Like! The most popular teams on Facebook

Find out who were the most popular teams on the social networking site in 2012.

ATTENDANCES, SEASON-TICKET holders and jersey sales are just some of the ways of telling how popular a team is.

In the digital age though, Facebook fans can be just as important.

Zoomsphere.com measures Facebook pages by the number of fans a brand has or the amount of people talking about it. Looking through the list, we can find the most popular sports teams in the world. Or, at least, the most popular on Facebook.

For each team, we also found another Facebook brand page with a comparable number of fans to give you a sense of how popular that team is.

Like! The most popular teams on Facebook

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20. New England Patriots
Sport: American football League: NFL Overall Rank: 720 Fans: 3,919,231 Comparable with: Mean Girls (3,916,231) Image: Stephan Savoia/AP/Press Association Images
19. Manchester City
Sport: Football League: English Premier League Overall Rank: 670 Fans: 4,267,152 Comparable with: Bob Dylan (4,257,574) Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Archive/Press Association Images
18. Juventus
Sport: Football League: Serie A Overall Rank: 606 Fans: 4,685,486 Comparable with: Jamie Foxx (4,700,907) Image: Hassan Ammar/AP/Press Association Images
17. Pittsburgh Steelers
Sport: American football League: NFL Overall Rank: 587 Fans: 4,818,819 Comparable with: Selena Gomez (4,766,311) Image: Don Wright/AP/Press Association Images
16. Dallas Cowboys
Sport: American football League: NFL Overall Rank: 530 Fans: 5,292,269 Comparable with: Scooby Doo (5,322,437) Image: Sharon Ellman/AP/Press Association Images
15. Bayern Munich
Sport: Football League: Bundesliga Overall Rank: 496 Fans: 5,695,449 Comparable with: Michael Buble (5,626,620) Image: Adam Davy/EMPICS Sport
14. New York Yankees
Sport: Baseball League: MLB Overall Rank: 461 Fans: 6,215,282 Comparable with: Sean Paul (6,265,330) Image: Kathy Willens/AP/Press Association Images
13. Fenerbahce
Sport: Football League: Süper Lig Overall Rank: 458 Fans: 6,231,945 Comparable with: Pearl Jam (6,294,995) Image: AP/Press Association Images
12. Boston Celtics
Sport: Basketball League: NBA Overall Rank: 410 Fans: 6,857,408 Comparable with: Emma Watson (6,927,407) Image: Elise Amendola/AP/Press Association Images
11. Miami Heat
Sport: Basketball League: NBA Overall Rank: 394 Fans: 7,232,228 Comparable with: Ozzy Ozbourne (7,315,325) Image: Alan Diaz/AP/Press Association Images
10. Chicago Bulls
Sport: Basketball League: NBA Overall Rank: 371 Fans: 7,737,502 Comparable with: Fergie (7,712,236) Image: Nam Y. Huh/AP/Press Association Images
9. Galatasaray
Sport: Football League: Süper Lig Overall Rank: 369 Fans: 7,769,408 Comparable with: Kiss (7,769464) Image: Turksporfoto/Turksporfoto/Press Association Images
8. Liverpool
Sport: Football League: Premier League Overall Rank: 245 Fans: 10,952,739 Comparable with: WWE (10,926,637) Image: Mike Egerton/EMPICS Sport
7. Arsenal
Sport: Football League: Premier League Overall Rank: 207 Fans: 12,404,630 Comparable with: Top Gear (12,611,490) Image: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire/Press Association Images
6. AC Milan
Sport: Football League: Serie A Overall Rank: 186 Fans: 13,236,070 Comparable with: LeBron James (13,088,951) Image: Stephen Pond/EMPICS Sport
5. Chelsea
Sport: Football League: Premier League Overall Rank: 149 Fans: 14,816,843 Comparable with: Kobe Bryant (14,816,843) Image: Nigel French/EMPICS Sport
4. LA Lakers
Sport: Basketball League: NBA Overall Rank: 137 Fans: 15,603,202 Comparable with: Nickelback (15,122,765) Image: Andrew Matthews/PA Archive/Press Association Images
3. Manchester United
Sport: Football League: Premier League Overall Rank: 56 Fans: 30,019,222 Comparable with: The Beatles (30,549,425) Image: Nick Potts/PA Archive/Press Association Images
2. Real Madrid
Sport: Football League: La Liga Overall Rank: 45 Fans: 34,409,918 Comparable with: Barack Obama (34,545,850) Image: CLINT HUGHES/AP/Press Association Images
1. Barcelona
Sport: Football League: La Liga Overall Rank: 29 Fans: 38,602,195 Comparable with: Adele (37,835,223) Image: MANU FERNANDEZ/AP/Press Association Images