B1G teams by Twitter followers
Just a stupid little study I did.
Obviously this isn't the best way to judge a fanbase because not everyone uses Twitter.
However, the whole #Footprint thing Delany used as a reason to justify adding Maryland and Rutgers.......Rutgers in particular has some ridiculously low numbers.
Don't pay attention to their follower number in football. It's bunk. I did a Twitter Audit and only 27% of their followers are real.
| Football | |||
| Rank | Team | Followers | Account |
| 1. | Michigan | 352,000 | LINK |
| 2. | Ohio State | 217,000 | LINK |
| 3. | Wisconsin | 134,000 | LINK |
| 4. | Penn State | 131,000 | LINK |
| 5. | Michigan State | 124,000 | LINK |
| 6. | Iowa | 96,000 | LINK |
| 7. | Minnesota | 49,300 | LINK |
| 8. | Rutgers | 43,800 | LINK |
| 9. | Nebraska | 43,400 | LINK |
| Illinois | 43,000 | LINK | |
| 11. | Purdue | 39,200 | LINK |
| 12. | Indiana | 23,300 | LINK |
| 13. | Maryland | 16,900 | LINK |
| 14. | Northwestern | 14,400 | LINK |
| Men's Basketball | |||
| Rank | Team | Followers | Account |
| 1. | Michigan | 169,000 | LINK |
| 2. | Wisconsin | 145,000 | LINK |
| 3. | Michigan State | 105,000 | LINK |
| 4. | Indiana | 70,800 | LINK |
| 5. | Iowa | 66,300 | LINK |
| 6. | Ohio State | 57,500 | LINK |
| 7. | Illinois | 57,000 | LINK |
| 8. | Nebraska | 47,200 | LINK |
| 9. | Maryland | 29,400 | LINK |
| 10. | Purdue | 28,400 | LINK |
| 11. | Minnesota | 24,400 | LINK |
| 12. | Penn State | 11,300 | LINK |
| 13. | Northwestern | 7,112 | LINK |
| 14. | Rutgers | 5,336 | LINK |
November 17th, 2015 at 9:56 PM ^
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November 17th, 2015 at 10:35 PM ^
Target Tweeters?
November 18th, 2015 at 11:58 AM ^
@JeffMossDSR: Audit Score 74%
Real: 12,593
Fake: 4,541
https://www.twitteraudit.com/JeffMossDSR
@MGoBlog: Audit Score 67%
Real: 30,593
Fake: 15,000
https://www.twitteraudit.com/MGoBlog
November 17th, 2015 at 9:29 PM ^
Who gives a flying fuck about twitter followers?! Lol!!!
November 17th, 2015 at 9:30 PM ^
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November 17th, 2015 at 9:34 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 9:36 PM ^
It's an app that detects fake followers/bots.
Anyone can use it. Just type in the account name of your choice and it'll tell you how many of their followers are real people.
November 17th, 2015 at 9:46 PM ^
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November 17th, 2015 at 9:48 PM ^
Right after the Tumblr numbers and the search figures from AskJeeves.
November 18th, 2015 at 12:28 AM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 9:43 PM ^
I hate twitter.
This post had to be posted.
November 17th, 2015 at 9:57 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 9:58 PM ^
| Rank | Team | Followers | % Real Followers |
| 1. | Michigan | 352,000 | 60% |
| 2. | Ohio State | 217,000 | 77% |
| 3. | Wisconsin | 134,000 | 63% |
| 4. | Penn State | 131,000 | 65% |
| 5. | Michigan State | 124,000 | 73% |
| 6. | Iowa | 96,000 | 65% |
| 7. | Minnesota | 49,300 | 80% |
| 8. | Rutgers | 43,800 | 27% |
| 9. | Nebraska | 43,400 | 76% |
| Illinois | 43,000 | 76% | |
| 11. | Purdue | 39,200 | 80% |
| 12. | Indiana | 23,300 | |
| 13. | Maryland | 16,900 | |
| 14. | Northwestern | 14,400 |
November 17th, 2015 at 10:10 PM ^
who cares that Rutgers actually exists?
November 17th, 2015 at 10:20 PM ^
November 17th, 2015 at 10:27 PM ^
Facebook? What is this, 2010?
I bet they still boast about their AIM friends.
November 18th, 2015 at 5:19 AM ^
November 18th, 2015 at 9:49 AM ^
That's because the OSU account is for their entire athletic department, while Michigan is only for football. If we combined all our sports under one account, we would have well over 2 million FB fans. Our basketball page has 441,652 likes, hockey has 138,604, baseball has 83,897, softball has 72,671 etc.
November 18th, 2015 at 11:40 AM ^
But surely there is a lot of overlap from one sport to the next. People who like Michigan in one sport probably do in others as well.
November 17th, 2015 at 10:23 PM ^
rutgers mens basketball, less followers than Brian
November 17th, 2015 at 10:35 PM ^
Disrespekt continues for staee! Even after their few good years on the field, they have only about a third of the followers we do in football, but still like to complain about us getting all the media attention, to bad there are not enough staee fans who have ever heard of twitter.
And what about BB!?!?
November 17th, 2015 at 10:36 PM ^
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November 18th, 2015 at 12:27 AM ^
November 18th, 2015 at 8:09 AM ^
Why did you use OSU's athletics account not football account? If you combine those two accounts they have over 400k, while Michigan's athletics account has less than 20k.
November 18th, 2015 at 10:15 AM ^
November 18th, 2015 at 9:20 AM ^
I guess I'm most surprised Northwestern sits at the bottom of this. Smart people use twitter -- or so I've been led to believe, since I don't use it.
November 18th, 2015 at 10:51 AM ^
Good Lord, why did I have to scroll 40 posts down before someone finally mentioned the content of the post?
I apparently have a bunch of fake followers too, but I already knew that. No one would follow me on purpose.
November 18th, 2015 at 11:35 AM ^
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November 18th, 2015 at 12:48 PM ^
We ought to use our superior numbers to out tweet recruits in comparison to other schools.
/s Very very /s
November 18th, 2015 at 1:00 PM ^
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November 18th, 2015 at 4:28 PM ^
Cool study bro.
November 18th, 2015 at 5:18 PM ^
Our fans proved it when Denard won the NCAA cover vote.