Barcelona first club to reach 50 million Facebook fans
18:27, 6 January 2014
Madrid. January 06. KAZINFORM - Barcelona has become the first sports club to reach 50 million followers on social networking website Facebook, Today's Zaman refers to the Spanish La Liga champions.
Barca's Facebook page, which provides fans with photo and video content, has the most followers in Indonesia with 4.73 million, followed by Mexico (3.5 million), Brazil (2.5 million), United States (2.1 million) and Turkey (1.75 million), the club said on its website.
Cairo is the city with the most Barca followers with 746,000, followed by Mexico City (666,000), Jakarta (623,000), Lima (481,000) and Bogota (420,000). "Being the first sports club in the world to reach 50 million Facebook fans is a source of pride and at the same time a responsibility towards our followers," said Didac Lee, a Barca director responsible for new technology.