. Thought they would both be quite vocal

No Chelsea forum there either

 

[Whitburnbear]

That’s interesting. I only use FF for any Rangers/football news, not for staunch points, but because I like the people’s attitude in here. Sure it’s mental at times, but I feel in good company.
Considering the exposure Liverpool and Man U have, that’s quite remarkable. Loyal and True!

It is mainly good people because arseholeishness is quickly weeded out by the admins.

Other sites let folk talk to each other as they like, and inevitably it ends up a rabble

Been here since the start.

Its my first port of call for everything Rangers

 

[Deleted member 125]

I assume the stats are based upon global traffic, not just UK

Given the exposure of english football and it’s massive markets, 3rd place is quite an achievement.

 

[Bazoo]

Of course it is, we have thousands of mentally challengeds looking in every day

 

[giogaddi]

I assume the stats are based upon global traffic, not just UK

Given the exposure of english football and it’s massive markets, 3rd place is quite an achievement.

I post on red cafe occasionally and it has users from all over the world.

 

[B10P]

Here are some others based on the comments above. If you think there are any missing from these clubs let me know:

32. Arsenal | arsenal-mania.com
51. Arsenal | onlinearsenal.com
53. Arsenal | goonersworld.co.uk
56. Arsenal | goonersweb.co.uk

48. Chelsea | talkchelsea.net
50. Chelsea | theshedend.com

38. Newcastle | newcastle-online.org
46. Newcastle | toontastic.net
57. Newcastle | toonforum.co.uk

25. Rangers | rangersmedia.co.uk
62. Rangers | gersnetonline.co.uk

 

[Recoba]

Well done all users

 

[Sebo1872]

 

[Rickety Cricket]

I've been on a good few sites for the same reason reason as the OP. I have to say followfollow has the best lay out hands down, it's much easier to navigate through as well

 

[Square Deal Sam]

Surprised that some of those entries are bigger than Rangers Media. I don’t post on there but occasionally read it and it’s certainly busy.

Rangers Media isn't a forum - it's a gang hut.

 

[Korova Milk Bar]

Is this only due to traffic from both members and lurkers? Possibly half of the traffic are those from the Giro Dome no doubt. We have if not the best following in the UK. Doesn’t surprise me.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

Rangers Media isn't a forum - it's a gang hut.

What does that even mean?

 

[Suttonger]

Rangers Media isn't a forum - it's a gang hut.

There is plenty of decent posters in there as well,I am not registered but go on there to have a look sometimes.

 

[mdingwall]

Is this only due to traffic from both members and lurkers? Possibly half of the traffic are those from the Giro Dome no doubt. We have if not the best following in the UK. Doesn’t surprise me.

Keep telling yourself that.

 

[mdingwall]

What does that even mean?

It means their admins have allowed a handful of cranks to dominate discussions and destroy it as a vehicle for rational discussion.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

It means their admins have allowed a handful of cranks to dominate discussions and destroy it as a vehicle for rational discussion.

Having spent a good amount of time on there and here over the years, I'd say the number of cranks are fairly equal.

 

[Korova Milk Bar]

Keep telling yourself that.

It was just a guess.

 

[Valley Bluenose]

The official Liverpool site is in there at No 1 is it not. That hardly counts as a fan forum surely?

 

[Thesuperger]

Surprised that some of those entries are bigger than Rangers Media. I don’t post on there but occasionally read it and it’s certainly busy.

Was thinking that myself.

 

[mdingwall]

Having spent a good amount of time on there and here over the years, I'd say the number of cranks are fairly equal.

Ours are under control, we make them admin

 

[Arminius]

Am I allowed to speculate how many unwashed are on one single thread in Kerryfail St. The "All things Rangers" thread

 

[Crispy Bacon]

Where does the Ad revenue go? Because they’ll be making a fortune off here for the most intrusive annoying adverts.

 

[B10P]

The official Liverpool site is in there at No 1 is it not. That hardly counts as a fan forum surely?

The forum is on https://forums.liverpoolfc.com

I made a guess that most of the traffic comes from the forum because it looks very busy, so included liverpoolfc.com (it's not possible to get data just for forums.liverpoolfc.com). But yes, that one might be a bit high, so FollowFollow could potentially be 2nd.

 

[cloodie]

I’m think the recent Aribo threads alone would probably make the top 20

 

[ohstefanklos]

No Chelsea forum there either

I've been on a couple of their forums when sourcing tickets and was surprised at how quiet they were

 

[Hank]

Where does the Ad revenue go? Because they’ll be making a fortune off here for the most intrusive annoying adverts.

Those kittehs don't feed themselves, you know...

That, and ties.

 

[Shengus Malengus]

The power of Rita.

 

[cold]

Hibs.net were quick starters - they were the biggest fan forum in the UK for a few seasons in the early days. When we were with Rivals.net they set the benchmarks.

Also, surprisingly, for a long time the Rivals.net forum for Cambridge United was massive - I found it very dull but they punched out three stories a day every day and Cambridge fans were mad for it!

The Carlisle forum on Rivals.net was good as well back then.

 

[ecossebear]

Imagine if they ever did a “most talked about team” across all forums. We’d probably be more than the next 9 teams put together! Kerryfailstreet or whatever it is probably discussed us more than them

 

[TQ3]

Should the FF header not reflect the success?
FOLLOW FOLLOW. Scotland’s Premier Football forum.

 

[Laidlaw Loyal]

Wonder what keeps Hivs fans busy

Probably punting gear.

 

[temperance]

Wonder what keeps Hivs fans busy

Assaulting opposition players and fans?