Real Madrid reached a milestone as they became the first sports organization in the world to amass 500 million followers on social media.
This latest update is coming after data from the analytical tool Blinkfire revealed that the club is the first sports organization in the world to reach such numbers.
The Spanish giants currently have 37 different accounts for all of its divisions including football, basketball, women’s football, and youth football.
The club also has affiliates (Bernabéu, Madridistas), in 7 languages which include Spanish, English, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Japanese, and Chinese.
These accounts run by Real Madrid help the club to always provide information and content to all communities where they need it and in their own language.
Sharing the news, Real Madrid posted on all their social media account celebrating the milestone in different languages.
However, on their official account, they said: “Thanks to you, we are the FIRST sports organization to break the 500m follower mark on social media!”
Members and Madridistas can access all the team’s audiovisual and interactive material on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, X (Twitter), Tiktok, YouTube, Line, Snapchat, Twitch, LinkedIn, Weibo, WeChat, Toutiao, Douyin, and BiliBili.
The Spanish giants previously announced in July 2023 that it generated 3 billion interactions in one season for its first team account.
Real Madrid have shown its dominance in the digital environment with this latest achievement.
Real Madrid also has the most visited football club website in the world with an average of 8.9 million visits per month.
The club also launched its new streaming platform, RM Play, in June 2023.
The Spanish team, who have won the Champions League a record 14 times, has a presence on 15 social media networks.
Real Madrid
Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain, and was founded in the year 1902.
The club has traditionally worn a white home jersey since its inception and they are the first Spanish club to enter the European Cup in 1955.
Since they entered the European Cup, they have competed in every UEFA-organized competition, except the Intertoto Cup and Conference League.
Real Madrid have not participated in Europe only twice in their history, in the 1977–78 and 1996–97 seasons.
The official Madrid anthem is the “Hala Madrid y nada más”, written by RedOne and Manuel Jabois.
As we mentioned earlier, they are the most followed football club on social media according to the CIES Football Observatory as of 2023.
Real Madrid in 2023, was the second highest-earning football club in the world, with an annual revenue of €713.8 million.
Real was the winner of the inaugural edition of the tournament and remains the only club to win the trophy five times in a row (the first five editions).
It also holds the distinction of being the only club to defend the title in the Champions League era, as well as to win it three times in a row.
