The Baltimore Ravens are among the NFL franchises with the lowest number of fake followers, according to a recent study.
Pickwise.com analyzed the Twitter following of all 32 NFL teams to find out where each franchise ranked in terms of percentage of fake followers.
The Ravens had a 32.9% percentage of fake Twitter followers, which 20th among NFL franchises. The Cardinals topped the list with 44.8%, which accounted for nearly half their Twitter fan base.
The Houston Texans (39.6%), New York Jets (38.6%) and New England Patriots (37.4%) also ranked in the top 4, while the Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs tied for fifth with 36% fake Twitter followers each.
The Washington Football Team had the lowest percentage of fake fans, with an average of 28.5%.
Pickwise said it used SparkToro’s fake follower audit tool to obtain the data, which audits a sample of 2,000 random followers for a given account and runs diagnostics to correlate types of fake followers, which includes bots, spam accounts, inactive users, propaganda, or other non-engaged/non-real users.
Here's the full list NFL teams ranked based on the highest percentage of fake Twitter followers:
- Arizona Cardinals- 44.8%
- Houston Texans- 39.6%
- New York Jets- 38.6%
- New England Patriots- 37.4%
- Detroit Lions/Kansas City Chiefs- 36% (tied)
- Cincinnati Bengals- 35.8%
- Philadelphia Eagles/San Francisco 49ers- 35%
- Minnesota Vikings- 34.9%
- New York Giants- 34.6%
- Jacksonville Jaguars/Denver Broncos/Indianapolis Colts- 34.5%
- Chicago Bears- 34%
- Pittsburgh Steelers- 33.3%
- Miami Dolphins- 33.1%
- Atlanta Falcons/Dallas Cowboys- 33%
- Baltimore Ravens- 32.9%
- Las Vegas Raiders
- Los Angeles Rams/Seattle Seahawks- 32.6%
- Los Angeles Chargers- 32.4%
- Buffalo Bills- 32.1%
- Green Bay Packers- 31.1%
- Tennessee Titans- 30.9%
- Cleveland Browns- 30.4%
- New Orleans Saints- 30.2%
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers- 29.9%
- Carolina Panthers- 29.6%
- Washington Football Team- 28.5%
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