The 25 Most Popular Pages on Facebook

May 15th, 2008

By Justin Smith

Six months ago, Facebook launched Pages as a way for “businesses, brands, and celebrities to represent themselves on Facebook.” Now that Pages have been out for six months, we thought we’d see who’s got the most fans on Facebook.

So here’s the list of the 25 Most Popular Pages on Facebook. The results?

Amy Winehouse has more fans than John McCain. And so does Nutella.
There’s no stopping Barack. He has twice as many fans as anyone or anything else.
Pages are all about the music. 40% of the top 25 are bands.
Some brands have made a big splash.

What does this say about marketing on Facebook?

1. Barack Obama – 834,550 supporters

2. The Chris Moyles Show – 426,635 fans

3. Apple Students – 415,440 fans

4. Victoria’s Secret PINK – 350,983 fans

5. The Stig – 262,899 fans

6. Daft Punk – 186,036 fans

7. Linkin Park – 176,154 fans

8. Justin Timberlake – 169,818 fans

9. Top Gear – 166,010 fans

10. Chris Brown – 160,575 fans

11. Hillary Clinton – 156,532 supporters

12. Pink Floyd – 154,569 fans

13. Dave Matthews Band – 152,890 fans

14. Skins – 141,803 fans

15. Avril Lavigne – 139,715 fans

16. Radiohead – 139,420 fans

17. NBA – 138,884 fans

18. Jabbawockeez – 136,384 fans

19. Coldplay – 133,794 fans

20. Amy Winehouse – 131,099 fans

21. Nutella – 127,912 fans

22. Hollyoaks – 127,512 fans

23. John McCain – 127,143 supporters

24. Red Hot Chili Peppers – 121,724 fans

25. Foo Fighters – 121,452 fans

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34 Responses to “The 25 Most Popular Pages on Facebook”

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May 16th, 2008 at 7:14 am
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May 16th, 2008 at 7:23 am
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Colin Says:
May 16th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Love the correlation of The Stig and Daft Punks masks!

Interestingly high amount of Britisih influence… I assumed that Facebook was bigger in the US?

Tah
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May 18th, 2008 at 10:40 am
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Nathan Ketsdever Says:
May 19th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Nutella!?!??!?!

Plus….who knew that Daft Punk would be out Kanye AND Radiohead….

Not too much country music love in Facebook groups. Hmm…
Malte Landwehr Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 4:27 am
What Nutella didn’t beat Hillary? No seriously, Obama being on top of that list shows, that Facebook profiles and groups are not just about fun and entertainment, but more grown up topics (like politics) as well.
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May 20th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
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Michelle Compton Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
What this is lacking is a correlation to their presence on Facebook before becoming a Page. For example, Pink by Victoria’s Secret was one of the first brands to make it big as a group. I’d say that attributes to their success. Likewise you can’t deny that having the first fast growing group of One Million Strong didn’t help Obama.
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Sophie Says:
July 4th, 2008 at 4:15 am
Where did the Nutella page go? Last week it had 330,000 fans, this week it’s gone. Any news, anyone?
David Haddad Says:
October 7th, 2008 at 2:42 am
Hey Justin, good compilation. Can you tell us the source for this top 25 list? Thanks.
Sawsan Says:
December 13th, 2008 at 12:59 am
DECEMBER 2008 :

1- BARACK OBAMA => 3 403 549 supporters

2- LINKIN PARK => 936 635 fans

( LP RULES )
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December 20th, 2008 at 3:55 am
Why dont you update it now? Tell us about the Latest Top 20 Facebook Pages.
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Noemi Says:
March 28th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
As for now, Barack Obama has 5,993,734 supporters and Coldplay have 1,886,520 fans on Facebook.
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jeff Farr Says:
June 20th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Thanks for providing this information. It inspires me to make our FB page stronger.
Hitesh Says:
July 7th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Cool List.
jayesh Says:
July 7th, 2009 at 2:25 am
Thanks for the list. hopefully my page will be there in your next list of best 25 pages.
Rick Martin Says:
July 8th, 2009 at 8:56 am
Well, Michael Jackson has just destroyed this list. At this very point in time his fans amount to a sum greater than 7.5 million, increasing at a rate of around 100-300 people every ten seconds, seeming unlikely that it will show signs of slowing within the near future.
MJ Says:
July 14th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Michael Jackson has +9.2 million fans
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July 31st, 2009 at 12:00 pm
[...] The 25 Most Popular Pages on Facebook: There’s nothing truly eye-opening about this discovery, but you can learn a thing or two about the power of marketing that has made some of these individuals so popular. [...]
Todd Says:
August 12th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Here’s the top 5 branded Facebook Pages as of today: http://ow.ly/jQon Way to go to Whole Foods and Papa Johns
Juan Says:
August 28th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I tnhink this group should be accounted for this article. By far has more members than most of the groups mentioned there.
http://www.facebook.com/onemillionvoices
Jenn Says:
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:09 pm
wwwwwwowow
cool
Art Says:
November 19th, 2009 at 6:24 pm
if you wont to laugh hard (believe me!) check out http://lolonmywall.com/ you can also join their facebook group. enjoy!