I just found a list of the top 20 sports team brands over at Sports Business Journal, and it’s dominated by NFL teams at the top of the list.  Overall, the NFL has 7 of the top 20 compared to the NBA with 5, NHL with 5, and MLB with 3.

This is similar to what we see in the FanSection community in that the NFL applications are by far the most popular with 9 of the top 20, followed by the MLB (5), NHL (4) and NBA (2).  The FanSection top 20 brands ranked soley by number of fans for the respective applications are:

  1. Montreal Canadiens - 455K fans
  2. New England Patriots  - 404K fans
  3. Pittsburgh Steelers - 374K fans
  4. Boston Red Sox - 344K fans
  5. Dallas Cowboys - 339K fans
  6. Chicago Bears - 309K fans
  7. Philadelphia Eagles - 304K fans
  8. Green Bay Packers - 281K fans
  9. Chicago Cubs - 245K fans
  10. Toronto Maple Leafs - 241K fans
  11. Indianapolis Colts - 233K fans
  12. New York Giants - 226K fans
  13. Philadelphia Phillies - 202K fans
  14. Boston Celtics - 189K fans
  15. New York Yankees - 186K fans
  16. Los Angeles Lakers - 172K fans
  17. Vancouver Canucks - 170K fans
  18. Detroit Red Wings - 170K fans
  19. Washington Redskins - 167K fans
  20. St. Louis Cardinals - 142K fans
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