As football clubs around the world explore the use of digital or social media to optimize their brand visibility and fan relationship, your most credible website ghanasportspage.com takes the responsibility to bring to the Ghanaian football community the popularity of the 18 clubs who play in the Ghana Premier League (GPL) on social media, specifically, twitter and Instagram.
In thorough research by ghanasportspage.com to rank the 18 premier league clubs in terms of followers on twitter and nstagram, record league winners Asante Kotoko emerged the most popular on social media, giving Accra Hearts of Oak a shellacking defeat in the rankings.
Asante Kotoko, until 2017, trailed Hearts of Oak in terms of followers on twitter, but the Porcupines took over after consistent representations in continental club competitions between 2016 and 2019. In our rankings as of 6 May, 2020, Asante Kotoko leads the chat with a total of 264.4k followers on twitter with Hearts of Oak following in second position with 222.6k followers on twitter. With twitter and instagram combined, Asante Kotoko leads Hearts of Oak with a difference of 22,000 followers.
Shocking, Inter Allies places third with 54.1k twitter followers, followed by rebranded Legon Cities FC with a total of 51.3k.
Interestingly, Bechem United known as the Hunters in Ghana football, appeared to be the premier league club with the least number of followers on twitter with just 471 followers on their newly created twitter account (in Dec. 2019), after abandoning their earlier account of 2014 which holds a total of 14.4k followers.
Accra Hearts of Oak however, known to be the club with arguably the most beautiful colours among all, leads the chat on Instagram, clobbering Asante Kotoko 35.1k to 15.3.
Find below the full list the 18 GPL clubs ranking on twitter and Instagram:
- Asante kotoko @AsanteKotoko_SC
2. Hearts of Oak @HeartsOfOakGH
3. INTER ALLIES @InterAlliesFC
4. Legon Cities FC @LegonCitiesFC
5. WAFA @WAFAcademySC
6. Medeama @MedeamaSC
7. Dreams Football Club @DreamsFootballC
8. Berekum Chelsea @BerekumChelseaF
9. Liberty Professionals @LibertyProfFC
10. Ebusua Dwarfs @Ebusua_Dwarfs
11. Elmina Sharks @ElminaSharks
12. Ashgold @AshantiGoldSC_
13. Accra Great Olympics @AccraGtOlympics
14. Aduana @AduanaStarsFc
15. Karela United FC @KarelaUtd_FC
16. King Faisal @Kingfaisalfcgh
17. Eleven Wonders @Txiwonders
18. Bechem Utd @FcBechem
GPL clubs and their number of followers on Instagram
- Accra Hearts of Oak – 35.1k
- Asante Kotoko – 15.3k
- Inter Allies – 19.7k
- Ashgold – 10.8k
- WAFA – 3,777
- Dreams Football Club – 3,484
- Aduana Stars – 1,264
- Elmina Sharks – 289
Compiled by Stephen Tetteh (Continental)
